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Former Mayor Ed Koch is the quintessential New Yorker. Still ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, the now 88-year-old Koch ruled New York from 1978 to 1989—a down-and-dirty decade of grit, graffiti, near-bankruptcy and rampant crime. First-time filmmaker (and former Wall Street Journal reporter) Neil Barsky has crafted an intimate and revealing portrait of this intensely private man, his legacy as a political titan, and the town he helped transform. The tumult of his three terms included a fiercely competitive 1977 election an infamous 1980 transit strike the burgeoning AIDS epidemic landmark housing renewal initiatives and an irreparable municipal corruption scandal. Through candid interviews and rare archival footage, Koch thrillingly chronicles the personal and political toll of running the world’s most wondrous city in a time of upheaval and reinvention.
Original Release
02/01/2013
US Release
02/01/2013
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ed Koch | Self |
| George Artz | Self - Interviewee |
| Wayne Barrett | Self - Interviewee |
| Abe Biderman | Self - Interviewee |
| Michael Bloomberg | Self |
| Calvin O. Butts III | Self |
| Diane Mulcahy Coffey | Self - Interviewee |
| Maureen Connelly | Self - Interviewee |
| Greg David | Self - Interviewee |
| Fernando Ferrer | Self - Interviewee |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ed Koch | Self |
| George Artz | Self - Interviewee |
| Wayne Barrett | Self - Interviewee |
| Abe Biderman | Self - Interviewee |
| Michael Bloomberg | Self |
| Calvin O. Butts III | Self |
| Diane Mulcahy Coffey | Self - Interviewee |
| Maureen Connelly | Self - Interviewee |
| Greg David | Self - Interviewee |
| Fernando Ferrer | Self - Interviewee |
| Ethan Geto | Self - Interviewee |
| Michael Goodwin | Self - Interviewee |
| Bob Herbert | Self - Interviewee |
| Charles Kaiser | Self - Interviewee |
| Sarah Kovner | Self - Interviewee |
| John LoCicero | Self - Interviewee |
| Jonathan Mahler | Self - Interviewee |
| Carl McCall | Self |
| Felice Michetti | Self - Interviewee |
| Michael Powell | Self - Interviewee |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Neil Barsky | Executive Producer |
| Joan S. Davidson | Executive Producer |
| Jenny Carchman | Producer |
| Lindsey Megrue | Producer |
| Amilca Palmer | Producer |
Editors
