Brooklyn Bridge (Film)

Brooklyn Bridge is an American documentary from the year 1981.

Action

The film describes the history of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, which began construction in 1869 and until 1883 ended with the release. The intricate construction of the bridge over the East River is presented in detail. Celebrities such as the writer Arthur Miller and Kurt Vonnegut tell about the impact on the New York company that brought the building with it. In addition, some film clips are shown with the Brooklyn Bridge as a prominent location ( The Bowery (1933 ) with George Raft, Two rode to Texas (1937 ) with Laurel and Hardy, Tarzan's adventures in New York ( 1942) starring Johnny Weissmuller and her two admirers ( 1947) with Frank Sinatra ).

Criticism

Nicolas Rapold of the New York Sun described the film as a moving story about brave perseverance and the use of engineering know -how.

Awards

1982, the film was nominated in the category Best Documentary Oscar. He received another nomination in 2005 when he was proposed as part of Ken Burns ' America Collection for the Satellite Award for Best Documentary DVD.

The Organization of American Historians honored the film with the award of the Erik Barnouw Award.

Background

The film had its premiere in October 1981 at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Speaker of the film was the historian David McCullough, who created the literary model for the film with his book The Great Bridge. Passages that came from diaries and notes of the bridge engineer Washington Roebling, were read by the grandson Paul Roebling. Julie Harris read aloud notes that Washington's wife Emily Warren Roebling wrote after they had conditionally accepted by an illness of her husband, the site management.