Limelight (2011)
3.4 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
As the owner of legendary hotspots like Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium, and Club USA, Peter Gatien was the undisputed king of the 1980's New York City club scene. The eye-patch-sporting Ontario native built and oversaw a Manhattan empire that counted tens of thousands of patrons per night in its peak years, acting as a conduit for a culture that, for many, defined the image of an era in New York. Then years of legal battles and police pressure spearheaded by Mayor Giuliani's determined crackdown on nightlife in the mid-'90's led to Gatien's eventual deportation to Canada, and the shuttering of his glitzy kingdom. Featuring insider interviews with famous players in the club scene as well as key informants in Gatien's high-profile trial, Billy Corben's ('Cocaine Cowboys') exuberant documentary aims to set the record straight about Gatien's life as it charts his rise and fall against the transformation of New York, offering a wild ride through a now-closed chapter in the history of the city's nightlife. - Actors:
- 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Moby, Michael Alig, Ed Koch, Edgar Oliver, Peter Gatien, Michael Caruso, Benjamin Brafman, Howard Safir, Sean Kirkham, Frank Owen, Steve Lewis
- Directors:
- Billy Corben
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
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