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In old New Yor
PBS airs 'New Yorky a recap of history for the BigAf
NEW YORK (AP) — The City That Never
Sleeps spends every waking moment in a race
to keep up with its desires and braggadocio.
So who can afford to look around?
“Being here is so overwhelming an experi
ence,” Ric Burns said, “that our imaginations
are spent mainly pushing back reality and cre
ating a buffer between ourselves and the city.
We hardly have time to think of New York as a
thing that has reasons behind it.”
But consider the grid that defines Manhat
tan’s streets. It was plotted out in 1811, auda
ciously preparing for a 10-fold population boom.
Or trace the subway’s spectacular sprawl,
which in the early 1900s tied Manhattan to its
newly added boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and
the Bronx.
And what about the city’s vertical dimen
sion? Burns marvels: “I defy anybody to look
at the skyline and say, ‘It just had to happen
that way.’”
No, lots of reasons help explain New York —
four centuries’ worth, in fact, fully justifying its
cherished image as big and bad.
Those reasons and a heckuva saga propel
Burns’ “New York: A Documentary Film,” a pre
sentation of WNET/Channel 13 and “The Amer
ican Experience” whose first five two-hour
chapters air on PBS Sunday through next Thurs
day at 9 p.m. EST.
It begins with a fortuitous discovery in 1609
by English explorer Henry Hudson who, work
ing for the Dutch, sails up the river that now
bears his name to establish a trading post.
The race has begun.
By Thursday, it will carry the viewer to the
’30s and the Empire State Building’s miracu
lous rise. Then it is back next summer for a fi
nal two-hour sprint into the new millennium
(Whadja think, 10 hours would be enough for
New York City?).
Accompanying the documentary are a
handsome, richly illustrated book by Burns
and James Sanders (published by Knopf), a
soundtrack album on RCA Victor, and an am
bitious Website (accessible at either of two ad
dresses: www.wnet.org/newyork or
www.pbs.org/newyork).
“New York” was directed by Burns, known
for the PBS series “The Civil War” (which he
produced with his brother Ken) and other doc
umentaries “The Way West,” “The Donner Par
ty” and “Coney Island.”
'The things that we wave
the American flag for most
instinctively... have taken
place here more intensely
than in any other place”
— Ric Burns
“New York" director
What he and co-producer Lisa Ades have
crafted in “New York” is a wondrous film, hero
ic and haunting.
“New York” is magnificent to watch, but
however impressive the scenery, this is a jour
ney of words: the graceful narration (by David
Ogden Stiers), plus testimony from a wide range
of distinguished Gothamites as well as off-cam
era readings of observations from past New
Yorkers, famous and obscure.
For those who call New York City home,
“New York” should be required viewing. How
grandly it reminds people why they put up with
this too-crowded, too-costly, too-everything do
main. And why so many of them cannot be
pried away. And, finally, why that has been the
case for nearly 400 years.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
But what about the rest of thenatj
those who insist that life exists beyt
York’s shores and city limits? Whatc
tell those of us who wouldn’t wanttoS
“My hope is that even people who:
disposed not to like New York willcoi
derstand at least two things,” Burnss
a recent interview at his productionii
Manhattan's Upper West Side.
“New York has played such a pern
in the life of the country, as no otherc
he declares. “The things that we'
American flag for most instinctively
ism and democracy — have taken)
more intensely than in any otherplacs
Besides, New York has been thenati
dia capital for 150 years. Whateveritd
or creates will eventually be fed tot
the country. "Whether we like it or not]
of what America is as a whole is 1
aged and produced here,” Burns said
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glasses against his nose and offerste|
proposition.
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said. “A place to go and be different,
matter who you are and what your ad
you can find other people like yourst
be able to realize your dream.”
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to New York City a quarter-centurya
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ers — those born elsewhere whocomtl
be born again.
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However uneasily. New York liasrl
more people and more kinds of peof]
any other city.
But it did not all just happen. The®
Burns with undisguised awe, “isal
dling sleigh ride.” His film takes us alocl'l
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Stars remember
proudest moments
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Leno
said his greatest achievement
was getting his driver’s license.
For boxer Sug
ar Ray Leonard, it
was defeating
Marvelous Mar
vin Hagler in
1987.
And Jude Wal
ter’s biggest tri
umph? Standing
up in his crib.
Jude, who was
born this year; Leonard, born in
1956; and Leno, born in 1950,
are among 100 men and boys
who came into the world each
year of the past century. Each of
these celebrities were pho
tographed, along with a few non
celebrities, by Matthew Welch for
a feature in the December issue
of Esquire.
The not-so-famous were also
asked about their greatest
achievement.
Actor Tommy Lee Jones, 1946,
said it was his peace of mind.
Don Knotts, 1924, offered his
portrayal of Barney Fife, the stum
bling deputy sheriff on “The Andy
Griffith Show.”
And fourth-grader Eric Wong,
1990, said it was beating his
cousin in basketball.
Karl K. Kintner, 1901, a retired
airplane mechanic, said it was
“living as long as I have.”
DeNiro immersed
DENIRO
in new character
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De
Niro’s penchant for doing almost
anything to cap
ture a role re
cently led him to
spend hours at a
New York City
clinic for stroke
victims.
Boning up for
his part as a
stroke victim in
the upcoming
Flawless, De Niro also wore a lead-
soled shoe that kept his foot from
flexing and three different pros
thetics in his mouth to help show
phases of facial paralysis, the film’s
director, Joel Schumacher, told the
Daily News.
Film Institute votes
on best comedy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — So who
was funnier; The Marx Brothers,
The Three Stooges, Abbott and
Costello or Adam Sandler?
A year after the
American Film In
stitute (AFI) took
on the unpopular
and questionable
task of choosing
the top 100 U.S.
movies, it is now
trying to quantify
an even more elu- grant
sive cinematic quality; movie
laughter.
Some 1,800 voters, including
critics, historians, directors, pro
ducers and screenwriters, are be
ing asked to select the funniest
American films out of 500 movies
nominated by the AFI.
Comedy “does not get the re
spect and recognition that it de
serves,” AFI Director and CEO Jean
Picker Firstenberg said Tuesday.
Cary Grant stars in 17 of the
nominated films, while Myrna Loy is
the most-represented actress with
10. Among living stars, Jack Lem
mon is in 14 movies and Shirley
MacLaine in nine.
Billy Wilder is the most-credited
writer with 15 films. Wilder, George
Cukor and Woody Allen are named
as director on 11 films each.
The winners will be announced
in a three-hour CBS special in June
called “API’s 100 Years ... 100
Laughs.”
Chan admits to
having love affair
HONG KONG (AP) — Action
movie hero Jackie Chan has ad
mitted having an
affair with a preg
nant former beau
ty queen.
“I’ve done
something wrong.
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thing that many
men in this world
have done wrong,” chan
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trail his family.
“Follow me for 24hour: 1
fault, not my family's," he^
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