Skyscraper

Skyscraper (1959)

Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Date de sortie
1959-11-11
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (12)
Durée
22 min
Genres
Documentaire
Réalisateur
Shirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke, Wheaton Galentine, Irving Jacoby, D. A. Pennebaker

Anecdotes

  • Récompenses : 0 · Nominations : 1

Skyscraper is a 1959 documentary film by Shirley Clarke about the construction of the 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper.

Production and reception

Skyscraper was a short film, and a documentary. It was considered experimental. As well as Clarke and Van Dyke contributing it also involved Wheaton Galentine and D. A. Pennebaker. Clarke said the film was a musical comedy regarding the skyscraper's construction.

It won the Venice Film Festival award. It was also nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Short Live Action category in 1959. It also won many other festival prizes.

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