The long-awaited documentary PALISADES AMUSEMENT
PARK: A CENTURY OF FOND MEMORIES premiered on March 14, 1998 on
Thirteen/WNET, New
York. The prime-time special is a thrilling ride into the heart of a classic American
amusement park - New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park. Through outrageous publicity
stunts and regular advertising in national publications, Palisades kept its name in the
hearts and minds of millions throughout its nearly 75-year history as one of the country's
prime attractions.
PALISADES AMUSEMENT PARK is narrated by
the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, who continues to set the standard in documentary
filmmaking with the stories that defined America Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty,
Huey Long, The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God, The Civil War, Baseball and The
West.
Chronicling the people and events that made the park one of the
country's most popular amusement resorts, PALISADES captures the passion of
the people that visited its midways and evokes the time and spirit that were the hallmarks
of a carefree innocence.
Born in the era of the trolley car, Palisades was a
creation of the trolley company, and delivered what people wanted exhilaration and
excitement. Today, 25 years after the park's closing, people still remain passionate about
the place that left its mark as a cipher of what was then perceived as a more innocent
era.
The film features interviews with park personnel,
historians and celebrities including Walter Cronkite, Sonny Fox, Freddy "Boom
Boom" Cannon, Cousin Bruce Morrow, John Sebastian, Soupy Sales, Buddy Hackett, and
many others.
An extended version of PALISADES AMUSEMENT PARK: A
CENTURY OF FOND MEMORIES is now available on home video in a special 90-minute
"Director's Cut" version containing an additional thirty minutes of rare footage
and interviews that was NOT shown on television. It is available online at the
Gift Shop.
Author / Producer Vince Gargiulo
| Director / Producer David Comora
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