210west One test of a documentary: Would you watch it more than once? Yes -- I've watched this three times with great pleasure and expect to do so again.Another test: Was it over too soon? Yes, emphatically; I wish the film were twice as long.Moreover, I found it extremely moving, even though I've never particularly considered myself a Broadway-show fan.Maybe, in part, it's because it's filled with terrific, nostalgic glimpses of old Times Square.The various featured performers, so many of them now no longer with us, are, of course, a joy (and in these snippets they all come across as charming and articulate and blessedly gifted at telling a funny anecdote), but special praise has to go to the editors; with its lively pace and rhythm, the film amounts to something of a master class in editing.Yeah, there are a couple of sourpusses on this site who've gone out of their way to dump on the film -- but their spleen probably has something to do with the lavish praise expressed in all the other comments, to which I suspect these contrarians are overreacting. So be it. I'm pleased, this time, to applaud along with the majority.P.S. I don't usually enjoy documentaries, but let me recommend one that, like this film, happens to be about show business: "Visions of Light," which interviews -- and displays the work of -- some of Hollywood's great modern cinematographers. I've never looked at movies in quite the same way again.

shadowkat66 I can't say enough wonderful things about this movie! I wish I'd seen it in theatres. Unfortunately, it somehow missed my radar. I bought it almost immediately after renting it through Netflix and can't wait for the others he's making! Some of the stars interviewed surprised me, like Douglas Sills (a personal favorite of mine), Daisy Eagan, and Marisa Jaret Winokur. There were also a lot of the standard favorites like Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, Patti LuPone, etc.The varying views were wonderful to hear from the theatre world. It was nice to see that not everyone thinks that the Broadway of old is totally dead. I have hope for the future and recommend this HIGHLY to anyone who loves theatre!

bschneid76 I was fortunate to view this at the NYC premiere. I was in total awe. After shaking hands with Kitty Carlisle Hart and saying Hi to the most recently departed Fay Wray, I was just amazed. It was an experience I will never ever forget. I also saw Miss Celeste Holm, Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera. It was totally wonderful! The film was excellent. I wanted to just sit there for hours and hours listening to what the actors and actresses had to say. Their stories were fascinating. Which is what a Documentary should be. Telling the story about what life was like. Giving the "Inside Scoop" I hope I will be able to see the sequel to it. Anyone who says this film is Amateurish obviously overlooks the fact that this film will be a classic and should receive an Oscar Nomination, if not the Oscar for best Documentary. Anyone guy who can go and interview over a hundred stars, has to be amazing.Go and buy this DVD!!!! It is worth every Penny!

justgotothemovies-1 I saw this film at the Santa Barbara Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. We were the first audience to see the finished film on 35 mm in a theatre and the excitement was palpable. The fimmaker, Rick McKay, introduced the film and brought Eva Marie Saint (who won the Oscar for "on the Waterfront" with Brando) on stage with him afterwards for a question and answer session. I don't know when I have had a more exciting night in a movie theater. The film was brilliant and the filmmaker was wonderful in the film as he took us on a journey, but just as passionate and funny in person as he and Miss Saint warmly answered questions afterwards.The film is something very, very special. I don't honestly think a studio could have ever made this film - or a network either. It is such a personal, passionate and magical film. It is a mixture of more stars than I have *ever* seen in a movie - all telling their own personal stories of starving and starting out in New York - and old archival footage of perfomrances that have never been seen before. Not movie clips - but real, live perforances. It was staggering. It is about a time that is so cmpletely gone, but oddly enough, it was not sad, but very inspiring. It made me believe that if this kind of history could have been made in this century, and if this kind of movie can be made today, then anything is possible. what a wonderful feeling...The night I saw it there were people sitting on the floor in the aisles and standing room only in the back of the theater with people looking over each others shoulders. And nobody complained and nobody left. People did cry and they did laugh and they did applaud over and over during the movie though. When was the last time (if ever) that you saw that happen?We may have been the first audience to see this movie but we won't be the last. This movie is going to win an Oscar. Mark my words.