City Hall
In a performance both volatile and graceful Al Pacino re-teams with Sea Of Love director
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Harold Becker as New York Mayor John Pappas in City Hall a savvy thriller that's the first film ever shot inside the lower Manhattan structure that's ground zero for the city's government. That and other NYC locations provide the vivid settings as an idealistic mayoral aide (John Cusack) follows a trail of subversion and cover-up that may loop back to the man he serves and reveres. Bridget Fonda Danny Aiello Martin Landau Tony Franciosa and David Paymer add more starry brilliance to this gripping tale of power. And the power behind the power.
City Hall [1996]
This complex 1996 drama directed by Harold Becker (Sea of Love) attempts to explore
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big-city corruption and the flexibility of what's right and wrong in the political arena. John Cusack plays the senior aide to mayor John Pappas (Al Pacino), a popular and seasoned politician whose administration is threatened when what seems to be an accidental shooting of a child reveals a nest of corruption and lifelong personal debts. This tests Cusack's loyalty to the man he thought he knew. Pacino turns in a finely textured performance as a man who has his own lofty ideals, but whose pragmatism sets in motion a series of events with tragic results. Cusack admirably captures the essence of someone polished and savvy at his job but must cope with fundamental disillusionment. This political thriller suffers at times from a lack of focus, but still offers an insightful and poignant treatise on the quagmire of politics in the modern age and the human toll it sometimes exacts. --Robert Lane
City Hall [1996]
This complex 1996 drama directed by Harold Becker (Sea of Love) attempts to explore
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big-city corruption and the flexibility of what's right and wrong in the political arena. John Cusack plays the senior aide to mayor John Pappas (Al Pacino), a popular and seasoned politician whose administration is threatened when what seems to be an accidental shooting of a child reveals a nest of corruption and lifelong personal debts. This tests Cusack's loyalty to the man he thought he knew. Pacino turns in a finely textured performance as a man who has his own lofty ideals, but whose pragmatism sets in motion a series of events with tragic results. Cusack admirably captures the essence of someone polished and savvy at his job but must cope with fundamental disillusionment. This political thriller suffers at times from a lack of focus, but still offers an insightful and poignant treatise on the quagmire of politics in the modern age and the human toll it sometimes exacts. --Robert Lane
city centre and is Bord Failte approved. We are a pleasant 20 minute walk to Grafton Street, O'Connell Street and Temple Bar where you will find great shopping opportunities and many restaurants and bars. We are on several bus routes and are only a 5 minute walk to Lansdowne Dart Station and Rugby Stadium. We are also just 10 minutes from the RDS which hosts many of Dublin's major conferences, concerts and events. Close by are numerous churches and small city parks which can provide a nice walk and picnic area in spring and summer. We have rooms to suit professionals, tourists and families. Our rates include a choice of continental and Full Irish Breakfasts. All of our rooms are en-suite.
Advantages: A lot to see & do, has something to offer for everyone Disadvantages: Too much to see and do, can be exhausting, expensive hotels
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American museum of Natural history - past meets future
We walked through Central Park and got to the American museum of Natural history. The building façade is huge and impressive and it is easy to see that this is a building with tradition and history. The lobby is also impressive with two big dinosaur skeletons right in the middle. We already had tickets for the museum through the New YorkCityPass but we had to pay extra to get into the Hayden Planetarium. I think that we had to pay 12$ per person for that.
We started out optimistic strolling slowly through the section of Asian mammals and hall of Asian people. I think we soon realized that this museum was HUGE :-). So we had to increase the pace a little bit if we were to cover it all in a day. You need to plan your visit if you go there because it is more or less impossible to cover...
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Advantages: It has so many wonderful sites and sounds. Disadvantages: Traffic
...New yorkCity has a lot to offer. Most people think of the city as the island of Manhattan but there is so much more to it. Manhattan happens to be just one of the five boroughs of NY. There is so much I could tell you of all of NYC. I will tell you about Manhattan, the place most people refer to as NewYork.
New York was the first of the cities to have the world record sky scrapers. The first was the Woolworth Building. It was soon shadowed by the Chrystler Building. That building held the record for a very short time because soon after it was completed the Empire State Buildings construction began.
The Empire State Building was the largest for years. There are taller now in other cities but the true buildings to take over the title as the highest were the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Sadly, due to those who have...
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Advantages: Friendly party atmosphere Disadvantages: None
..."NewYorkCity's best kept secret" - that's how the plumber of the 'Frying Pan' described this old sunken vessel to me. 'The Frying Pan' is named after the 'Frying Pan Shoals', where the boat was used as a floating lightship. The vessel, after sinking, was pulled up off the ocean floor, cleaned of all the silt and shellfish, and turned into an entertainment attraction. Fitted with a dance floor and DJ booth, the boat has become a club with a difference. Although the outside of the boat was restored to its original glory, the inside was left all rusty and historic looking. Going inside you are able to walk around the vessel, through the kitchen, into the old bedrooms and rusty corridors filled with machinery. With little portholes everywhere, the whole vessel is exactly as it was when it was pulled up from the ocean floor - except...
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The New Yorker is in an excellent midtown location with the subway (lines A, C & E) literally steps outside. Being on the corner of 8th Avenue and 34th Street this meant good access to Macy's, Empire State Building, Madison Square Gardens and the... more
If you want to stay in Central New York then this is the hotel to book. It is actually IN Times Square! It's a huge modern hotel with over 45 floors so some of the views are great. There is a bar at the top which is a lovely place to have a drink,... more
Postmodernism, eh? It's a funny old bag of fish. Even the holier-than-thou critics don't quite seem to know what it's all about. They argue whether it's
a) a revolt against modernism,
b) a progression of modernism,
c) both of these and more
or d) more
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