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National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy(2022)
Status: Released
Date: 2022-05-26
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Time: 2h 30m
Overview:
Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
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Movie: National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Robert Moses
Alisha Bailey
Mariah Heller
Samuel Barnett
Ariel Porter
David Bromley
Stamford Fergus
Siobhán Cullen
Finnuala Connell
Alana Maria
Shirley Hayes
Dani Moseley
Carol Amis
Guy Paul
Henry Vanderbilt
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