Famous Nathan

2014

Documentary

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 178 178

Director

Lloyd Handwerker Photo
Lloyd Handwerker

Top cast

Jimmy Durante Photo
Jimmy Durante as Self
Sid Caesar Photo
Sid Caesar as Self
Walter Matthau Photo
Walter Matthau as Self
Marilyn Monroe Photo
Marilyn Monroe as Self
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791.74 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
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1.59 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ground-2 10 / 10

A deeply human documentary that carries the emotional power of a feature film

Reviewed by khungus-1 9 / 10

a masterpiece

Reviewed by gavin6942 6 / 10

Pretty Good, A Nice Context

A Coney Island-inspired, densely-layered visually dynamic documentary portrait of the life and times of the original Nathan's Famous, created in 1916 by filmmaker Lloyd Handwerker's grandparents, Nathan and Ida Handwerker.Being from the Midwest, I really knew nothing about Nathan's. I knew it was on Coney Island and that it had the wiener-eating contest. But I did not know who Nathan was or anything about the business. This film really cleared that up for me. And I like that it was in a larger context -- not just who Nathan was, but his role in Coney Island.The conflicting stories were good, and I am glad it was not all praise, even coming from a grandson. This was an honest look. And we even get a story or two (like Jackie Kennedy). My personal interests would have liked to hear a mob story in there, but maybe there never was one.
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