Skyscraper | |
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Directed by | Shirley Clarke |
Screenplay by | John White[4] |
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Music by | Teo Macero[5][6] |
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Release date | 1959[1][2][3] |
Running time | 21 minutes[1][2] |
Country | USA[1] |
Skyscraper is a 1959 documentary film by Shirley Clarke about the construction of the 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper.
The construction of 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper is shown.[2] The film is mostly black and white.[7] The film was sponsored by Tishman Realty & Construction Co.; Reynolds Metals Co.; Bethlehem Steel Co.; Westinghouse Elevator Co.; York Air Conditioning.
Sky was a short film,[8][9] and a documentary.[10][11][12] It was considered experimental.[10][5][13] As well as Clarke and Van Dyke contributing it also involved Wheaton Galentine and D. A. Pennebaker.[14] Clarke said the film was a musical comedy regarding the skyscrapers construction.[15]
It won the Venice Film Festival award.[2][16][17] It was also nominated for an Academy Award[12][18] in the Best Short Live Action category[19] in 1959.[20] It also won many other festival prizes.[5]