As the owner of legendary hotspots like Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium, and Club USA, Peter Gatien was the undisputed king of the 1980s New York City club scene. The eye-patch-sporting Ontario native built and oversaw a Manhattan empire that counted tens of thousands of patrons per night in its peak years, acting as a conduit for a culture that, for many, defined the image of an era in New York. Then years of legal battles and police pressure spearheaded by Mayor Giuliani's determined crackdown on nightlife in the mid-'90s led to Gatien's eventual deportation to Canada, and the shuttering of his glitzy kingdom. Featuring insider interviews with famous players in the club scene as well as key informants in Gatien's high-profile trial, Billy Corben's (Cocaine Cowboys) exuberant documentary aims to set the record straight about Gatien's life as it charts his rise and fall against the transformation of New York, offering a wild ride through a now-closed chapter in the history of the city's nightlife.
Nick
Just saw the trailer, always interested in the history of this. Gonna see it soon. Thx
Shaya007
they should make one for Circa: The Charlatan falls again! lol
She_Fitz
Bobby and I saw it a couple weeks ago.
We both enjoyed it. The glimpse of what clubbing in NYC was makes me wish I had been around to experience it.
StereoPrincess
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Originally posted by She_Fitz
Bobby and I saw it a couple weeks ago.
We both enjoyed it. The glimpse of what clubbing in NYC was makes me wish I had been around to experience it.
lol. yeah, i think i probably wouldn't make it out alive tho.
