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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary 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...

Directed By: Billy Corben

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m

Limelight

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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...

Directed By: Billy Corben

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
57
27% Positive
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9% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
57
27% Positive
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64% Mixed
7 Reviews
9% Negative
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75
Oct 13, 2011
Depending on your age, Limelight could make you nostalgic for those bad old days - and sort of glad you'll never be able to relive them.
By Rene Rodriguez FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 22, 2011
As a trippy, trifling memorial to a time before its eponymous club was a mini-mall and rave culture a woozy memory, Limelight delivers the messed-up goods.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 23, 2011
Transporting as it is, this doc leaves a bad taste in your mouth, if just for the ill will it drudges up.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 20, 2011
This is still a fascinating history, especially when Limelight touches on the club scene's dark side: A lengthy dissection of the Angel Melendez murder, complete with an appearance by weathered-looking killer Michael Alig, chillingly shows how the out-all-night lifestyle can take its toll.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 24, 2011
Watching Limelight, about the rise and politically engineered fall of onetime Manhattan nightclub kingpin Peter Gatien, is like looking through a family album: If you're in the family, you might be interested.
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50
Sep 22, 2011
All outrageous stuff. Gatien's story is worth telling. Which makes it all the more unfortunate that director Billy Corben presents it in such a methodical fashion.
By Stephen Cole FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 23, 2011
Even if Corben hadn't photographed Gatien with lighting that makes him look like a horror-movie villain, he'd hardly come off as innocent.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Rakontur, Deerjen Films
Release Date Sep 23, 2011
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline The rise and fall of New York's greatest nightclub empire.
Website https://www.facebook.com/LimelightNewYork
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