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Toots (2007)
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1 hr 25 mins
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Biopic
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Documentary
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Released: 9/14/2007
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Synopsis:
Toots Shor was a well known saloonkeeper in New York from 1940 to 1959 and his eponymous midtown Manhattan bar was the place to be seen. Decades later, his granddaughter documentary filmmaker Kristi Jacobson takes us on tour of her famous grandfather's world through interviews with family, friends, patrons, and some choice archival footage. Born in turn-of-the-century Philadelphia, Shor made his way to New York in 1930, and started out as a bouncer at various speakeasies. Some years after the repeal of Prohibition, he made good on his connections and opened his own place. Shor's jocularity and innate sense of populism turned his saloon into a phenomenon, and on any given night the average working stiff might find himself drinking next to Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, mobster Frank Costello, ballplayer Joe DiMaggio, or singer Frank Sinatra, among many others. But Shor was as bad with business as he was good with people. After selling his bar for $1.5 million in 1959, he blew through his entire bankroll before reopening at a new location in 1961. Unfortunately, Shor could not keep up with the changing times, and the radical 1960's spelled the death of his establishment's popularity.
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Theatrical Release
9/14/2007
Director
Credit
Kristi Jacobson
Director
Cast
Credit
Walter Cronkite
- Himself
Frank Gifford
- Himself
Nicholas Pileggi
- Himself
Gianni Russo
- Himself
Gay Talese
- Cast
Mike Wallace
- Cast
Peter Duchin
- Cast
Joe Garagiola
- Cast
Production Credits
Credit
Alan Mattone
Executive Producer
Kristi Jacobson
Producer
James P MacGilvray
Executive Producer
Whitney Dow
Producer
Alicia Sams
Producer
Production Companies
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Catalyst Films
Production Company
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Catalyst Films
Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Film Camera
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Daniel B Gold
Cinematographer
Tom McDonough
Cinematographer
Film Sales Financing
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Cinetic Media
Distribution Sales International Sales
Music
Credit
Mark Suozzo
Original Music - Music
Sound
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Peter Miller
Sound
J T Takagi
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