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Giuliani Time
Giuliani Time
Directed by	Kevin Keating
Produced by	Kevin Keating; Williams Cole
Music by	David Carbonara
Production; company	K Video Productions
Distributed by	Cinema Libre Studio
Release dates	January 31, 2005 (International Film Festival Rotterdam); May 12, 2006 (United States);
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Giuliani Time is a 2005 documentary film by Kevin Keating about Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City.^[1] Giuliani Time is distributed by Cinema Libre Studio. A special election version of the film was released on May 2, 2008.

Title edit

The documentary's title is a reference to a phrase that police officers allegedly uttered to Abner Louima when they tortured him in a Brooklyn police precinct house. Louima himself later recanted that statement, saying he had made it up. The phrase was also used by John Shaft in the 2000 remake of Shaft.

Reception edit

The Village Voice called the documentary "an incisive portrait of power seizure and class combat as it was performed, by the numbers, on the municipal level." The film contains several archival segments, as well as interviews with Village Voice writer and unauthorized Giuliani biographer, Wayne Barrett and radio journalist Doug Henwood.^[2]

Giuliani Time has a rating of 85% positive at Rotten Tomatoes (22 fresh, 4 rotten).^[3]

Awards edit

Silver Lake Film Festival, Best Documentary, 2006^[1]

Featured New York City personalities edit

Source:^[4]

Wayne Barrett, journalist
Pete King, U.S. Congressman
Gerald Lefcourt, lawyer
Arthur Helton, Iraq War victim
David Dinkins, former New York City mayor (1990–1993)
Norman Siegel, lawyer
Ed Koch, former New York City mayor (1978–1989)
William Bratton, twice former NYPD police commissioner
Rudy Crew, education administrator
Ruth Messinger, politician
Al Sharpton, civil rights activist
Donald Trump, real estate developer and future President of the United States
Charles King, politician

Technical details edit

MPAA rating: none
Running time: 118 minutes

References edit

^ ^a ^b Keeler, Mary (December 13, 2006). "Rudy Giuliani is Considering a Presidential Run. But Is He Right For America?". Common Dreams. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
^ "village voice > film > Giuliani Time: Doc Takes Aim at Republican Thug Giuliani by Michael Atkinson".
^ "Giuliani Time". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ "Giuliani Time Review – Film Reviews-Rotterdam, Entertainment – Variety".