Limelight

AN ENCORE SCREENING IN TIME FOR YOU TO HIT THE CLUBS AFTERWARDS!After a hugelsy successful run, jam packed audiences and multiple sold out screenings we're bringing LIMELIGHT back for one more show, Friday, October 21st @ 12am. Get pumped by the history of the New Yorks most fabulous club and then go and discover some of Miami's amazing nightlife afterwards.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.

REVIEWS

"A Breathless true crime story." - IFC" memorial to a time before its eponymous club was a mini-mall and rave culture a woozy memory, Limelight delivers the messed-up goods." - The New York Times"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."- Time Out New York"an unofficial history of an Old New York " - The Village Voice