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Motherless Brooklyn

When I was a boy, you know how manybridges there were on and off Manhattan Island?

When I was a boy, you know how many
bridges there were on and off Manhattan Island?

Full Transcript

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When I was a boy,
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you know how many bridges there were
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on and off Manhattan Island?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
01:42:44
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
crime, drama, mystery
Production
Class 5 Films,MWM Studios

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Movie Summary

In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.
A shitty little train trestle here and the Brooklyn Bridge, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:06
A shitty little train trestle here and the Brooklyn Bridge,
People mostly scuttled into New York - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
People mostly scuttled into New York
And now, people vault over rivers - Motherless Brooklyn 00:06
And now, people vault over rivers
Slander, falsehood, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:04
Slander, falsehood,
Very little I've achieved in my life - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Very little I've achieved in my life
I'm not about to lean on that slender branch now, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:06
I'm not about to lean on that slender branch now,
Well, the law's a rule book - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Well, the law's a rule book
You rebuild the city, in my experience, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:06
You rebuild the city, in my experience,
Fifty, 100 years from now, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Fifty, 100 years from now,
What will help people to make science fiction real? - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
What will help people to make science fiction real?
Or roads and bridges and tunnels - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Or roads and bridges and tunnels
Beaches and parks to let people - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Beaches and parks to let people
Palaces of culture where hellish slums used to be? - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Palaces of culture where hellish slums used to be?
It all sounds pretty grand, I guess, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:08
It all sounds pretty grand, I guess,
Central Park, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:04
Central Park,
When they started work on that, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:04
When they started work on that,
They kicked out farmers and tenant squatters, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:09
They kicked out farmers and tenant squatters,
And people protested about the loss of the countryside. - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
And people protested about the loss of the countryside.
And if one man hadn't seen ahead to what we'd need, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:07
And if one man hadn't seen ahead to what we'd need...
Most people don't even know Fred Olmsted's name, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:06
Most people don't even know Fred Olmsted's name,