National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy

2022·150 min·Released

Studio: Bridge Theatre, National Theatre

8.0TMDb

Theatrical May 26, 2022

Nexus ms16831TMDb 945125IMDb tt22033936

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UK · English · Foreign

Drama

Overview

Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?