WINNER,
Nation Board of Review,
Top Five Documentaries of 2007
WINNER,
Best Documentary 2006,
American Heritage Magazine
NOMINEE,
IDA/ABC News Video Source Award
SYNOPSIS:
Toots Shor is many things to many people,” said Edward R. Murrow of the legendary Manhattan saloonkeeper in 1955. A friend to the famous, a crook to the feds, father, brother, gambler, bum, but most of all Toots Shor was the owner of America’s greatest saloon. From its post-WW II heyday to its devastating decline in the 1970s, TOOTS reveals as much about the city Toots loved as it does about this self-made, unapologetic, quintessentially American man and his enduring legacy.
CREDITS:
- Director/Producer: Kristi Jacobson
- Producers: Alicia Sams and Whitney Dow
- Executive Producers: James P. MacGilvray, Alan J. Mattone and Vincent J. Mattone
- Consulting Producer: Tom Brokaw
- Cinematographer: Daniel B. Gold
- Editor: Lewis Erskine, Penelope Falk
- Original Music: Mark Suozzo
- World Premiere: Tribeca Film Festival
- Broadcast Premiere: Sundance Channel
"A first-rate portrait...a rare exception... Cheers to Ms. Jacobson for keeping alive the memory of New York nightlife’s golden era, and a man who embodied it."—The New York Times
"You see Toots, and you wish you had been there...A fascinating documentary."—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
