Release Date: February 1, 2013 (NY; LA release: March 1)
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Director: Neil Barsky
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Ed Koch
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: KochTheMovie.com
Review: 8.5/10 Review
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Movie Poster: Not Available
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Plot Summary: Former Mayor Ed Koch is the quintessential New Yorker. Still ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, the now 88-year-old Koch ruled New York from 1978 to 1989—a down-and-dirty decade of grit, graffiti, near-bankruptcy and rampant crime.

With "KOCH," first-time filmmaker (and former Wall Street Journal reporter) Neil Barsky crafts an intimate and revealing portrait of this intensely private man, his legacy as a political titan, and the town he helped transform. The tumult of his three terms included a fiercely competitive 1977 election; an infamous 1980 transit strike; the burgeoning AIDS epidemic; landmark housing renewal initiatives; and an irreparable municipal corruption scandal. Through candid interviews and rare archival footage, "KOCH" thrillingly chronicles the personal and political toll of running the world's most wondrous city in a time of upheaval and reinvention.

"KOCH" is a beautiful documentary examining one man’s fascinating journey into rehabilitating the very unhealthy city of New York in the 1980s. Sometime stubborn and unapologetic, Koch also opens the door to his much-speculated-about private life, which he doesn’t mind being asked about, so long you don’t mind being told to mind your own business. With his trademark greeting "How I'm Doin," his combative energy and his charming wit, Ed Koch makes for the perfect documentary subject.

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