First Call

2000
58m

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Here's a documentary about people in NY, NY during the year 2000 who drank in bars during the AM hours. Most NYC bars during that era offered first calls, so the bar opened and would serve a... Read allHere's a documentary about people in NY, NY during the year 2000 who drank in bars during the AM hours. Most NYC bars during that era offered first calls, so the bar opened and would serve alcohol starting at 8 am. Ah the good old days.Here's a documentary about people in NY, NY during the year 2000 who drank in bars during the AM hours. Most NYC bars during that era offered first calls, so the bar opened and would serve alcohol starting at 8 am. Ah the good old days.

Directors
- Christopher Diiorio
- Joe Malone

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7.6/10

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Directors
- Christopher Diiorio
- Joe Malone

2User reviews

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9jroever

When New York had everything

This is a personal film for me. I found it by chance on YouTube. Those 8 am bars were really gems with truly interesting people. I went to those morning places in 2000 (the year film was made) because I worked overnight. I knew 2 of the characters in the film, I hadn't thought of them in years. A great time capsule. New York truly was a place you could do anything you could think of before the arrival of Giuliani and Bloomberg who transformed iNew York into a much more mundane playground for the super wealthy. I'm still in New York but would never move here today. This movie was a nostalgic reminder of when NYC really was the destination for misfits from around the world.

9wordimobi

Fascinating

I must admit, this is something I've long been curious about as, although I was quite a hedonist for many years, the idea of going into a bar in the morning I found appalling. So the natural assumption is they are all alcoholics, but that is not the case. The bios of each of the characters, and they are characters, is slowly revealed through the documentary, with some, like Simon, being enough to fill an hour just with his own story. It's also a great time capsule of a world that is probably disappearing as cafes increase and bars decrease, and these drinkers are moved on to the streets, or drugs.

Trivia
The producer/co-director of this film Joe Malone still has 26 hours of unused footage. First Call: Second Round is a potential new Total Immersion Filmworks documentary film for the future. Or is that the future past.