Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
Aug 09, 2013 | IMDB 7
77 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
When his rented lot is snatched up by an opportunistic real estate mogul, Eddie Miranda and his Coney Island ride the Zipper become casualties of a power struggle between the developer and the City of New York over the future of the world-famous destination.
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IMDB 8 | Oct , 2005
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1957
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IMDB 6 | Nov , 2015
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