Documentary · Music · 1957 · 5 min

Daybreak Express.

Name: Daybreak Express
Director: D. A. Pennebaker
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1957-01-01
Duration: 5 min
Rating: 7.2

Weighted average

7.6/10

IMDb7.5
TMDB7.2
Lbxd8.1

DocumentaryMusic

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City.

Director: D. A. Pennebaker

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Daybreak Express (1953) by D. A. Pennebaker – Criterion Collection· Featurette

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Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)

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Criterion Channel

Compared ratings

IMDb

7.5 /10

1k votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

7.2 /10

47 votes

Letterboxd

8.1 /10

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Estados UnidosJan 1, 1957

BrasilJun 17, 2021

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