One of the most influential and enchanting films of the American independent cinema, this charming, stylistically innovative fable poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood. When seven-year-old Joey (Richie Andrusco) is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New York’s nether wonderland: Coney Island. Upon and beneath the crowded boardwalk, Joey experiences a day and night filled with adventures and mysteries, captured in a groundbreaking, semidocumentary style that is refreshingly spontaneous and thoroughly delightful. – Criterion Channel
Director: Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Raymond Abrashkin
Cast: Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing
Country: United States
Distributor: Kino Video
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 22 minutes
Platform: The Criterion Channel
Special Programming: Family Films, Classic Cinema
