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Pretend It's a City

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • 30m
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Pretend It's a City (2021)
Pretend It's A City
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BiographyComedyDocumentary

Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese.Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese.Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese.

  • Stars
    • Fran Lebowitz
    • Martin Scorsese
    • Michael Alexis Palmer
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    • Stars
      • Fran Lebowitz
      • Martin Scorsese
      • Michael Alexis Palmer
    • 64User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Fran Lebowitz
    Fran Lebowitz
    • Self
    • 2021
    Martin Scorsese
    Martin Scorsese
    • Self
    • 2021
    Michael Alexis Palmer
    Michael Alexis Palmer
    • Host at the Players
    Spike Lee
    Spike Lee
    • Self
    • 2021
    Alec Baldwin
    Alec Baldwin
    • Self
    • 2021
    Olivia Wilde
    Olivia Wilde
    • Self
    • 2021
    Steven Bozga
    Steven Bozga
    • Self - Audience Member
    • 2021
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    10ljwk

    loved every second

    Amazing dynamic between Marty and Fran! And Fran is probably the funniest person I know. I have never been in New York and that didn't take anything away for me.
    10jftbomb

    Hope there's a season 2

    Been feeling a little isolated and lonely. This show is fantastic. I could listen to Miss Lebowitz all day. I love her perspective on life. Lots of laughs
    9alm04

    If Wit Were Contagious

    I love this woman! Fran Lebowitz's astute observations are just the dose of medicine my millennial generation needs. She's so sharp and so entertaining to watch. I also get a kick out of seeing Martin Scorsese double over in belly laughs. Lebowitz has the gift of delivering her commentary shrewdly, but with a light-hearted tone that leaves you feeling upbeat and joyful. Pretend It's A City is a terrific start to the weekend.
    8propaganda21

    Method to her Madness!

    I could listen to Fran Lebowitz all day. A lot of her observations are astute, clever and very funny. She's brilliant at describing New York and New York life, mixed in with a little of her personal biography, I was left wanting to know more about her. She would make a mint if she ever wrote her memoirs.
    10davidbunworth

    Brilliant wit

    As an overseas visitor to NY for over 40 years I have loved the humour that you hear there when visiting. Fran Lebowitz has a brilliant way of describing NY and all it's travails Without doubt one the funniest clever and laconic delivery of lines by an individual. I loved Jackie Mason and his jewish influences in humour and Fran matches it all the way. Loads of laugh out loud moments and Martin Scorsese laughing with her is wonderful also. A joy and a must see!

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      Lebowitz knocks over the Queensboro Bridge when they recorded the scenes inside New York' scale model at the Queens Museum. According to her, the guy who was in charge of the shooting was in a panic the entire time.
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      Featured in The Project: Episode dated 12 February 2024 (2024)

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      • January 8, 2021 (United States)
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