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  • The King of Steeltown (2001)
  • 75 min
The King of Steeltown (2001)
75 min
"The King of Steeltown" is an offbeat, sometimes humorous inside look at Chicago-style machine politics in a rust-belt city (East Chicago, Indiana) struggling with the decline of the steel industry. The film focuses on the 1999 re-election...See more"The King of Steeltown" is an offbeat, sometimes humorous inside look at Chicago-style machine politics in a rust-belt city (East Chicago, Indiana) struggling with the decline of the steel industry. The film focuses on the 1999 re-election campaign of Robert A. Pastrick, mayor for three decades and a dominant political force since he launched his career in the early 1950's. Described as the last of America's political bosses, Pastrick is portrayed as an old-style pol who skillfully retains control of this gritty multi-racial industrial community with a well-oiled political machine, an election year multi-million dollar public works program, and a clinical display of old fashion retail politics. Written by Chris Sautter See less
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Director
Chris Sautter
Cinematographer
Seth Henrikson
Editor
Jane Wholey
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Updated Jul 17, 2001
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Jul 17, 2001 (United States)
Awards
1 win

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