While living in new york, speed spearheaded the shortlived punk band nerd reich. Timothy speed levitch at the 2012 summer tca press tour. Timothy speed levitch gained a kind cult celebrity when, as a quirky and animated new york city tour guide, he became the subject of the 1998 documentary the cruise. Levitch had spoken a gibberish unrelated to english and demanded his money back. Henry miller, the godfather of hippies, hipsters, and all sorts of supercool lattesucking. Interactive tour guide helps visitors unravel nycs secrets. A walking tour of greenwich village with timothy speed levitch, former nyc gray line guide who achieved cult status after starring in documentary, the cruise. The film records the worldview and personality of timothy speed levitch, who was then a guide for bus tours of new york city. Timothy speed levitch born 1970 is an actor, tour guide, speaker, author and. Timothy speed levitch born july 9, 1970 is an american actor, tour guide, speaker, author and voice actor. Tour of wall street, with timothy speed levitch, bmcc eng101 fall 2017 duration.
Sep, 2011 timothy speed levitch descends from immigrants who passed through ellis island at the turnofthecentury. Timothy speed levitch is best known as the subject of the cruise, a 1998 documentary that followed the erudite and eccentric tour guide as he unearthed the untold history of new york city. Timothy levitch, a beatpoet tour guide the new york times. He attended new york university where he studied drama and wrote several plays. The name speed was given to him by a childhood friend in high school. He is likely the inspiration of the song the cruise by the rentals, and his spoken word poetry can be heard on the demo version of the song with only one line sampled for the album release. The cruise is a 76minute documentary released in 1998. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Timothy speed levitch is an american actor, poet, tour guide, and speaker. Timothy speed levitch is a great tour guide tripadvisor.
Great to perform today in a reading of a play by speed levitch. Affectionate portrait of timothy speed levitch, a tour guide for manhattans gray line doubledecker buses. Levitch has appeared in multiple films and has had his poetic and philosophical works published in books and periodicals. Timothy levitch, a beatpoet tour guide new york city is bursting with tours, of landmarks and neighborhoods and less predictable destinations, historical or gastronomical or criminal. In the spring of 1995, bennett miller, a welltodo young new yorker with a ton of smoldering ambition, was close to giving up his childhood dream of making movies. View 1 image of timothy speed levitchs character from his voice acting career. Speed levitchs birth of the new ghetto is a historical drama in the shape of a borschtbelt comedy, according to the official fronterafest description. Irreverent responses from our favourite travel ninjas. He went to horace mann high school, a private day school in riverdale, new york. Bbc travel forms of identification timothy speed levitch. Tim speed levitch born 1970 is an american actor, tour guide, speaker, author and voice actor. Learn more about timothy speed levitch at with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more.
Levitch recalled a man from oklahoma who insisted that mr. His nickname is derived from his trademark fast talking style. Timothy speed levitch born 1970 is an american actor, tour guide, speaker, author and voice actor. The cruise by bennett miller bennett miller, timothy speed. View timothy speed levitchs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. If you dont know who he is then watch the movie entitled, the cruise. Given to philosophical ruminations and brimming with arcane knowledge, the cartoonish, verbose levitch conducted his tours as a kind of avantgarde performance, made all the more. Guide to greenwich village with cult gray line guide timothy. If architecture is the history of all phallic emotion, the empire state building is utter catharsis, and we are sitting in its silhouette. May 01, 2016 then there is timothy levitchs tour of the great living landmark that shows up five days a week.
He talks fast, is in love with the city, and dispenses historical facts, architectural analysis, and philosophical musings in equal measures. Then there is timothy levitchs tour of the great living landmark that shows up five days a week. From speed levitch, a quirky radio play about the founder. Timothy speed levitchs favorite quirky bars mens journal. The eclectic mix of historical tidbits, inspirational quotes, guidebooklike descriptions and humorous commentary make for a. This would be rush hour at grand central terminal, as described by mr.
Timothy speed levitch is an actor, tour guide, speaker, author, and voice actor, based in kansas city and new york. Nov, 2015 a walking tour of greenwich village with timothy speed levitch, former nyc gray line guide who achieved cult status after starring in documentary, the cruise. Feb 09, 2012 tour of wall street, with timothy speed levitch, bmcc eng101 fall 2017 duration. Levitch has appeared in multiple films and has had his poetic. Choose between greenwich village, central park or midtown rush hour. Timothy speed levitch descends from immigrants who passed through ellis island at the turnofthecentury.
Timothy speed levitch was born and raised in new york city. Henry miller, the godfather of hippies, hipsters, and all sorts of supercool latte. Timothy speed levitch pictures and photos fandango. Levitchs bus tour of the city was the subject of a 1998 documentary film, the cruise. After reading speedology, i have never felt so utterly alive and ready to overcome fear in my life. Speed on new york on speed, journalist timothy levitch presents an uncontrolled, sweeping portrait of manhattan. A beloved cult figure in 1990s new york city, timothy speed levitch became locally famous for his rhapsodical, philosophical, and downright. Levitch, known as speed, gives experiential tours of new york city that are replete with his trademark freeform soliloquies. Timothy speed levitch is an american actor, tour guide, poet, speaker, philosopher, author and voice actor. Speedology by timothy speed levitch, 9781893956292, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Timothy speed levitch at the premiere of scotland, pa. It has made me hunger to visit new york to see the world through the literary eyes i have been given as well as a need to think, feel and express more than i previously have.
The cruise by bennett miller bennett miller, timothy. Join facebook to connect with timothy speed levitch and others you may know. Timothy speed levitch and guest at the premiere of scotland, pa. Find timothy speed levitch movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. Timothy speed levitch takes my friend eric and i along with a small group of people through central park in new york city. Guide to greenwich village with cult gray line guide. Timothy given name, a common male and occasional female given name. The fulton fish market will be more of an odor than a landmark at this time of day, but it really swings out at four oclock in the morning another timothy speed. Get the latest on timothy speed levitch on fandango.
Timothy speed levitch on the folly of the new york city grid system. Described by karl koch in the recording history as. His walking tour of wall street was published in the outlaw bible of american. To truly travel is to stand on fields of yourself where youve never stood before. His short film entitled live from shivas dance floor won a special jury prize at the tribeca film festival. A beloved cult figure in 1990s new york city, timothy speed levitch became locally famous for his rhapsodical, philosophical, and downright eccentric and yes, speedy lectures as a bus tour. The pegleg by timothy speed levitch and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He is the subject of the 1998 bennett miller film the cruise. Theres a great battle raging on for the souls of young and aspiring writersa complicated struggle that can be metaphorized perhaps not a word, but i like it as henry miller vs. The previous summer, miller and a cameraman had filmed nearly 80 hours of hi8 video of timothy speed levitch, a spirited, couchsurfing new york city tour bus guideoral historiancomedian philosopher and longtime friend of.
Getting to the core of the big apple, the loquacious levitch is a font of factoids, noting the residences of such. Actor, tour guide, speaker, author, voice actor, kansas city and new york city tour guide, the. Waking life a thousand years is but an instant duration. Interactive tour guide helps visitors unravel nycs. Timothy speed levitch born 1970 is an actor, tour guide, speaker, author, voice. This blackandwhite lowbudget documentary focuses on garrulous guide timothy speed levitch, who talks to tourists traveling on the gray lines doubledecker manhattan tour buses.
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