Synopsis
Stations of the Elevated (1981) is a 45-minute city symphony directed, produced and edited by Manfred Kirchheimer. Shot on lush 16mm color reversal stock, the film weaves together vivid images of graffiti- covered elevated subway trains crisscrossing the gritty urban landscape of 1970s New York, to a commentary-free soundtrack that combines ambient city noise with jazz and gospel by Charles Mingus and Aretha Franklin. Gliding through the South Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan - making a rural detour past a correctional facility upstate - Stations of the Elevated is an impressionistic portrait of and tribute to a New York that has long since disappeared.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
7.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
22.2%
Critic Consensus
100.0% Fresh • 8 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 8 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, emotional, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
character-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score100.0
RT critic review count8
Rotten Tomatoes audience score33.0
RT audience rating count100
IMDb rating7.1
IMDb votes221
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2014 | $28,516 | $37,792 |
| International | 2014 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2014 | $28,516 | $37,792 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2014 | $14,258 | $18,896 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2014 | $853,000 | $1,130,486 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2014 | $676,000 | $895,907 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2014 | $972,000 | $1,288,198 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2014 | $2,621,000 | $3,473,628 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2014 | $56,100 | $74,350 |
| Total Revenues | 2014 | $5,192,358 | $6,881,465 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2014 | $187,000 (est) | $247,832 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2014 | $80,000 (est) | $106,025 (est) |
| Participations | 2014 | $208,000 | $275,664 |
| Residuals ? | 2014 | $310,000 | $410,845 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2014 | $37,400 | $49,566 |
| Total Expenses | 2014 | $822,400 | $1,089,932 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2014 | $4,369,958 | $5,791,533 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $0, DVD $1,828,000, BluRay $794,000
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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