About The Film
This feature length film documents the long history of Rocky Point Park, an amusement park and shore dinner hall situated along the coast of the Narragansett Bay. For over 150 years, New Englanders flocked to the spot, for a game of Sunday baseball, for a picnic, for a rock-n-roll concert, or to ride on the Tilt-a-Whirl . Then, in 1996, the park closed. With its rides sold off, the park sits as a ghost town, scheduled for demolition and primed for the construction of condominiums.
This feature length film documents the long history of Rocky Point Park, an amusement park and shore dinner hall situated along the coast of the Narragansett Bay. For over 150 years, New Englanders flocked to the spot, for a game of Sunday baseball, for a picnic, for a rock-n-roll concert, or to ride on the Tilt-a-Whirl . Then, in 1996, the park closed. With its rides sold off, the park sits as a ghost town, scheduled for demolition and primed for the construction of condominiums.
The story of Rocky Point Park is told entirely by
the people who lived there, who worked there, and
who spent every waking moment of every summer at
the park. We have collected found footage,
family photographs, and memorabilia from the
park. Along with a couple of local still
photographers, we have shot extensively inside the
ruined buildings and on the hallowed grounds of the
former amusement park.
From Babe Ruth to George Bush, from the first presidential phone call to a devastating hurricane, You Must Be This Tall captures all the fond memories left behind at Rocky Point, leaving future generations with a visually-stimulating reminder of the way things were.
From Babe Ruth to George Bush, from the first presidential phone call to a devastating hurricane, You Must Be This Tall captures all the fond memories left behind at Rocky Point, leaving future generations with a visually-stimulating reminder of the way things were.
