
The Greatest Tunnel Ever Built
2008, English. Directed by Eddie Rosenstein.
"Sandhogs" are New York's urban miners who for 150 years have carved tunnels into the city's bedrock, making life possible for the millions above. For the last 40 years, they've been working on their biggest job ever. The future of NYC, if not the nation, is literally in their hands. Are they up to the task? Will they finish in time? Narrated by Edward Burns, this award winning documentary goes deep into NY's underground to find out.
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- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 15 November 2008
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Thomas Kelly
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The Greatest Tunnel Ever Built isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 November 2008. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Greatest Tunnel Ever Built?
The Greatest Tunnel Ever Built (2008) was directed by Eddie Rosenstein and stars Edward Burns.