Wonder Wheel
The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.
- genus: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Gravier Productions, Amazon Studios, Perdido Productions
- keyword: housewife, coney island, lifeguard, ferris wheel, 1950s, coney island, new york city
- cast: Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, Max Casella, Jack Gore