Hollywood Bidding on Feltman’s Story

It’s one of the most compelling stories never told. An immigrant invents the hot dog at Coney Island right after the Civil War. Another immigrant makes the hot dog into a worldwide sensation after initially working for, then splitting from the hot dog inventor’s restaurant. The world’s first hot dog restaurant closes in the 1950s. Then out of nowhere in 2015 with hot dog recipe in hand a Coney Island historian revives that original hot dog to great acclaim. The hot dog inventor’s name is Charles Feltman. The employee who worked for Feltman’s was Nathan Handwerker and the historian who revived Feltman’s is none other than Michael Quinn.

“Since I revived the legendary Feltman’s Hot Dog back in 2015 many members of the film industry have been itching to tell my story as a movie feature. Especially now that the Feltman’s narrative has come full circle.” says Michael Quinn.

Much of New York at the time was enamored by a now legendary Gothamist review of Feltman’s return. A must read. That article drew so much interest with filmmakers into what Quinn was doing at the time with Feltman’s.

Quinn will not be selling his story, even though big bucks are being thrown at him, unless he’s cast as himself in the movie. Much of his story takes place during the 2015-17 time period in New York City when Quinn was struggling to revive the Feltman’s brand all while generating on his own unprecedented universal media acclaim for his legendary hot dog.

Quinn also plans to perform his Feltman’s story as a one man show. According to Quinn ” I contacted an East Village cabaret called Pangea recently to find out their availability the next few months. Whether it’s my movie or my one man show nobody has a better perspective on the Feltman’s story than I do. My entire struggle will be included in a dramatic and at times humorous way. The good, the bad, and the ugly, it will all be in there!”