In the hustle and bustle of 1950s Coney Island, where the buzzing crowd comes and goes trudging slowly over the wooden boardwalks, silent stories of the everyday toilers who give life to the attraction unfold. Somewhere in a clam bar, there's the sad waitress Ginny (Kate Winslet), a one-time actress and now a suffering wife who's been given a second chance by the side of the well-intentioned but uncouth carousel operator, Humpty. On the other hand, there's Humpty's 26-year-old estranged daughter, Carolina, who left the familial nest and a preordained future seeking adventure as a mobster's wife; only to return home with her wings broken, begging for forgiveness. And from the lifeguard's high tower, where all is in plain sight, the young and charming lifesaver and hopeful playwright, Mickey (Justin Timberlake), is the inadvertent but potent catalyst that binds everything together. Shattered dreams, reckless love and betrayal, all under the bright lights of Coney Island.

Beach, Coney Island, New York.

Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, New York.

Ruby's Bar & Grill, Coney Island, New York.

St. George Theatre, Staten Island, New York.

Freak Bar, Coney Island, New York.

Chinese Scholars Garden, Staten Island, New York.

Carvel Ice Cream, Rye Playland, Rye, New York.