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IN AMERICA (cert 15)

A graceful and disarming film about the extraordinariness of everyday life, as lived by a struggling Canadian family who move to a new life in New York city. Sweet, light, moving, and a startling addition to Jim Sheridan’s impressive catalogue.
 
Dir. Jim Sheridan, Scr. Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan
Starring Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine
UK 2002, 103 mins

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In America
 
Directed by
Jim Sheridan
 
Written by
Jim Sheridan
Naomi Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan
 
Produced by
Nye Heron associate producer
Arthur Lappin producer
Paul Myler co-producer
Jim Sheridan producer
 
Original Music by
Gavin Friday
Maurice Seezer
 
Cinematography by
Declan Quinn
 
Film Editing by
Naomi Geraghty
 
Production Design by
Mark Geraghty
 
Art Direction by
Susie Cullen
 
Set Decoration by
Johnny Byrne
 
Costume Design by
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
 
Art Department
Philip Canfield lead man
Alan Cheevers master plasterer
Kate Kennedy set decorator: New York
Wing Lee art director: New York
Tyrone Monaghan props
Eamonn O'Higgins property master
William F. Reynolds property master: New York
Alexander Wei art department coordinator: New York
 
Sound Department
Philip Alton dialogue editor
Daniel Birch sound
Tim Cavagin sound re-recording mixer
Michael Connell music editor
Peter Gleaves adr mixer
Lewis Goldstein sound effects editor
Ken Ishii stand-by sound mixer: New York
Paul Koronkiewicz boom operator: New York
Conor Mackey assistant dialogue editor
Kim Maitland cable person: New York
Steve Mayer assistant sound editor
Nigel Mills supervising sound editor
Mike Wood foley editor
 
Visual Effects by
Simon Carr digital artist
 
Cast
Samantha Morton - Sarah
Paddy Considine - Johnny
Sarah Bolger - Christy
Emma Bolger - Ariel
Djimon Hounsou - Mateo
Randall Carlton - Immigration Officer 2
Neal Jones - Immigration Officer
Adrian Martinez - Shopkeeper
Rene Millan
Bernadette Quigley - Administrator
Michael Sean Tighe
Jessica Peters - Additional Voices (uncredited)
 
103 minutes
Ireland / UK 2003
 
Certificate 15
 
In America was released by 20th Century Fox on 31 October
 

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