In America [DVD videorecording] Fox Searchlight presents a Hell's Kitchen production, a Jim Sheridan film ; produced by Jim Sheridan and Arthur Lappin ; written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan ; directed by Jim Sheridan.
Publisher:
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
DVD, full screen (1.33 1) and widescreen (1.85:1) presentations 5.1 Dolby Digital. 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexuality, drug references, brief violence and language. Special features: alternate ending; 9 deleted scenes with optional commentary; directors commentary; making-of featurette. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Cast: Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger, Djimon Hounsou, David Wike, Michael Sean Tighe.
Summary:
Told by 11-year-old Christy, a child wise beyond her years. An Irish couple bring their two young daughters to America in search of a better life. Christy and her sister, Ariel find New York's Hell Kitchen a place of magic where anything is possible. To their parents, it represents a place to begin anew. Carried by the girls' youthful hope and faith, the family finds the heart to live and love again.
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