In America DVD 2003 / Directed by Jim Sheridan / Starring: Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger

UPC 5039036015783

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 5.1

SUBTITLES: English HOH

Total Runtime: 101 MINUTES

English Summary:

In 1982, Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their daughters Christy and Ariel enter the United States on a tourist visa from Ireland via Canada, where Johnny was working as an actor. The family settles in New York City, in a rundown Hell's Kitchen tenement occupied by drug addicts, transvestites, and a reclusive Nigerian artist/photographer named Mateo Kuamey. Hanging over the family is the death of their five-year-old son Frankie, who died from a brain tumor. The devout Roman Catholic Johnny questions God and has lost any ability to feel true emotions, which has affected his relationship with his family. Christy believes she has been granted three wishes by her dead brother, which she only uses at times of near-dire consequences for the family as they try to survive in New York.

After finding the apartment, Sarah gets a job in the local ice cream parlor to support the family while Johnny auditions for any role for which he is suited, with no success. Despite their poverty, the initial joy of being in the United States and the closeness of the family gives them the energy to make the most of what they have, and Christy chronicles the events of their life with a cherished camcorder. As money runs low and the city's temperatures soar, the family dip into savings to go to the movies to see E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and enjoy the air conditioning to find respite from the oppressive heat. Tensions between Johnny and Sarah begin to rise with the summer heat. Not helping their financial and emotional strain is the discovery that Sarah is pregnant. Eventually Johnny finds work as a cab driver to augment their income and help pay for the girls' Catholic school tuition.

Cast:

• Paddy Considine as Johnny Sullivan
• Samantha Morton as Sarah Sullivan
• Sarah Bolger as Christy Sullivan
• Emma Bolger as Ariel Sullivan
• Djimon Hounsou as Mateo Kuamey
• Merrina Millsapp as Marina, waitress at the "Heaven" ice cream parlor
• Adrian Martinez as Shopkeeper