The A-list was in full force for the New York City premiere of Jim Sheridan's latest film In America. Many fans and friends of Sheridan were out to support the semi-autobio-graphical film for its holiday opening. In the movie, a family immigrates to America from Ireland and grapples with life in a new country. The couple are poor and have to steal an air conditioner when summer … [Read more...] about In America Premieres in New York
In America
Irish Films Wow New York Audiences…and Bono & Daniel Smoke Outside
By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003
At the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in May, two Irish movies quickly sold out: Jim Sheridan's In America and Aidan Quinn's Song for a Raggy Boy. Sheridan's movie, based on his own experience as a recently arrived immigrant to New York, left not a dry eye in the house. Release date is set for November. Quinn's movie meanwhile is set in an Irish reform school for boys … [Read more...] about Irish Films Wow New York Audiences…and Bono & Daniel Smoke Outside
Jim Sheridan at Boston Film Festival
By Irish America Staff
April / May 2003
Jim Sheridan will introduce his new film In America for the closing night of the fifth annual Boston Irish Film Festival at the end of April. The acclaimed Irish director will be on hand for the East Coast premiere of the film. Festival director Peter Flynn remarked, "Sheridan's work as a writer, producer, and director has done more for the image of Ireland and the Irish … [Read more...] about Jim Sheridan at Boston Film Festival