In America (2002)
| Release Date | 01 January 2003 |
| US Box Office | $16,000,000 |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Country | IrelandUKUSA |
| Filming Locations | Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Childhood Drama, Family Drama |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Mood | Only Human |
| Themes | Starting Over, Immigrant Life, Death of a Child, Down on Their Luck |
| Tones | Elegiac, Compassionate, Bittersweet, Intimate, Warm, Sentimental, Gritty |
| Tags | Actor, City Life, Daughter, Immigrant, Irish [nationality], Neighbor, Tenement |
In America is a 2003 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters Naomi and Kirsten focuses on an immigrant Irish family's efforts to survive in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Randall Carlton
Immigration Officer #2
Ciaran Cronin
Frankie
Juan Carlos Hernández
Papo
Nye Heron
Blind Man
Rene Millan
Steve
Sara James
Papo's Girlfriend
Bob Gallico
Theatre Director
Jason Killalee
Assistant Theatre Director
Chary O'Dea
Mexican Woman with Child
Merrina Millsapp
Marina
David Wike
Barker
Guy Carleton
Man at Fair
Elaine Grollman
Nun on School Steps
Nick Dunning
Gynaecologist
Michael Sean Tighe
Frank
Jennifer Seifert
Angela
Kathleen King
Prize Giving Nun
Eilish Scanlon
Nun Playing Piano
Tom Murphy
Actor in Queue
Molly Glynn
Sarah Mateo
Jer O'Leary
Thomas Bakewell
Regina Roe
Administrator, Nurse
Tamla Clarke
Hospital Receptionist
Carmen Regan
Doctor
Rodrigo Pineda Sanchez
Mexican Man Guitarist
Gabriela Quintero Lopez
Mexican Woman Guitarist
Director
Writer
Naomi Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan
Producer
Nye Heron
associate producer
Arthur Lappin
producer
Paul Myler
co-producer
Meredith Zamsky
line producer: New York
Original Music
Maurice Seezer
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Cinematographer
Declan Quinn
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Editor
Naomi Geraghty
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Casting Director
Sally Osoba
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Production Designer
Mark Geraghty
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Art Director
Susie Cullen
Set Decorator
Johnny Byrne
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Costume Designer
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
Makeup Department
Orla Carrol
chief hair stylist
Angel De Angelis
chief hair stylist: New York
Morna Ferguson
key makeup artist
Lori Hicks
key makeup artist: New York
Niamh O'Loan
assistant makeup artist
Una O'Sullivan
assistant hair stylist
Production Manager
Patricia Adlesic
production supervisor: New York
Jo Homewood
production manager
Maria Walker
post-production supervisor
Trish Adlesic
production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carrie Fix
second assistant director: New York
Therese Friel
second assistant director: additional photography
Konrad Jay
first assistant director
Alex Jones
third assistant director: additional photography
Raymond Kirk
third assistant director
Alyson Latz
second second assistant director: New York
Michael Lerman
first assistant director: New York
Jennie Maloney
trainee assistant director: additional photography
Karen Richards
second assistant director
Susan Stanley
trainee assistant director
Keith Barry
trainee assistant director
Sean Griffin
third assistant director: dailies
Nye Heron
second unit director
Neil Winterlich
trainee assistant director
Art Department
Russ Bailey
construction manager
Anthony Baldasare
on-set dresser: New York
Joshua Barraud
stand-by props: additional photography
Stephen Broughall
carpenter: additional photography unit
Aran Byrne
dressing props
David Byrne
carpenter: additional photography unit
Eugene Campbell
carpenter, carpenter: additional photography unit
Patrice Canfield Longo
set dresser: New York
Philip Canfield
leadman: New York
Scott Canfield
set dresser: New York
Mark Cannon
stand-by carpenter: additional photography
Ken Carlisle
carpenter
Steve Carter
assistant art director: New York
Bronwyn Clohissey-Boyd
painter: additional photography
Guy Coates
carpenter: additional photography unit
Darren Crimmins
construction supervisor: additional photography
Timothy Crimmins
stagehand
Fiona Daly
supervising art director: additional photography
John Davis
storyboard artist
John Delaney
stand-by stagehand: additional photography
Conor Devlin
draughtsman
Ruth DiPasquale
assistant prop master: New York
Shane Donnelly
stagehand
Tom Dowling
construction manager: additional photography
Stephen Driver
carpenter
Alan Dunne
chargehand dressing props
Gavin Flanagan
carpenter: additional photography unit
Aeveen Fleming
art department trainee
Scott Gertsen
construction foreman: New York
Jimmy Gillen
stand-by stagehand
Ciara Gormley
assistant art director
Alex Gorodetsky
scenic: New York
Vivienne Gray
art director: additional photography
John Greene
chargehand carpenter
Lar Griffen
painter
Kenneth Hammer
construction coordinator: New York
Chris Heaps
set dresser: New York
Jimmy Irwin
supervising plasterer: additional photography
Warren Jorgensen
charge scenic: New York
Darren Kearney
stand-by painter
Paul Kearney
carpenter: additional photography unit
Robert Keller
carpenter: New York
Tony Kelly
stagehand
Kate Kennedy
set decorator: New York
Paul Keogh
supervising carpenter
Sarah Kingston
production buyer: additional photography
Matthew Kirwan
carpenter
Wing Lee
art director: New York
Daragh Lewis
stand-by props
Eoin Lewis
dressing props
Daniel Lyons
painter
Dave McAllister
key construction grip: New York
Nuala McKernan
stand-by props
Steve Mitchell
scenic artist
Tyrone Monaghan
trainee props
Nicola Moroney
assistant art director: additional photography
Mick Mulvaney
stagehand: additional photography
Gary O'Donnell
painter
Eamonn O'Higgins
property master
David Oldham
stand-by carpenter
Jenny Oman
production buyer
Christy O'Shaughnessy
master painter: additional photography
Philip O'Shaughnessy
painter: additional photography
Thomas O'Shaughnessy
stand-by painter: additional photography
Laurence O'Toole
signage: Mateo, paintings: Mateo
Michael O'Toole
apprentice carpenter
David Packard
scenic artist
Dave Peters
property master: additional photography
William F. Reynolds
prop master: New York
Gerard Richardson
painter
Robbie Richardson
master painter
Bruce Ryder
storyboard artist
Steve Scanlon
assistant prop master: New York
Maurice Thompson
construction run-around: additional photography
David Wallace
dressing props
Ian Wallace
construction runaround
Alexander Wei
art department coordinator: New York
Alan Cheevers
master plasterer
Tamara Conboy
graphic designer
Sound Department
Philip Alton
dialogue editor, adr editor
John Bateman
adr mixer
Don Bell
sound recordist
Daniel Birch
production sound recordist, sound mixer
Paula Boram
foley artist
David Boulton
adr mixer
Tim Cavagin
sound re-recording mixer
Brian Connolly
sound trainee: additional photography
Colette Dahanne
adr recordist
Andrew Felton
sound trainee
Richard Fettes
additional dialogue editor
Brian Gallagher
adr recordist
Peter Gleaves
adr mixer
Lewis Goldstein
sound effects editor
Richard Hetherington
boom operator
Alex Hudd
engineer: Dolby
Peter Isaac
assistant to recordist
Paul Koronkiewicz
boom operator: New York
Kieran Lynch
assistant sound engineer
Conor Mackey
assistant dialogue editor
Kim Maitland
cable: New York, boom operator: New York
Steve Mayer
assistant sound editor
Nigel Mills
supervising sound editor
Graham Nieder
sound maintenance
Steve Single
sound re-recording mixer
Ruth Sullivan
foley artist
Mike Wood
foley editor
Michael Lemass
assistant dialogue editor, assistant adr editor
John Soukup
sound transfer
Eric Thompson
adr mixer
Special Effects
Aidan Byrne
special effects crew
Brendan Byrne
special effects coordinator
Dermot Byrne
special effects crew
Martin Fitzpatrick
special effects crew
Kevin Kearns
special effects crew
Steven Kirshoff
special effects coordinator: New York
Pat Redmond
special effects coordinator
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin
snow effects technician
Visual Effects
Mark Bakowski
digital compositor: Mill Film
Helen Ball
digital compositor: Mill Film
Simon Carr
digital compositor: Mill Film
Andrew Jeffery
visual effects coordinator: Mill Film
Richard Little
digital compositor: Mill Film
Daniel Pettipher
sequence supervisor: Mill Film
Susi Roper
visual effects producer: Mill Film
Simon Stanley-Clamp
visual effects supervisor: Mill Film
Shaina Holmes
digital compositor
Stunts
Danny Aiello III
stunts
Joe Condren
stunt coordinator: Ireland
Norman Douglass
stunt double: Paddy
Cort Hessler
stunts
Don Hewitt
stunts
Manny Siverio
stunt coordinator: USA
Jeff Ward
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Will Arnot
camera operator: "a" camera, New York, Steadicam operator: New York
Michael Canzoniero
camera operator: digital cameras, snow unit, New York
John Carr
practical electrician
Dermot Coleman
practical electrician
Fionn Comerford
clapper loader: additional photography
Louis Conroy
electrician: additional photography
John Dolan
best boy grip: New York
Joe Donohue III
dolly grip: New York
Dave Durney
electrician: additional photography
Owen Farrell
clapper loader
James W. Finnerty
key grip: New York
John 'Spike' Finnerty
grip: New York
Joseph Finnerty
grip: New York
Thomas Ford
rigging gaffer: New York
Graeme Haughton
electrician
Noel Holland
electrician
Amanda Hudson
second assistant camera: New York
John Inwood
camera operator: Super 16, snow unit, New York
Fred Johanns
electrician: New York
Ciaran Kavanagh
focus puller, camera operator: "a" camera, additional photographer
Eamonn Kelly
rigger
Matt LoGuercio
camera operator: Mini DV, snow unit, New York
Bobby Mancuso
first assistant camera: New York
Niall Mannion
electrician
Douglas Martines
video playback: New York
Stephen McCarthy
generator operator
Robert McGavin
best boy: New York
James McGuire
gaffer
Hollis Meminger
film loader: New York, clapper loader: New York
James Merrigan
rigger
John Mitchell
electrician: New York
Steve Montague
rigger
John Murphy
grip
Gareth Nevin
video assist operator, video operator
William O'Brien
rigger: additional photography
Eoin O'Hagan
best boy
Eamonn O'Keeffe
focus puller: additional photography
Andrew O'Reilly
camera trainee
Ozzy Phothivongsa
electrician: New York
Cris Purificato
grip: New York
Joe Quigley
grip: additional photography
Robbie Reilly
stand-by rigger
Marco Ricci
camera operator: digital cameras, snow unit, New York
Gerard Sava
director of photography: second unit, camera operator
Robert Sciretta
gaffer: New York
Chris Silano
first assistant camera: "b" camera, New York
Howard Smith
Steadicam operator, director of photography: second unit
Paul Steinberg
shop electrician: New York
Maurice Swan
electrician: additional photography
Tom Tormey
stand-by rigger: additional photography
Paul Tracey
rigger
Bernard Walsh
still photographer
Barry Wetcher
still photographer: New York
Hugh-Thomas Cavanagh
electrician
Robert Hamilton
video assist operator: re-shoots
Vince McGahon
camera operator: "b" camera, Steadicam operator
Anthony Meade
additional clapper loader
Phil Oetiker
director of photography: additional photography
Francis Taaffe
video playback operator
Casting Department
Joyce Gallie
casting: UK
Avy Kaufman
casting: USA
Frank Moiselle
casting: Ireland
Nuala Moiselle
casting: Ireland
David H. Kramer
adr voice casting
Karen Meisels
casting associate
Maureen Whalen
casting associate: USA
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sharon Beatty
wardrobe assistant
Mark Burchard
wardrobe supervisor: New York
Michelle Butler
wardrobe trainee: additional photography
Clodagh Deegan
wardrobe assistant: additional photographic unit
Judith Devlin
wardrobe supervisor
Catherine George
wardrobe supervisor: New York
Joan Kaufman
assistant costume designer: New York
Debbie Millington
wardrobe trainee
Leonie Pendergast
wardrobe trainee
Judith Williams
assistant costume designer
Editorial Department
Paul A. Byrne
telecine dailies colorist
Nicky Dunne
assistant editor: avid
Lalit Goyal
conforming assistant
Peter Hunt
grader
Mairead McIvor
first assistant editor
Siobhan Mcmahon
editor trainee
Linda Nartey
second assistant editor
James Nichols Jr.
assistant editor: New York
James Watt
editor trainee
Steve Farman
negative cutter
Music Department
Håkan Åkesson
composer: song "Cherry Coke & Pizza Pie"
Umberto Berrettoni
conductor: "Aranci Datteri!" from Puccini's "La Boheme"
Michael Blair
musician: drums, percussion and tuned percussion
Andrew Boland
music mixer
Kent Buchanan
composer: song "Beach Bomb"
Brian Byrne
conductor: The Irish Film Orchestra
Ramon Campos
composer: song "La Cubanita"
Michael Connell
music editor
Antoine Contreras
composer: song "La Cubanita"
David Donohue
music supervisor
Bruce Elliott-Smith
composer: song "Hold Me Tight"
Stephen Elliott-Smith
composer: song "Hold Me Tight"
The FridaySeezer Ensemble
music performers
Freddie Funk
composer: song "Stuck Together"
Gareth Hughes
musician: bass
The Irish Film Orchestra
music performers
Madjid Khaladj
composer: song "Tempest"
Mark Lord
composer: song "Hold Me Tight"
Triona Marshall
musician: harp
Stephen McDonnell
musician: trumpet
Jean Molos
composer: song "La Cubanita"
Des Moore
musician: guitars, mandolin and banjo
Renaud Pion
musician: woodwinds
Miriam Roycroft
musician: cello
Antoine Santiago
composer: song "La Cubanita"
Maurice Seezer
music arranger, music producer, musician: piano, keyboards, organ and accordian, orchestrator: The Irish Film Orchestra
Michael Sellers
composer: song "Tierra del Fuego"
El Son
music arranger: "La Bamba"
Christine Bergren
music legal
Transportation Department
Frank J. Apicelli
driver: New York
Alan Barton
unit driver: additional photography
Ernie Beakhurst
unit driver
Theodor A. Brown
driver: New York
Mike Buckman
driver: New York
Joseph Buonocore
driver: New York
Noel Burke
driver
Michael Canosa
driver: New York
Stephen Carroll
action vehicle coordinator
Tony Clark
driver
Brendan P. Connolly
driver: New York
Michael Connolly
driver: New York
Willie Cooley
driver
Eddie Cullen
driver
Jason Cullen
driver
Jeff Cullen
unit driver
Jimmy Cullen
transportation captain
Tony Cullen
unit driver
Steven Curtis
driver: New York
Jimmy Devlin
unit driver
Joseph Featherstone
driver: New York
Patrick Gilligan
camera car driver: additional photography
Tom Horvath
driver: New York
Dracey Jobbins
driver
Paul Kane
driver: New York
John Kavanagh
driver
Kristopher Keefe
driver: New York
John Keelihan
driver
Gerry Malone
driver
John McGuinness
unit driver: additional photography
Philip Murphy
driver
Niall O'Huadhaigh
driver: props, additional photography
George O'Neill
driver: New York
Wesley Petersen
driver: New York
Derek Pomeroy
unit driver
Steve Szucs
driver: New York
Breffni Winston
driver: props
Other Crew
Renata Adamidov
production executive: Hell's Kitchen, Los Angeles
Grainne Mac Anthony
production assistant
Brooks Baldwin
dialect coach
Naoise Barry
assistant location manager
Joan B. Benjamin
tutor: New York
Brian Brown
chef: Shooting Stars Catering, New York
Lisa Brown
second assistant chef: Shooting Stars Catering, New York
Keith Bryant
film laboratory coordinator
Maurice Cabrera
parking coordinator: New York
Simon Carmody
production consultant
Frank Cattano
location assistant: New York
Mariela Comitini
set production assistant: New York
Eileen Conroy
unit nurse
Dougal Cousins
location manager: additional photography
Clare Cunningham
assistant accountant
Jill Dempsey
crowd coordinator
Rory Mac Dermott
production accountant
Enda Doherty
utility stand-in
Maire Doherty
assistant coordinator
Julie Dowsett
nutritionist
Mark Dwyer
assistant: Windmill Lane Studios
Emer Egan
assistant accountant: additional photography
Tracy Ershow
set production assistant: New York
Kerin Ferallo
production coordinator: New York
Louise Gaffney
script supervisor
Barbara Galawan
legal consultant
Mel Gallagher
accounts trainee
Teresa Gautly
unit nurse: additional photography
Ingrid Goodwin
production secretary
Adrienne Greenhalgh
utility stand-in
Gerry Grennell
voice coach
David Gross
set production assistant: New York
Jose F. Guerrero
location assistant: New York
Peter Harrison
additional production assistant: New York
Sue Henderson
accountant: Hell's Kitchen
Kristin Hensley
set production assistant: New York
Don Kelly
coordinator: snow unit, New York
Joanne Kelly
assistant: Jim Sheridan
Wende Kremer
assistant location manager: New York
Zeke Lawless
utility stand-in: additional photography
Nessa Linnane
utility stand-in
Mark Little
additional footage: snow unit, New York
Jim Lovaglio
first assistant accountant: second unit
Niall Martin
assistant location manager: additional photography
Paddy McCarney
location manager
Jeanette McGrath
script supervisor: additional photography
Carol Moorhead
production coordinator
Muttley
security: Friday/Geezer
Niamh Nolan
production executive: Hell's Kitchen
Lucie Nunan
tutor
Klaran Patten
location trainee: additional photography
Roger Phillips
title designer
Patricia Porter
payroll accountant: New York
Nelson Puente
craft service: New York
Carmel Regan
medical consultant
Catherine Rutter
manager: Windmill Lane Studios
Sandra Maltz Saccio
production coordinator: New York
Edmund Sampson
assistant location manager
Chris Sanata
set production assistant: New York
Henri Sann
additional production assistant: New York
Marc Santo
office production assistant: New York
Georg Schmithüsen
location manager: New York
Naomi Sheridan
additional footage: snow unit, New York
Georgina Shortt
crowd coordinator: additional photography
Frank Slaten
additional production assistant: New York
Tara Slye
assistant: Ms. Morton
Joe Smalley
key set production assistant: New York
Gaby Smyth
legal and business affairs: Friday/Geezer
William 'D.J.' Spencer
location scout: Baltimore
Una Spillane
assistant to producers
Winston Stewart
first assistant chef: Shooting Stars Catering, New York
Erinn Thompson
location trainee, location assistant
Lee Tucker
preview engineer
Caitriona Walsh
manager: The Irish Film Orchestra
Hope Walter
additional production assistant: New York
Anne Warter
utility stand-in: additional photography
Billie Webster
accounting assistant
James Patrick Whalen Jr.
teamster captain: New York
Jillian Wilson
crowd coordinator
Edward Teddy Yoon
additional production assistant: New York
Elizabeth Zagrany
production accountant: New York
Jeremy L. Balon
office production assistant
Michael Grigsby
production auditor
John Paul LeBon
location assistant
Gerry Lundberg
unit publicist
Poll Moussoulides
dialogue coach: adr
Jessica Peters
adr loop group
Stephen Scarpulla
background voices
Julie Solomon
location scout
Thanks
Bernadette Butler
special thanks
Devin Butler
special thanks
Niamh Butler
special thanks
Dr. Sean Daly
special thanks: Coombe Women's Hhospital Dublin
Nicky Deasy
special thanks
Peter Giairnio
special thanks
James Hickey
special thanks
Ruth Hunter
special thanks
Kate Lennon
special thanks
Dr. Peter Mckenna
special thanks
Fred Milstein
special thanks
Charles Moore
special thanks
Mark Newman
special thanks
B.J. O'Brien
special thanks
Colin O'Brien
special thanks
Maria Pizzuti
special thanks
Fran Sheridan
special thanks
Frankie Sheridan
dedicatee
Tess Sheridan
special thanks
Susan Waddell
special thanks
Production Company
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Hell's Kitchen Films
East of Harlem (UK) Ltd.
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Harlem Film Productions Ltd.
Distributor
20th Century Fox Italia
20th Century Fox Netherlands
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox de Argentina
20th Century Fox of Germany
FS Film Oy
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox-Warner
Gemini Film
Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E.
Gativideo
,
RTL Entertainment
SubTV
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Special Effects
Team FX
Mill Films (I)
Snow Business International
Miscellaneous
A.C. Transport
facilities provided by
ARRI Lighting Rental
lighting equipment
Access Conference Connections
accomodation
Aerfast
couriers
Amblin Entertainment
special thanks
Aon Insurance
insurance
Ardmore Sound
adr
Bank of Ireland
banking services
Cine Electric Ltd.
lighting
Cine Finance
completion bond
Copsewood Aviaries
animal handling
Custom Film Effects
titles and opticals
Daniel Birch Sound Equipment
sound equipment provided by
Flair Travel
travel agent
Frameline Productions Ltd.
title design
Gerry Lundberg Publicity
unit publicity
Grant Wilfley Casting
background casting: New York
Horse Studio Dublin, The
music pre-production
Hot Buns Catering
catering
KPMG
accountants
Kodak
film stock
London Editing Machines Ltd.
avid provided by
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
legal advisor
Oisin Security
security
Olswang
legal advisor
On Location Education
tutoring: New York, special thanks
Panavision Ireland
cameras and lenses
Photologic
film stock
Professional Negative Cutting
negative cutting
Risk Management Pat Rainy
insurance
Sapex Scripts
post-production script services
Sargent Disc
payroll services
Shooting Stars Catering
catering: New York
Sound One Corporation
adr
Teamwork Catering
catering: additional photography
Theatrical Arms
walkie talkies provided by
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
footage: "The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Fly" courtesy of
Twickenham Film Studios
sound post-production
Universal Studios Licensing
footage: "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and merchandise courtesy of, special thanks
Windmill Lane Recording Studios
score recorded at, post-production facilities
Related Lists
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Films directed by Jim Sheridan
Brothers (2009)
Dream House (2011)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
In America
In the Name of the Father (1993)
My Left Foot (1989)
The Boxer (1997)
The Field (1990)
