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Synopsis: Following the tragic death of their five-year-old son Frankie, Irish couple Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their remaining two offspring, 10 year old Christy Sullivan and 5 year old Ariel Sullivan, emigrate illegally to the United States via Canada with little in their pockets. Their final destination is Manhattan where Johnny hopes to work as a stage actor. They move into a unit in a run town tenement housed primarily with drug addicts, transvestites and one tenant coined "the man who screams". They do whatever they can to eke out a supportive family environment in this difficult situation, the support which ultimately extends to those around them, most specifically "the screamer" who turns out to be an African-American artist named Mateo with AIDS. But the memory of Frankie hangs over the family in good and bad ways, especially as Sarah learns she's pregnant. Christy, who records their life's goings-on with her beloved camcorder, believes that the angel of Frankie has granted her thre
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jim Sheridan
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 61 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG-13
Year:
2002
105 min
$15,323,959
Website
796 Views


Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum.

- Girls.

- I still smell the blood of an Irishwoman.

Take the bag. Take the money.

Go to Heaven. Marina will look after you.

I smell the blood of an Irishwoman.

- Oh, hi, you two.

- How you doing, girls?

You're a little later than usual.

Where's your mom?

My mom is playing with Dad on her own.

Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum.

I smell the blood of an Irishwoman.

Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum.

I still smell the blood... of an Irishwoman.

- Where are the kids?

- Leave it on.

It's all right.

It's OK.

- Ah, where are the kids?

- They're fine.

They're in Heaven.

Marina's looking after them.

Come on to me. Come on.

- No! No.

- Go on!

And that was the moment

the baby was conceived.

What's wrong?

Was it that good?

Was it that bad?

Look at me, Sarah.

You all right?

What's wrong?

- Come here to me.

- I can't.

- Come here to me. Hey.

- I can't.

Look at me and tell me the truth.

Frankie had your eyes, Johnny.

Say something.

You blame me.

I should have been there to catch him

when he fell down the stairs.

It's my fault.

I don't blame you.

- Oh, sh*t! Oh, sh*t!

- Hurry, get inside.

We had to go to a Catholic

school, so my dad took a night job.

Ariel was worried about

a blind man called Jos.

Everybody smile and say "Cheese!"

Cheese!

Christy, why can Jos not see?

It's not "Jos. " It's:

I helped too.

Fill the bag with leaves like that,

yellow ones.

OK.

Statue of Liberty, nation,

friends and caring,

so now we are all together.

I'm hungry!

Right, keep your eye on the meter.

And get in the cab and keep your ear

on the radio, all right? I won't be long.

And lock the doors.

401 to base.

If you can hear me, come in.

Hello, base here.

Hey, where's your dad, girls?

- He's in his audition.

- Oh.

- Where are you?

- I'm not positive.

Christy, do you know where you are?

- No.

- Oh.

- Are you on Broadway?

- Yeah, I think so.

- Near where?

- Near...

- Near the audition.

- Yeah. Very good.

Is my baby all right?

- How are you feeling?

- Fine.

Little bit tired,

but other than that I'm OK.

Mom, do you think

Dad will know who I am?

Wow, youse look great.

You'll knock 'em out.

- Can you guess what they are?

- Ariel's an angel.

Uh-huh.

- Christy's a forest.

- She's autumn.

- No, fall.

- Fall?

Yeah. That's what they call it

here in America - fall. Like, leaves fall.

Oh, you guys look great. They look great.

Irish. Irish. Spare a quarter, please?

Please, please.

- I got a quarter.

- You're the best.

- All right.

- He gave me a quarter, Angela.

- He gave me a quarter.

- There you go.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you. Thank you.

Who are they?

That's the Irish.

What's wrong?

What's wrong?

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Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. In the few years from 1989 to 1993, Sheridan directed two critically acclaimed films set in Ireland (My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father) that between them received 13 Academy Award nominations. Sheridan has personally received six Academy Award nominations. In addition to the above-mentioned films, he is also known for the films The Boxer and In America. more…

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