Young Dubliner Alan Cooke reflects on recently immigrating to New York City.

Young Irish immigrant, Alan Cooke contemplates the great metropolis New York City, and the very meaning of home itself. A vivid moving and poetic portrayal of life in contemporary New York featuring a host of celebrities, native New Yorkers and immigrants via candid interviews including Liam Neeson, Mike Myers, Susan Sarandon, Alfred Molina, Rosie Perez, Colin Quinn, Pete Hamill, Frank and Malachy McCourt, Fran Lebowitz, David Amram, Elaine Kaufman, Drew Nieporent, Armand DiMele, Vinny Vella and Woody Allen.

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Release Year: 2007

Duration: 70 min

Availability: Worldwide

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Young Irish immigrant, Alan Cooke contemplates the great metropolis New York City, and the very meaning of home itself. A vivid moving and poetic portrayal of life in contemporary New York featuring a host of celebrities, native New Yorkers and immigrants via candid interviews including Liam Neeson, Mike Myers, Susan Sarandon, Alfred Molina, Rosie Perez, Colin Quinn, Pete Hamill, Frank and Malachy McCourt, Fran Lebowitz, David Amram, Elaine Kaufman, Drew Nieporent, Armand DiMele, Vinny Vella and Woody Allen.

Directed by

Dawn Scibilia

Produced by

Dawn Scibilia

Alan Cooke

Director of Photography

Dawn Scibilia

Edited by

Dawn Scibilia

Composer

Dred Scott

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Posted 11/08/09 by zzhuollll

beautiful

Posted 10/31/09 by pagra

The opening song is named “ Aird ui Chumain” and tells the tale of a young homesick Irish migrant worker in Scotland as he looks out over the sea to his home in Ireland. There are many versions of this song but I like Mairead Ni Dohmnaill`s the best.