The Fox Searchlight website states a May 14, 2003 USA release for Jim Sheridan’s film “In America”: “Academy Award®-winning Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In The Name of The Father) directs the semi-autobiographical EAST OF HARLEM (working title). With their two young daughters in tow, Johnny and Sarah emigrate from Ireland to New York City in pursuit of a dream. The family uses ingenuity and sheer strength of will to make the most of their new life. Ultimately it is their kindness to a stranger and that stranger’s response in return that builds their new home.”
Topic: In America
Friday and Seezer have Time enough for Tears
Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer and Bono have written a song called “Time Enough for Tears” for the upcoming Jim Sheridan film “In America”. It will be sung by Andrea Corr.
Says Friday: “Bono saw the film and was blown away by it. He wanted to work with us and something happened, organically.”
The song has 40′s Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald feel to it and is likely to surprise anyone who expects something along the line of the previous collaboraton, “In the Name of the Father“.
Friday: “It’s written from a girl’s perspective. It’s very poetic, very romantic. It’s got that “You take away the sun” beauty and nakedness. It’s a beautiful song.”
Friday and Seezer have recently completed work on the score for “In America”. They previously collaborated with Sheridan on “In the Name of the Father” and “The Boxer”. “In America” is scheduled to premiere next year, April/May at the earliest.
Previous Bono/Friday/Seezer collaborations include their work on “In the name of the Father” and their cover of T-Rex’s “Children of the Revolution” for Baz Luhrman’s “Moulin Rouge”.
‘In America’ screening
Jim Sheridan’s new film (score by Friday/Seezer) was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival with a new title: “In America”.
Consolation Champs reviews the film.
Friday and Seezer work on In America score
Gavin and Maurice are currently in the studio working on a score for Jim Sheridan’s new film for 20th Century Fox. The film is roughly based on Sheridan’s own experiences a young man in New York. Working title: ‘New York Story’. (Although the IMDB has it listed as ‘East of Harlem’) Expected release for the film is September 2002.
Later this year they will be recording ‘Peter and the Wolf’ with the Friday/Seezer ensemble (Julia Palmer, Renaud Pion, Gary Hughes, Des Moore).
