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Coney Island Baby (2003)

Coney Island Baby poster
Directed by
Amy Hobby
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy drama about life in a small Irish town. It follows people dealing with personal changes and relationships.

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What happens

Coney Island Baby is a 2003 comedy-drama in which film producer Amy Hobby made her directorial debut. Karl Geary wrote the film and Tanya Ryno was the film's producer. The music was composed by Ryan Shore. The film was shot in Sligo, Ireland, which is known locally as "Coney Island". The film was screened at the Newport International Film Festival. Hobby won the Jury Award for "Best First Time Director". The film made its premiere television broadcast on the Sundance Channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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