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The Great New Wonderful (2005)

The Great New Wonderful poster
Directed by
Danny Leiner
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
R
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows several New Yorkers dealing with their everyday lives one year after the September 11 attacks. It shows their personal struggles and small triumphs in a city still healing.

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What happens

The Great New Wonderful is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Sam Catlin and directed by Danny Leiner. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Tony Shalhoub, Jim Gaffigan, Sharat Saxena, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Olympia Dukakis, and tells the tales of several New Yorkers a year after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The film premiered on April 22, 2005 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in the United States on June 26, 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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