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New York City Serenade (2007)

New York City Serenade poster
Directed by
Frank Whaley
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two childhood friends travel to a film festival in Kansas while dealing with their own personal problems. The movie follows their separate crises and their strained friendship.

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What happens

New York City Serenade is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Frank Whaley and starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris Klein and Jamie-Lynn Sigler alongside Heather Bucha, Alexander Chaplin and Wallace Shawn. The film takes its title from the Bruce Springsteen song of the same name from 1973, and follows two childhood friends (Prinze and Klein) who attend a film festival in Kansas amidst their separate personal crises. New York City Serenade premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2007, and was released direct-to-video by Anchor Bay Entertainment on March 24, 2009. The film was panned by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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