Sidewalks of New York is a 2001 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Edward Burns, who also stars in the film. The plot follows eight cycles in the lives of six Manhattan residents whose inter-connections form a circle that places each of them less than the proverbial six degrees of separation from the others. This movie has been remade in Kolkata , although uncredited, as Aamra in 2006, a Bengali movie. The circle begins with Tommy Reilly, a onetime wannabe writer who became the producer of a weekly television entertainment news show by design rather than choice, and has stayed... with it for the money rather than any professional satisfaction. Dumped by his live-in girlfriend without warning, he temporarily moves in with colleague Carpo, an aging Lothario ready to offer unlimited — and useless — romantic advice. At a video store Tommy meets grammar school teacher Maria Tedesko. The two flirt, meet for coffee, and begin to date. Maria, recently divorced, finds it difficult to commit to a new relationship and stops taking Tommy's calls.
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| Release date: | April 20, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Edward Burns |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Cathy Schulman, Margot Bridger, Edward Burns, Rick Yorn |
| Editor: | David Greenwald |
| Cinematography: | Frank Prinzi |
| Screenplay by: | Edward Burns |
| Estimated budget: | $1,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |