New York City Serenade (film)

New York City Serenade
Official poster
Directed byFrank Whaley
Written byFrank Whaley
Produced byLaird Adamson
James Koya Jones
Starring
CinematographyRyan Samul
Edited byMiran Miosic
Music byEd Harcourt
Production
company
IKM Productions
Distributed byAnchor Bay Entertainment
Release dates
  • September 13, 2007 (2007-09-13) (TIFF)
  • March 24, 2009 (2009-03-24) (DVD)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.8 million
Box office$2,509

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.