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	Sidewalks Of New York
	Edward Burns Edward Burns, Heather Graham, Stanley Tucci, Brittany Murphy, Rosario Dawson, David Krumholtz, Dennis Farina 2001		Pleasantly chatty, generically cute romantic comedy with choice cast and hand-held docu-cam feel. Edward Burns ("She's the One"), the triple-threat (writing/ directing/acting) hunk from Long Island, N.Y., forges into Woody Allen territory with a Manhattanized take on "La Ronde." Burns plays TV producer Tommy, who just broke up with his girlfriend and is trying to get lucky with a wary school teacher (Rosario Dawson), whose clinging ex-husband, a doorman/musician (David Krumholtz), is also hot for a waitress (Brittany Murphy). She in turn is trying to extricate herself from a relationship with a sneaky older man, a dentist (Stanley Tucci) whose neglected wife, a real estate agent (Heather Graham), is helping Tommy look for a new apartment, because Tommy just broke up with his girlfriend. Got it? When attraction flares between Tommy and the real-estate gal, it's clear where this is going. Tommy's fathead pal (Dennis Farina), self-avowed catnip to the ladies, is thrown in for cheap laughs, readily elicited.