It happens to everyone. You're waiting to cross the street, or sitting on the train, or relaxing at the coffee shop, and some stranger's absurd conversation forces its way into your ears. It's out of context. It's hilarious. You tell it to you friends, "Hey guess what I just overheard."
OVERHEARD IN NEW YORK is a video series that captures this experience, using actual overheard dialogues collected by the popular website, OverheardInNewYork.com, over the past six years. The series will be directed by the acclaimed indie filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, who won awards for his features "Chop Shop" and "Man Push Cart."
With over one million monthly unique readers, Overheard in New York features authentic screen adaptations of dialogues, capturing the sense of discovery that comes from randomly overhearing something absurd and funny on the streets of New York City. The series targets 18-34 year olds. Rated Time’s “50 coolest websites” and “Most Humorous Weblog”, OverheardInNewYork.com presents thousands of dialogues to choose from, rated anywhere from TV-14 to TV-MA.
