Sounds from a Town I Love

Sounds from a Town I Love (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Sounds from the Town I Love) is a 2001 comedic film of approximately three minutes in length, written and directed by Woody Allen.
The film - together with others directed by Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, and Kevin Smith - first aired on American television on October 20, 2001 as part of The Concert for New York City. Broadcast live from Madison Square Garden by VH1, the program was designed to honor members of the New York Fire Department and New York Police Department who had lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and to acknowledge those who had worked in the ongoing rescue and recovery efforts in the weeks following them.
John Cusack introduced the film with a message from Woody Allen: "I apologize in advance for my short movie. The cause was so worthwhile that I could not say no to contribute something to this wonderful show. I did the best I could. If you hate it, I will try to make it up to you somehow in the future."
Plot
The film consists purely of cell-phone conversation snippets of twenty-two random people walking through the streets of New York City.<ref name="geocities.com"/> Ranging from complainers to neurotic worriers conversing about bizarre or amusing situations, they and their comments are unrelated to one another. The film ends with a message from Woody Allen: "I love this town."
In addition to longtime Allen collaborators Marshall Brickman and Tony Roberts, among the people seen in the film are Griffin Dunne, Michael Emerson, Bebe Neuwirth, and Celia Weston.

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