Comedy ·Romance · United Kingdom · 1997 · 1h 37m

The Matchmaker

Director

Cast

Janeane Garofalo as Marcy Tizard David O'Hara as Sean Kelly Milo O'Shea as Dermot O'Brien Jay O. Sanders as Senator John McGlory Rosaleen Linehan as Millie O'Dowd Paul Hickey as Declan Kelly

Crew

Ellery Ryan — Director of Photography Paul Martin Smith — Editor John Altman — Original Music Composer Karen Janszen — Screenplay Graham Linehan — Screenplay Louis Nowra — Screenplay

Tagline

A comedy for the incurably unromantic.

Synopsis

Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Mark Joffe Director Ellery Ryan Director of Photography Paul Martin Smith Editor John Altman Original Music Composer Karen Janszen Screenplay Graham Linehan Screenplay Louis Nowra Screenplay Greg Dinner Screenplay Eric Fellner Producer Tim Bevan Producer Luc Roeg Producer Mark Geraghty Production Design

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