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A comedy for the incurably unromantic.
6.1 / 10 IMDb October 3, 1997 1h 37m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 37m
Release Date
October 3, 1997
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Status
Released
Budget
$7,000,000
Revenue
$6,000,000
Languages
English
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Writers
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
Maria Doyle Kennedy
as Sarah Kelly
Saffron Burrows
as Moira Kennedy Kelly
Denis Leary
as Nick
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Olivia Caffrey
as Annie
Joan Sheehy
as Bus Passenger
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Anne Gildea
as Airport Assistant
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Claude Clancy
as Michael the Bus Driver
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James Ryland
as Sergeant Riley
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David King
as Local Lad No. 1
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Niall McDonnell
as Local Lad No. 2
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Sinead Murphy
as Bettina
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David McDonagh
as Little Joe
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Peter Dix
as Tony with the 45 Minute Tan
Tommy Tiernan
as Vince
Production Companies
Good Film Company
Working Title Films
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Gramercy PicturesAdvertisement
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