The Matchmaker

1997

A comedy for the incurably unromantic.

Mark Joffe
1h 37m
October 3, 1997 · Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Overview

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 3, 1997
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,Working Title Films,Gramercy Pictures,Good Film Company
Cast: Janeane Garofalo,David O'Hara,Milo O'Shea,Jay O. Sanders,Rosaleen Linehan,Paul Hickey,Maria Doyle Kennedy,Saffron Burrows,Denis Leary,Olivia Caffreyand 33 more
Director: Mark Joffe
Writer: Karen Janszen,Greg Dinner,Louis Nowra,Graham Linehan
Producer: Tim Bevan,Eric Fellner,Lyn Goleby,Luc Roeg
Cinematography: Ellery Ryan
Music: John Altman
Budget: $7,000,000
Revenue: $6,000,000
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