The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker (1997)

A comedy for the incurably unromantic.

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1997-10-03
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Good Film Company
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Director: Mark Joffe
star 6.2/10
From 43 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • 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
  • Olivia Caffrey

    as Annie
  • Joan Sheehy

    as Bus Passenger
  • Anne Gildea

    as Airport Assistant
  • Claude Clancy

    as Michael the Bus Driver
  • James Ryland

    as Sergeant Riley
  • David King

    as Local Lad No. 1
  • Niall McDonnell

    as Local Lad No. 2
  • Sinead Murphy

    as Bettina
  • David McDonagh

    as Little Joe
  • Peter Dix

    as Tony with the 45 Minute Tan
  • Tommy Tiernan

    as Vince
  • David Kelly

    as O'Connor
  • Alcemi O'Tani

    as Japanese Bride
  • Kieran Aherne

    as MC
  • Frankie McCafferty

    as Jimmy "McGlory"
  • John Joe Murray

    as Irish Dancer
  • Stuart Dunne

    as Head Bang Man
  • Gerry O'Brien

    as Fisherman
  • Donna O'Faolain

    as 2nd Aran Singer
  • Jimmy Keogh

    as O'Hara of Aran Isle
  • Conor McDermottroe

    as Paul
  • Linda Lee

    as Campaign Assistant
  • Joe Dillon

    as Aran Local
  • Ned Dennehy

    as 1st Aran Singer
  • Vincent Walsh

    as Philip
  • Ellen Ryan

    as Philip's Friend
  • Owen O'Neill

    as Garda
  • Seamus Corcoran

    as Local Cynic
  • Siobhan Vaughn

    as Brigid (Fake McGlory)
  • James Hickey

    as Paddy Jr. (Fake McGlory)
  • Robert Hickey

    as Michael (Fake McGlory)
  • Robert Mandan

    as McGlory Senior
  • Nancy O'Brien

    as Journalist
  • David Ian

    as "McGlory" MC
Directing Mark Joffe Director
Writing Karen Janszen Screenplay
Production Nicky Kentish Barnes Line Producer
Production Tim Bevan Producer
Production Liza Chasin Co-Producer
Production Eric Fellner Producer
Production Lyn Goleby Executive Producer
Production Debra Hayward Co-Producer
Production Katy McGuinness Co-Producer
Production Luc Roeg Producer
Writing Greg Dinner Screenplay
Writing Louis Nowra Screenplay
Writing Graham Linehan Screenplay
Sound John Altman Original Music Composer
Camera Ellery Ryan Director of Photography
Editing Paul Martin Smith Editor
Art Mark Geraghty Production Design
Art Terry Pritchard Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Howard Burden Costume Design

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