Project Detail

The Matchmaker

Synopsis

In a last-ditch attempt to save a Boston Senator's chances of re-election to Washington, his campaign director, Marcy, flies to Ballinamore in Ireland and to her bemusement, arrives during the annual matchmaking festival. Her mission is to shoot a campaign film presenting her boss as a family values candidate close to his Irish roots, but what awaits her on the Emerald Isle is not exactly what she had anticipated.

Details

Year
1998
Type of project
Features
Running time
98 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Mark Joffe
Producer
Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Luc Roeg
Director of Photography
Ellery Ryan ACS
Principal cast
Jeanne Garofalo, David O’Hara and Milo O’Shea
Screen Writers
Karen Janszen, Louis Nowra

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Working Title Films c/o Polygram Film International Oxford House 76 Oxford St London W1N 0HQ Tel: 020 7307 1300 Fax: 020 7307 1301

Sales Company

as Production Company

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