Themes: Looking For Love, Americans Abroad, Culture Clash
Main Cast: Ian Hart, Sean McGinley, Niamh Cusack, Ruth McCabe, Ewan Stewart
Release Year: 2000
Country: IE
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
In a small Irish village where herding sheep is still one of the major industries, the largely male, unmarried population has grown dissatisfied with their lot in life; when a shipping error sends the wrong film to the local movie house, the citizens are treated to a racy item from the United States. The movie is cut short by the village priest, but it plants an idea in a few of the men: America is overflowing with beautiful women, so why not get a few of them to come to Ireland? Pooling their resources, a group of men places personal ads in an American newspaper in hopes of luring a few ladies away from life in the States for the more rustic pleasures of the Irish countryside. The debut film from director Aileen Ritchie, The Closer You Get stars Niamh Cusack, Ian Hart, Sean McGinley, and Ruth McCabe. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Pat Short - Ollie; Cathleen Bradley - Siobhan; Sean McDonagh - Sean; Risteard Cooper - Father Hubert Mallone; Maureen O'Brien - Dollie; Patrick Laffan - Giovanni; Britta Smith - Mrs. Duncannon; Deborah Barnett - Ella; Frank Laverty - Brian; Dessie Gallagher - Mickey; Doreen Keogh - Mrs. Giovanni; Nuala O'Neill - Molly; Pauline Hutton - Deirdra; Patricia Martin - Mrs. Lock; Jackie Quinn - Jackie Fitzpatrick; Michael McDougall - Liam; Nora Keneghan - Mrs. Campbell; Antonio Sierra - Spanish Sailor; Massimo Marraccini - Spanish Sailor; Tito Heredia - Spanish Sailor; Thomas Timoney - Spanish Sailor; Philippe Buret - Spanish Sailor; Brian Cannon - bus driver; Nikki Fox - American Girl; Karen Noble - American Girl; Regina Ford - American Girl
Credit
Jean Kerr - Art Director, Shane Bunting - Art Director, Maureen Hughes - Casting, Stanton Williams - Choreography, David Snell - Conductor, Polly Leys - Co-producer, Mark Huffam - Co-producer, Kathy Strachan - Costume Designer, Konrad Jay - First Assistant Director, Dermot Whelan - First Assistant Director, Aileen Ritchie - Director, Sue Wyatt - Editor, Rachel Portman - Composer (Music Score), Tom McCullagh - Production Designer, Robert Alazraki - Cinematographer, Uberto Pasolini - Producer, Peter Lindsay - Sound Mixer, Zane Hayward - Sound Special Effects, Zane Hayward - Sound Editor, Peter Lindsay - Sound Recordist, Donal O'Farrell - Stunts Coordinator, Martin Neill - Special Effects Supervisor, Brian Cannon - Unit Production Manager, Herbie Wave - Screen Story, William Ivory - Screenwriter, Sean Corcoran - Second Unit Director Of Photography, John Paricelli - Musical Performer, Tito Heredia - Musical Performer, Lil Heyman - Production Coordinator, Robert Farr - Re-Recording Mixer, Cathy Doubleday - Script Supervisor, Karen Richards - Second Assistant Director, Stewart Henderson - ADR Editor, Andy Thompson - ADR Recordist, Stephen Killen - Assistant Location Manager, Colette Jackson - Costumes Supervisor, Stewart Henderson - Dialogue Editor, Gary McGinty - Draftsman, Daryl Jordan - First Assistant Editor, Jack Stew - Foley Artist, Felicity Cottrell - Foley Artist, Conor Mackey - Second Assistant Editor
