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The Bachelor (1999) -- A committment-phobic man goes in search of a bride including his fed up girlfriend, to inherit his grandfather's $100 million inheritance.
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4.8/10   8,520 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Roi Cooper Megrue (play)
Jean C. Havez (1925 screenplay "Seven Chances") ...
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Release Date:
5 November 1999 (USA) more
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Tagline:
One thousand brides. One hundred million dollars. Jimmie Shannon is about to discover the true value of love.
Plot:
A committment-phobic man goes in search of a bride including his fed up girlfriend, to inherit his grandfather's $100 million inheritance. full summary | add synopsis
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(23 articles)
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Watch "Seven Chances" more (101 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language.
Runtime:
101 min
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Certification:
Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36793) | Philippines:PG-13 | Finland:S

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The character "Sanzel" is a reference to the writer Ken Sanzel, a childhood friend of Steve Cohen, who wrote the screenplay for this movie. more
Goofs:
Plot holes: Video-taped wills are not recognized as valid in California. more
Quotes:
Grandad Shannon: As my last surviving descendant, you have a sacred duty to pass on my genetic material.
Jimmie: That's a lovely sentiment.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
Soundtrack:
It Must Be Love more

FAQ

Did David Belasco write the "original" upon which The Bachelor is based?
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Watch "Seven Chances", 1 October 1999
Author: Cristian-3 from London, England

The sight of an army of brides in white chasing a man down the streets is a very unusual and funny one. It was especially funny the first time around, with Buster Keaton. In "Seven Chances" (1925) old stone face played a man who had been left an inheritance of a large sum of money ($7 million)under the condition that he get married before his next birthday...which happens to be the following day. His efforts to find a willing bride results in ridicule, a car wreck, etc. He finally puts an ad in the paper, telling the circumstances, and asking for the applying bride to meet him at the church. At least a thousand women ranging from fat, small, young, old, beautiful, downright misshapen arrive at the church. Well, the same exact thing happens in this movie "The Bachelor" (though inflation has turned $7 Million into $100 million), only I gotta say the Keaton version is still the original and unsurpassed (and unsurpassable) masterpiece. I actually couldn't believe they named it "The Bachelor", it's a very boring title.

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