About Adam (2000)

Director:

Gerard Stembridge

Writer:

Gerard Stembridge

Release Date:

19 January 2001 (Ireland)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

He came. He saw. He conquered. One sister at a time.

Plot:

A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Kissing | Woman On Top | Foot Closeup | Sex Scene

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Tommy Tiernan	...	Simon
Kate Hudson	...	Lucy Owens
Frances O'Connor	...	Laura Owens
Stewart Roche	...	Customer #1
Aoife Maloney	...	Customer #2
Donal Beecher	...	Andy
Stuart Townsend	...	Adam
Rosaleen Linehan	...	Peggy Owens
Charlotte Bradley	...	Alice Owens Rooney
Alan Maher	...	David Owens
Brendan Dempsey	...	Martin Rooney
Cathleen Bradley	...	Karen
Kathy Downes	...	Dympna
Mark Smith	...	Dracula
Roger Gregg	...	Prof. Harry McCormick
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ciara Dredge	...	Flower Girl
Shay Dunphy	...	Voice actor (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerard Stembridge

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gerard Stembridge

Produced by
Mary Alleguen	....	line producer
David Aukin	....	executive producer
Anna J. Devlin	....	producer
Marina Hughes	....	producer
Trea Leventhal	....	executive producer
Rod Stoneman	....	executive producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Adrian Johnston

Cinematography by
Bruno de Keyzer

Film Editing by
Mary Finlay

Casting by
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard
Laura Rosenthal

Production Design by
Fiona Daly

Art Direction by
Susie Cullen

Costume Design by
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh

Makeup Department
Orla Carrol	....	hair stylist
Fiona Connon	....	key makeup artist
Barbara Conway	....	assistant makeup artist
Lorraine Glynn	....	assistant hair stylist
Sam Joseph	....	makeup artist
Marion O'Toole	....	hair stylist
Maureen Smith	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Joanie Blaikie	....	executive in charge of production
Mary Casey	....	post-production supervisor
Maggie Mooney	....	production manager
Geoffrey Paget	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Donnacha Brady	....	trainee assistant director
Mary Gough	....	assistant director
Luke Johnston	....	assistant director
Alex Jones	....	trainee assistant director
Marcus Lynch	....	assistant director

Art Department
Max Aifa	....	props
Russ Bailey	....	construction manager
Tony Boston	....	props
Christina Brosnan	....	property master
Deirdre Byrne	....	props
Bronwyn Clohissey-Boyd	....	painter
John Connon	....	carpenter daily
Colman Corish	....	assistant art director
Manus Daly	....	supervising carpenter
Joe Gaynor	....	stand-by painter
Tony Kelly	....	stagehand
Gerard Lanigan	....	dressing props
David Marsh	....	trainee dressing props
James McGetrick	....	prop storeman
Owen Murnane	....	master painter
Larry O'Toole	....	stand-by carpenter
Sheelagh Power	....	property buyer
Olivia Quigley	....	trainee props
Joe Swaine	....	carpenter
Brian Thompson	....	construction runaround
Jil Turner	....	assistant property buyer
Edmund Walsh	....	trainee art director
Noel Walsh	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Jose R. Castellon	....	adr recordist
Michelle Cunniffe	....	adr recordist
Patrick Drummond	....	supervising sound editor
Susan Fairbairn	....	assistant sound editor
Susan Fairbairn	....	foley assistant
John Fitzgerald	....	adr mixer
John Fitzgerald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sarah Gaines	....	machine room operator
Dave Harris	....	sound trainee
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Anthony Litton	....	sound effects editor
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Ron Malligers	....	foley mixer (as Ron Mallegers)
Marino Marolini	....	assistant sound editor
Noel Quinn	....	boom operator
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jon Stevenson	....	adr editor
Annette Stone	....	foley editor
Andrew Tay	....	foley mixer
Karl Travers	....	sound trainee
Richard Welsh	....	dolby sound consultant
Simon J. Willis	....	sound
Rebecca Wright	....	foley assistant
Sharon Zupancic	....	foley artist
Dan Edelstein	....	supervising sound editor: US release (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Maurice Foley	....	special effects supervisor
Marty Kelly	....	special effects technician
Brendan Walsh	....	special effects

Stunts
Laura Fox	....	stunts
Eamon A. Kelly	....	stunt coordinator
Donal O'Farrell	....	stunt safety
Donal O'Farrell	....	water safety

Camera and Electrical Department
John Conroy	....	assistant camera
John Conroy	....	focus puller
Seamus Corcoran	....	camera operator
Tony Devlin	....	gaffer
Richie Egan	....	crane grip
Martin Holland	....	best boy electric
Roger Kenney	....	camera trainee (as Roger Kenny)
Philip McKeon	....	clapper loader
Peter O'Toole	....	generator operator
Patrick Redmond	....	still photographer
David Rist	....	grip
Fionn Seavers	....	video assist operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mary Maguire	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Emma Charleton	....	wardrobe trainee
Judith Devlin	....	wardrobe assistant
Ger Scully	....	wardrobe supervisor
Judith Williams	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Alan Duffy	....	second second assistant editor
Declan McGrath	....	first assistant editor
Anna Maria O'Flanagan	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Niall Acott	....	music recording engineer
Terry Davies	....	conductor
Isobel Griffiths	....	music contractor
Colin Rae	....	music preparation
Jon Stevenson	....	music editor

Transportation Department
John Kavanagh	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Kate Bowe	....	unit publicist
Yvonne Burke	....	assistant production coordinator
Fionnuala Dorney	....	accounting assistant
Jerome Franc	....	utility stand-in
Gerry Grennell	....	dialogue coach
Kieran Hennessy	....	location manager
Richard Matthews	....	production trainee
Suzanne McAuley	....	assistant accountant
Jeanette McGrath	....	trainee script supervisor
Rob Quigley	....	production accountant
Pat Rambaut	....	script supervisor
Rachel Smith	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Bórd Scannán na hÉireann
• Venus Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista International (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Laurenfilm (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Egmont Entertainment (2001) (Finland) (VHS)
• EuroVideo (2002) (Germany) (VHS)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• New Films International (2001) (Non-USA) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (200?) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Ardmore Sound  audio post-production
• Ardmore Sound  sound post-production
• Cine Electric Ltd.  lighting equipment
• Cine Image Film Opticals  opticals
• Cinesite  digital opticals
• Courtyard Studio  production video facilities
• DeLuxe Toronto  foley recorded at
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Howell Opticals  Rostrum camera: end titles
• Interlock Studios  adr recorded at
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Screenscene  video post-production facilities
• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• Windmill Lane Pictures  video post-production facilities

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexuality

Runtime:

97 min | USA:105 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Country:

Ireland | UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:L | Peru:18 | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Spain:7 | UK:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

[Lucy is talking into a microphone onstage at the restaurant]
Lucy Owens:My family's here tonight sitting at that table over there. Were celebrating my mum's birthday today. We all love you, Peggy Owens! And, there's a man down there in my crowd called Adam and he's my fella. And I know my mum's mad about him. So I thought the best present I could give my mum would be to say that him and I are going to get married.
[Crowd starts cheering loudly]
Lucy Owens:Oh, wait! No, no, no! No, no! Wait, wait, wait! You see, I haven't asked him yet. So, Adam, I'm asking you now. Will you marry me?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Laura (1944)

Soundtrack:

LOVE UNLIMITED

"Oh my god. Those women - those stupid women." - Laura

I guess from my reaction to many a romantic comedy, some may think I'm male. Actually I'm a heterosexual female who enjoys ORIGINAL romantic comedy, but I also have half a brain and expect some degree of intelligence from films.

The Laura character summed this film up pretty thoroughly for me. She is an English actor, meaning that two of the main characters, including of course THE main female lead, were not Irish. I can't be bothered repeating why this is extremely sad - it's been said so many times - but the marketing machine behind most movies will not change it's mind about shoving Americans (or Brits) into the leads in "foreign" films, no matter how much people complain. They want the bucks, you know, and a famous names DOES mean more bums on seats. Sad but true.

I found this film uninspired. There were perhaps 2 or 3 genuinely amusing and surprising lines. The characters were pretty much laughable, in a bad way. Adam's justification for his machiavellian behaviour I found ridiculous and unconvincing. This guy is not altruistic - that much should have been patently obvious to anyone with a brain half the size of an ant's b**ls.

I hung on to the end. Lord knows why as I tend to advise: if you don't like a movie, turn it off. Maybe I'm feeling rather masochistic today or maybe I kept hoping something was going to happen to make it worth my while. It didn't.

That said, if you don't care about intelligent scripts or whether a movie rehashes themes/styles/plots that have been done better elsewhere many a time and if you like fluffy, pointless romantic comedy no matter what, then watch and enjoy! 4/10