The Wedding Date (2005)

Director:

Clare Kilner

Writers:

Elizabeth Young (book)
Dana Fox (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Love doesn't come cheap.

Plot:

Single-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis (Messing) to hire a male escort (Mulroney) to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. Her plan, an attempt to dupe her ex-fiancé, who dumped her a couple years prior, proves to be her undoing.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Male Escort | Escort | Wedding Date | Undressing

Cast

Debra Messing	...	Kat Ellis
Dermot Mulroney	...	Nick Mercer
Amy Adams	...	Amy
Jack Davenport	...	Edward Fletcher-Wooten
Sarah Parish	...	TJ
Jeremy Sheffield	...	Jeffrey
Peter Egan	...	Victor Ellis
Holland Taylor	...	Bunny
Jolyon James	...	Woody
C. Gerod Harris	...	Bike Messenger
Martin Barrett	...	Teenager
Jay Simon	...	Male Flight Attendant
Danielle Lewis	...	Pretty Woman
Ivana Horvat	...	Smitten Girl
Linda Dobell	...	Sonja
Helen Lindsay	...	Aunt Bea
Lucy Bermingham	...	Posh American Woman
John Sackville	...	Phil
George Asprey	...	Pat
Alan Wills	...	Limo Driver
Nick Miers	...	Limo Driver
David Nobbs	...	Rolls Royce Driver
Steve Hall	...	Taxi Driver
Dave Brown	...	Taxi Driver
Colin Staplehurst	...	Taxi Driver
Patrick Guihen	...	Taxi Driver (as Pete Guihen)
Michael McCarthy	...	Taxi Driver
Anthony Blackman	...	Wedding Car Driver
Adrian Walker	...	Stag
Ivan Johnson	...	Organist
Anna Sands	...	Stripper
Jens La Barre	...	Stripper
Brian Lesseat	...	Stripper
Alice Brickwood	...	Stripper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephen Lobo	...	Harried Employee (uncredited)
Lisa-Marie Long	...	Flirty girl (uncredited)
Kerry Shale	...	Clipboard Manager (uncredited)

Directed by
Clare Kilner

Writing credits
Elizabeth Young		(book "Asking for Trouble")
Dana Fox		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jessica Bendinger	....	producer
Mairi Bett	....	line producer
Paul Brooks	....	producer
Michelle Chydzik Sowa	....	producer
Jeff Levine	....	co-producer
Nathalie Marciano	....	producer
Scott Niemeyer	....	executive producer
Jim Reeve	....	executive producer
Steve Robbins	....	executive producer
Rae Umsted	....	line producer: New York
Norm Waitt	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Blake Neely

Cinematography by
Oliver Curtis

Film Editing by
Mary Finlay

Casting by
Monika Mikkelsen
Carl Proctor

Production Design by
Tom Burton

Art Direction by
Astrid Sieben

Set Decoration by
Barbara Herman-Skelding

Costume Design by
Louise Page

Makeup Department
Sarah Berry	....	makeup artist
Kirstin Chalmers	....	hair designer
Kirstin Chalmers	....	makeup designer
Hanna Coles	....	makeup artist
Donald McInnes	....	hair stylist
Donald McInnes	....	makeup artist
Laura McIntosh	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Marshall Leviten	....	production manager
Alan Martin	....	executive in charge of production
Tim Pedegana	....	post-production supervisor
Emma Zee	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sasha Mann	....	second assistant director
Andrew Woodhead	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jonnie Elf	....	art department assistant
Kamlan Man	....	assistant art director
Lisa McDiarmid	....	stand-by art director
Mark Papworth	....	stand-by props
Leigh Thurbon	....	carpenter
Graham Ward	....	props

Sound Department
Howard Bargroff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Owen Bleasdale	....	foley recordist
Dan Green	....	adr recordist
Mike Grimes	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Harvengt	....	adr supervisor
Stewart Henderson	....	additional adr editor
Dan Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Melissa Lake	....	foley artist
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Joe Milner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joe Milner	....	supervising sound editor
Nick Neutra	....	foley mixer
Bernard O'Reilly	....	supervising sound editor
Lionel Selwyn	....	foley artist
George Trevis	....	boom operator
Martin Trevis	....	sound mixer
Michele Woods	....	dialogue editor
Hilary Wyatt	....	supervising dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Andrew Bishop	....	visual effects
Simon Coombs	....	visual effects
Greg Cox	....	visual effects
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
Simon Percy	....	visual effects
Anthony Wonsoff	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Richard Hammatt	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Blackmore	....	daily electrician
Camilla Drennan	....	camera trainee
Sam Garwood	....	director of photography: second unit
Adrienne Hayward	....	camera trainee
Tim Potter	....	focus puller
Craig Pressgrove	....	first assistant camera: New York City
Hilda Sealy	....	second assistant camera
Larry Slater	....	electrician
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator
Paul Toomey	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sharon McCormack	....	costume cutter
Michael Weldon	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Kate Higham	....	first assistant editor
Nicola Instone	....	post-production coordinator
Alexandra Montgomery	....	post-production coordinator
Des Murray	....	on-line editor
Christy Richmond	....	additional editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Jeffrey Biggers	....	assistant score engineer
Don Gallacher	....	music consultant
Randy Gerston	....	music supervisor
Joel Iwataki	....	music scoring engineer
Kory Kruckenberg	....	scoring assistant engineer
Brian Leff	....	music coordinator
Elizabeth Neely	....	music studio manager
Emily Rogers Swanson	....	music editor (as Emily Rogers)
David Sabee	....	orchestra contractor
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	music editor: Los Angeles
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	scoring assistant
Greg Vines	....	assistant score engineer

Transportation Department
Karen Russell	....	driver: minibus

Other crew
Monika Agorelius	....	electronic press kit
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Daniel Budd	....	assistant accountant
Anouska Chydzik	....	assistant: Michelle Chydzik Sowa
Chris Doss	....	executive in charge of finance
Giles Edleston	....	location manager
Julia Finn	....	publicist
Suraj Gohill	....	production lender
Alix Graham	....	assistant: Ms. Messing
Nicole Gregory	....	unit publicist
Mark Grimwade	....	assistant location manager
Sasha Harris	....	production coordinator
Mary Hope	....	assistant to director
Karyn Isaacs	....	legal affairs: Gold Circle Films
Rebecca Johnson	....	assistant: Jeff Levine and Wendy Rhoads
Julia Jones	....	unit publicist
Heather Joyce	....	manager of marketing
Susy Kane	....	stand-in
Alex Karpinski	....	assistant to director
Brian Kelly	....	foot double: Ms. Messing
Theresa Larche	....	assistant to director (as Theresa Larché)
Alan Martin	....	production executive
Sarah McFadden	....	unit nurse
Aaron Michiel	....	legal affairs: Gold Circle Films
John Miles	....	production accountant
Martin Poultney	....	camera film and tape
Wendy Rhoads	....	production executive
Corrie Rothbart	....	finance executive
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Charlie Simpson	....	unit manager
Sascha Springer	....	location manager: New York
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	additional synthesizer programmer
Jennifer Turek	....	assistant: Nathalie Marciano
Tracy Wass	....	assistant: Nathalie Marciano
Kelly Weinstein	....	assistant: Scott Niemeyer
Elizabeth West	....	script supervisor

Thanks
David Foster	....	special thanks
James Newton Howard	....	special thanks
Seth Jaret	....	special thanks
Heather Persons	....	special thanks
Chris Pettit	....	special thanks
Christy Richmond	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Gold Circle Films (presents)
• 26 Films
• Visionview Production (in association with) (as Visionview Ltd.)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• AQS (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Cinema Park (2005) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Ex-Link (2005) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• Ex-Link (2005) (Latvia) (theatrical)
• Ex-Link (2005) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Gulf Film (2005) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
• LNK Audiovisuais (2005) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Noah Films (2005) (Israel) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Shaw Renters (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• TMC Film (2005) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Tiga (2005) (Thailand) (theatrical)
• Vértigo Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Film1 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Net5 (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (VHS)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (digital opticals)
• Cine Image Film Opticals (digital effects and opticals)
• Darkside Animation

Other Companies

• AFM Lighting  lighting
• BSX Records  score album released by (limited edition) (uncredited)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Line 21 Media Services Ltd.  combined dialogue, continuity & spotting list
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Molinare Studio  title design
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG (cut version) (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Canada:G (Quebec) | Ireland:12 (DVD rating) | Ireland:12A | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Chilworth Manor, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Gold Circle Films

Trivia:

The movie was originally going to be called "Something Borrowed".

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When they stop at a pub in London to change dress, an American style walk/don't walk sign is clearly visible in shot.

Quotes:

Nick Mercer:A wedding is a sacrament... a joyous celebration of love and commitment. In Utopia. In the real world... it's an excuse to drink excessively and say things you shouldn't say.

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Date with Debra (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Secret

Debra and Dermot shine in a less than perfect but lighthearted film

Kat (Debra Messing), an airline executive, fears going alone to her snooty sister's wedding in London. This is especially so because her ex-fiancé will be there as well. Though young and beautiful, Kat nevertheless plunks down a cool $6,000 for a professional escort. In return, the gorgeous Nick (Dermot Mulroney) must play the role of her new and attentive boyfriend. Kat's sister, Amy, a la Monsoon Wedding, has planned her wedding extravaganza to last four days, complete with picnics, cricket, splashy parties and more. Can Kat and Nick pull it off? Do they have enough natural attraction for each other? And what about past loves? Messing and Mulroney make this film work, period. The script has some weaknesses and letdowns, but the darling duo rises above them. The nice scenery and costumes are also a bonus. There is a moment when Kat tells Nick he is worth every penny. The same could be said of the ticket price, as watching Debra and Dermot is very satisfying. Sometimes, the world just needs a silly love movie. What's wrong with that? I'd like to know.