The Wedding Date (2005)

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PG-13
1h 30min
Comedy, Romance
04 Feb 2005 (USA)
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Single-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis to hire a male escort 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.

Director:

Clare Kilner

Writers:

Elizabeth Young, Dana Fox

Stars:

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Still of Amy Adams (III) in The Wedding Date (2005)

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Still of Debra Messing in The Wedding Date (2005)

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	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
	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:
	Danielle Lewis	...	Pretty Woman
	Stephen Lobo	...	Harried Employee (uncredited)
	Lisa-Marie Long	...	Flirty girl (uncredited)
	Kerry Shale	...	Clipboard Manager (uncredited)

Directed by

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Clare Kilner

Written by

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Elizabeth Young	...	(book "Asking for Trouble")

Dana Fox	...	(screenplay)

Produced by

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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

Music by

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Blake Neely

Cinematography by

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Oliver Curtis

Film Editing by

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Mary Finlay

Editorial Department

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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)

Casting By

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Monika Mikkelsen
Carl Proctor

Production Design by

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Tom Burton

Art Direction by

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Astrid Sieben

Set Decoration by

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Barbara Herman-Skelding

Costume Design by

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Louise Page

Makeup Department

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Kirstin Chalmers	...	hair designer / makeup designer
Hanna Coles	...	makeup artist
Donald McInnes	...	hair stylist / makeup artist
Laura McIntosh	...	makeup artist
Sarah Pickering	...	makeup artist (as Sarah Berry)

Production Management

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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

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Sasha Mann	...	second assistant director
Andrew Woodhead	...	first assistant director

Art Department

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Jonnie Elf	...	art department assistant
David Gray	...	standby rigger
Kamlan Man	...	assistant art director
Lisa McDiarmid	...	stand-by art director
Mark Papworth	...	stand-by props
Leigh Thurbon	...	carpenter
Graham Ward	...	props

Sound Department

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Howard Bargroff	...	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	...	re-recording mixer
Melissa Lake	...	foley artist
Cynthia Merrill	...	foley artist
Michael Miller	...	adr mixer
Joe Milner	...	re-recording mixer / 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

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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

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Richard Hammatt

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stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Richard Blackmore	...	daily electrician
Camilla Drennan	...	camera trainee
Eamonn Fitzgerald	...	electrician (as Eammon Fitzgerald)
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

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Louis Elman	...	adr voice casting
Monika Mikkelsen	...	u.s casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sharon McCormack	...	costume cutter
Michael Weldon	...	assistant costume designer

Location Management

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Giles Edleston	...	location manager
Mark Grimwade	...	assistant location manager
Sascha Springer	...	location manager: New York

Music Department

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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
Beth Neely	...	music studio manager (as Elizabeth Neely)
Emily Rogers Swanson	...	music editor (as Emily Rogers)
David Sabee	...	orchestra contractor
Stuart Michael Thomas	...	music editor: Los Angeles / scoring assistant
Greg Vines	...	assistant score engineer
John Winters	...	scoring crew
Sean Osborn	...	clarinet (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Elizabeth West

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script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Mark Oliver	...	picture car coordinator
Karen Russell	...	driver: minibus

Other crew

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Monika Agorelius	...	electronic press kit
Cassandra Barbour	...	rights and clearances
Daniel Budd	...	first assistant accountant
Anouska Chydzik	...	assistant: Michelle Chydzik Sowa
Chris Doss	...	executive in charge of finance
Julia Finn	...	publicist
Phil Girdlestone	...	stand-in
Suraj Gohill	...	production lender
Alix Graham	...	assistant: Ms. Messing
Nicole Gregory	...	unit publicist
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
Adam R. Mehr	...	attorney
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
Stuart Michael Thomas	...	additional synthesizer programmer
Jennifer Turek	...	assistant: Nathalie Marciano
Tracy Wass	...	assistant: Nathalie Marciano
Kelly Weinstein	...	assistant: Scott Niemeyer

Thanks

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

Production Companies

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Gold Circle Films (presents)
26 Films
Visionview Production (in association with)

Distributors

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Universal Pictures (2005) (United States) (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)
Canale 5 (2016) (Italy) (tv)
Disney Channel (2016) (Germany) (tv)
Film1 (2006) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (tv)
Net5 (2007) (Netherlands) (tv)
Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (VHS)
RCV Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
RTL Entertainment (2016) (Netherlands) (tv) (RTL8)
United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Argentina)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

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

Other Companies

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

Storyline

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Plot Summary	"The Wedding Date" centers around Kat Ellis (Messing), who returns to her parents' London home for her sister's wedding. Afraid of confronting her ex-fiancé, who dumped her two years before, she hires a top-drawer male escort (Mulroney) to pose as her new boyfriend. Written by TombRaiderBuffy Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	cricket-the-sport wedding escort male-escort wedding-date See All (38) »
Taglines	Love doesn't come cheap. See more »
Genres	Comedy Romance
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:13 Australia:M Brazil:12 Canada:14A (Alberta) Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) Canada:G (Quebec) Finland:K-11 Germany:0 Hong Kong:IIA Iceland:L Ireland:12A Ireland:12 (DVD rating) Italy:T Malaysia:U Netherlands:AL New Zealand:M Norway:15 (TV rating) Philippines:PG-13 Portugal:M/12 Russia:12+ Singapore:NC-16 Singapore:PG (DVD rating) South Africa:10 South Korea:15 Spain:13 (ICAA) United Kingdom:12A United States:PG-13

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Something Borrowed (United States) L'escorte (France) Wedding Date (Germany) El día de la boda (Spain) ウエディング・デイト (Japan, Japanese title) See more »
Runtime	90 min
Official Sites	Official site Official site
Country	United States United Kingdom
Language	English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Digital
Filming Locations	St James's Church, Shere, Surrey, England, UK See more »

Box Office

Budget	$15,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States	$11,129,580, 06 Feb 2005
Cumulative Worldwide Gross	$47,175,038

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The filmmakers tried to use artificial flowers as often as possible because Debra Messing is allergic to real flowers. See more »
Goofs	On the night Kat comes back and has her fun with Nick and they proceed to move to the boat in the driveway, they are clearly seen standing and walking around inside. From the outside, the boat is obviously not large enough for that to happen. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in A Date with Debra (2005). See more »
Soundtracks	Breathless See more »
Quotes	Nick Mercer: I'd rather fight with you than make love with anyone else. See more »

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