Lucy Owens is entertaining memories of her ex-boyfriend in a restaurant where she works when Adam strolls in to have a quiet dinner. Immediately smitten, Lucy can't help but ask the shy and unassuming gentleman on a date. Next thing you know, he's rolling up the family driveway in a baby blue Jaguar and whisking her off to the romance of her lifetime. She decides this is the man she's going to marry and trots him in to meet the folks. But if Adam is the apple of Lucy's eye, she doesn't realize that others are being tempted to nibble on the same fruit. From the moment she meets him, Lucy's bookworm sister, Laura, keeps accidentally bumping into Adam in the most unlikely places. And when he offers to help little brother David charm the girl of his fancy, both fall under Adam's spell. Even Alice, the eldest and most sensible Owens sibling, succumbs to the charms of the man with the mysterious past. But is there more about Adam than the Owens family imagines?

Director:
Gerard Stembridge	Director
Cast:
Stuart Townsend	as Adam
Kate Hudson	as Lucy
Rosaleen Linehan	as Peggy
Frances O'Connor	as Laura
Charlotte Bradley	as Alice
Tommy Tiernan	as Simon
Stewart Roche	as Customer No 1
Aoife Maloney	as Customer No 2
Donal Beecher	as Andy
Brendan Dempsey	as Martin
Cathleen Bradley	as Karen
Kathy Downes	as Dympna
Mark Smith	as Dracula
Roger Gregg	as Professor Mccormick
Alan Maher	as David
Isobel Griffiths	as Vocals
The Sounds Superb Singers	as Vocals
Cinematography:
Bruno de Keyzer	Director Of Photography
Seamus Corcoran	Camera Operator
Roger Kenny	Camera Trainee
Vernon Dolan	Camera Trainee
Writer:
Gerard Stembridge	Screenwriter
Pat Rambaut	Script Supervisor
Producer:
Anna Devlin	Producer
Marina Hughes	Producer
Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer
David M. Thompson	Executive Producer
David Aukin	Executive Producer
Trea Leventhal	Executive Producer
Rod Stoneman	Executive Producer
Joanie Blaike	Executive In Charge Of Production (For Bbc Films)
Sara Geater	Executive In Charge Of Production (For Hal)
Geoffrey Paget	Executive In Charge Of Production (For Bbc Films)
Tracey Scoffield	Script Executive (For Bbc Films)
Editing:
Mary Finlay	Editor
Declan McGrath	1st Assistant Editor
Anna-Marie Flanagan	2nd Assistant Editor
Annette Stone	Dialogue Editor
Music:
Colin Rae	Music Preparation
Bob Last	Music Consultant
Adrian Johnston	Music
Isobel Griffiths	Orchestral Contractor
Terry Davies	Conductor
Niall Acott	Music Recording Engineer
Assistant Direction:
Alan Duffy	2nd 2nd Assistant Director
Luke Johnston	1st Assistant Director
Mary Cough	2nd Assistant Director
Marcus Lynch	3rd Assistant Director
Donnacha Brady	Trainee Assistant Director
Art Director:
Susan Cullen	Art Director
Edmund Walsh	Trainee Art Director
Colman Corish	Assistant Art Director
Visual Effects:
Brendan Walsh	Special Effects
Maurice Foley	Special Effects Supervisor
Make-Up:
Fiona Connon	Chief Make-Up
Sam Joseph	Daily Make-Up
Barbara Conway	Assistant Makeup
Maureen Smith	Hair Daily
Marian O'Toole	Hair Daily
Lorraine Glym	Assistant Hair
Orla Carroll	Hair Stylist
Costume-Wardrobe:
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh	Costume Designer
Judith Williams	Costume Assistant
Judith Devlin	Wardrobe Assistant
Emma Charlton	Wardrobe Trainee
Ger Scully	Wardrobe Supervisor
Art Department:
Owen Murname	Master Painter, Painter
Joseph Gaynor	Standby Painter
Production Designer:
Fiona Daly	Production Designer
Sound:
Jerome Franc	Utility Sound
Dave Harris	Sound Trainee
Karl Travers	Sound Trainee
Patrick Drummond	Supervising Sound Editor
Simon Willis	Sound Recordist
Anthony Litton	Effects Editor
John Stephenson	Effects Editor
John Fitzgerald	Assistant Mixer
Simon Willis	Sound Mixer
Marino Marolini	Assistant Sound Editor
Leslie Shatz	Rerecording Mixer
Rebecca Wright	Foley Assistant
Goro Koyama	Foley Artist
Andy Malcolm	Foley Artist
Sharon Zupancic	Foley Artist
Ron Mellegers	Foley Mixer
Andrew Tay	Foley Mixer
Casting:
John Hubbard	Casting
Ros Hubbard	Casting
Laura Rosenthal	Casting (Usa)
Mary Maguire	Casting Assistant
Amy Mclean	Casting Assistant
Stunts:
Donal O'Farrell	Stunt Driver
Laura Fox	Stunts
Eammon Kelly	Stunt Coordinator
Publicity:
Kate Bowe	Unit Publicist
Production Companies:
Irish Film Board	Production Company, Funding
Government Of Ireland	Funding
Panavision, Ltd.	Camera Equipment
Eastman Colour Film	Photographed On
Angel Studios	Music Recorded And Mixed At
Cine Electric, Ltd.	Lighting Equipment
Location Sound Facilities	Facilities
Argus Automobiles Ltd	Car Rental
Howell Optical Printers	End Titles
Technicolor	Film Laboratory
Cineimage	Opticals
Ardmore Sound, Ltd.	Post Production Video Facility, Audio Post Production (Dublin)
Screen Scene	Post Production Video Facility (Windmill Lane L
Deluxe Australia	Foley Records At
Cinesite (Europe) Ltd.	Digital Opticals
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation	Financing By, Bankers (Baggot Street, Dublin)
Media Insurance Brokers Ltd	Insurance
Film Finances, Inc.	Completion Bond
Aerly Bird	International Couriers
Courtyard Studios	Production Video Facilites
Flair Travel	Travel Agents
Venus Film And Tv Productions	Production Company
Hal Films	Production Company
Bbc Films	Production Company
Exchequer Film Productions	Production Company
Miramax Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Nippon Herald Films, Inc	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Metrodome Entertainment Group	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Miramax International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Miramax Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor (Through Buena Vista H
Film Production - Main:
Tony Kelly	Stagehand
Richard Matthews	Production Trainee
Jeanette McGrath	Production Trainee
Anthony Walsh	Stand-By Stagehand
Mary Allguen	Line Producer
Allon Reich	Head Of Film (For Hal)
Rachel C Smith	Production Coordinator
Maggie Mooney	Production Manager
Noel Quinn	Boom Operator
Martin Holland	Best Boy
Yvonne Burke	Assistant Production Coordinator
Richard Egan	Crane Grip
Tom Jenkins	Assistant Engineer
Johnny Douglas	Camera Truck Driver
Hugh Wasson	Honey Wagon Driver
Anthony Carroll	Dining Bus Driver
Tony Dignam	Unit Driver
Michael Gernon	4 Ways X 1 Driver
Pat Keogh	Electrical Truck Driver
Pat Kirwan	Construction Stand-By Driver
Mick Kerion	Wardrobe Bus Driver
Tony Lupton	Production Driver
Colie Sharkey	Unit Driver
Pat Smallwood	4 X 4 Driver
Paul Smallwood	Props Driver
Stephen Caroll	Action Vehicles
Willie Kelly	Unit Driver
Tony Devlin	Gaffer
David Rist	Grip
Tom Collins	Still Photographer Daily
Patrick Redmond	Stills Photographer
John Kavanagh	Transportation Captain
Film Production - Construction/Set:
Brian Thompson	Construction Runaround
Russ Bailey	Construction Manager
Olivia Quigley	Trainee Props
Gerard Lanigan	Dressing Props
Tony Boston	Dressing Props
Noel Walsh	Standby Props
David Marsh	Trainee Dressing Props
Max Aifa	Props Dailes
Dierdre Byrne	Props Dailes
Lorcan O'Toole	Standby Carpenter
Manus Daly	Supervising Carpenter
John Connon	Carpenter Daily
Jo Swaine	Carpenter
Christiana Brosnan	Property Master
James Mcgetrick	Prop Storeman
Film Production - Lighting/Electrical:
Peter O'Toole	Genny Operator
Dick Nevin	Electrician
Roy Hill	Electrician
Robbie Reilly	Stand-By Rigger
Post Production:
Mary Casey	Post-Production Supervisor
Adam Rynne	Post-Production Coordinator
Sylvia Wheeler	Negative Cutter
Location Manager:
Kieran Hennessey	Location Manager
Misc. Crew:
Fionnuala Dorney	Accounts Trainee
Suzanne Mccauley	Assistant Accountant
Lise O'Kelly	Extras Coordinator
Gerard Lanigan	Charge Hand
John Conroy	Focus Puller
Philip Mckeon	Clapper Loader
Oran Doyle	Script Consultant (For Venus)
Gerry Grennell	Dialogue Coach
James Hickey	Legal Services
Ruth Hunter	Legal Services
Marita O'Flaherty	Unit Nurse
Alexandra Jones	Utility Stand-In
Jerome Franc	Utilty Stand-In

Expanded Release in United States May 11, 2001

Released in United Kingdom March 30, 2001

Released in United States May 9, 2001

Released in United States October 23, 2001

Released in United States on Video/DVD October 23, 2001

Released in United States Spring May 9, 2001

Began shooting March 16, 1999.

Completed shooting May 1999.

Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) in Cannes, France May 10 - 21, 2000.

Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 16 - November 12, 2000.

Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Variety Critics' Choice) July 5-15, 2000.

Shown at London Film Festival (New British Cinema) November 1-16, 2000.

Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Opening Night) March 1-11, 2001.

Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 20-30, 2000.

Shown at Taormina International Film Festival July 2-9, 2000.

color

Dolby

8,761 feet

rtg BBFC 15 (British Board of Film Classification)

rtg MPAA R

Released in United Kingdom March 30, 2001

Released in United States May 9, 2001 (New York City and Los Angeles)

Released in United States Spring May 9, 2001

Expanded Release in United States May 11, 2001

Released in United States October 23, 2001

Released in United States on Video/DVD October 23, 2001