The Closer You Get
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Aileen Ritchie
Ian Hart
Sean Mcginley
Niamh Cusack
Ruth Mccabe
Ewan Stewart
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a small Irish town, a postman delivers the wrong film for the monthly movie show at the village church. Instead of Charlton Heston's "The Ten Commandments," the projectionist shows the movie "10," starring Dudley Moore and a scantily clad Bo Derek. As a result, the single men of the town begin to fantasize about meeting exotic women and pen a communal letter to the Miami Herald to lure single female companions to join them at the town's annual St. Martha's Day Dance. As the men anxiously prepare themselves for the arrival of the American women they go to great lengths to make themselves more attarctive mates -- much to the bemusement of the women who run the village post office. After intercepting the letter before it ever left town, the female townfolk decide to teach their men a few lessons about courtship.
Director
Aileen Ritchie
Cast
Ian Hart
Sean Mcginley
Niamh Cusack
Ruth Mccabe
Ewan Stewart
Pat Shortt
Sean Mcdonagh
Cathleen Bradley
Risteard Cooper
Deborah Barnett
Maureen O'brien
Pat Laffan
Frank Laverty
Britta Smith
Patricia Martin
Doreen Keough
Pauline Hutton
Nuala O'neill
Dessie Gallagher
Crew
Robert Alazraki
Philip Beer
Reggie Blain Jr.
J C Bonar
Maurice Brown
Maurice Brown
Shane Bunting
Lian Callaghan
Brian Cannon
Lisa Canty
Joe Cassar
Andy Cole
Sean Corcoran
Enda Doherty
John Donoghue
Cathy Doubleday
Martin Duddy
Jane Dunleavy
Derek Ede
James Ede
Cos Egan
Jenny Faherty
Sarah J Francis
Dan Gallagher
Pat Gallagher
Edward Gillespie
John Henry Gordon
Robert Gyle
Zane Hayward
Lil Heyman
Johann Heyneke
Mark Huffam
Maureen Hughes
Gary Hutchings
William Ivory
Colette Jackson
Konrad Jay
Daryl Jordan
Dave Kennedy
Jean Kerr
Stephen Killen
Polly Leys
Peter Lindsay
Lawrence Loveridge
Bernadette Lovett
Emer Macavin
Conor Mackey
Claire Mcbride
Ginger Mccarthy
John Mcconaghey
Tom Mccullagh
Jerome Mcdonnel
David Mcdowell
Brenda Mcgarvey
Gary Mcginty
Anthony Meade
Ivan Meagher
David Mulholland
Michael Murphy
Philip Murphy
Martin Neill
Emer O'laoghaire
Lawrence O'toole
Josephine Olive-o'neill
Jim Parker
Uberto Pasolini
Rachel Portman
Brendan Power
Patrick Redmond
Karen Richards
Robbie Richardson
Malcolm Rose
Amelia Rowan
Pamela Smyth
Marie Snoddy
Kathy Strachan
Jim Taylor
William Tracey
Gary Walker
Sue Wall
Herbie Wave
Steve Wheeler
Dermot Whelan
Dessie Wilson
Sue Wyatt
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States March 10, 2000
Released in United States August 2000
Released in United States October 2000
Released in United States on Video September 26, 2000
Released in United States Winter February 25, 2000
Shown at Dinard Festival of British Cinema, October 5-8, 2000.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (out of competition/ Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for Aileen Ritchie.
Began shooting August 24, 1998.
Completed shooting October 29, 1998.
Released in United States Winter February 25, 2000
Expanded Release in United States March 10, 2000
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (out of competition/ Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video September 26, 2000 (under title "American Women")
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at Dinard Festival of British Cinema, October 5-8, 2000.)
