The Wedding Date


1h 30m 2005

Brief Synopsis

Kat Ellis is looking for the right man. Now. The position comes with a few requirements: willingness to travel, keen social skills, good looks, suave demeanor, sharp mind--and a tux. The qualified candidate should also have the ability to make ex-boyfriends jealous, to turn heads whenever entering a room and to reduce any woman within eye and earshot to a weak-kneed, besotted admirer. Kat wouldn't be so urgently in need were it not for her spoiled half-sister's wedding where the best man happens to be Kat's handsome ex-boyfriend. What's worse, the currently single Kat has to schlep all the way from New York to London, where her wildly dysfunctional family lives. And since the wedding is happening next week, Kat does what any enterprising single woman would do--she hires a professional. So what if her solution crosses a few morally dubious lines plus costs her a tidy six thousand bucks which she'll have to drain from her 401K. And so what if her escort happens to be--well, an escort. Lucky for her that her hiring skills are pitch-perfect and she zeroes in on smooth heart-stopper Nick Mercer, one of New York's better known and in-demand professional male escorts. Once in England, the insightful and charismatic Nick--part actor/part shrink/part bon vivant--helps Kat navigate the choppy waters of her screwy family and caddish old flame Jeffrey and convinces everyone he meets that he and Kate are an item. As Nick charms Kat's parents, Bunny and Victor Ellis, her self-absorbed half-sister Amy, Amy's fiancé Edward, as well as every living, breathing woman within a 100-kilometer radius, Kat too finds herself feeling things she's never felt before. For Kat, what begins as merely a face-saving ruse with a dashing guy-for-hire quickly starts to become more than she ever expected.

Film Details

Also Known As
El dia de la boda, Something Borrowed, Wedding Date, dia de la boda, escorte
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Family
Romance
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
2005
Production Company
Agn Shipleys; Angel Studios; Arri Group; Cineimage; Comerica Entertainment Group; Davenport Lyons; Dda Public Relations; Film Finances, Inc.; Gold Circle Entertainment; Gold Circle Entertainment; London Editing Machines; Molinare; Playtone; Professional Negative Cutting Limited; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sargent Disc, Ltd.; Shipleys; Synxspeed; Technicolor; The Mill; Videosonics Cinema Sound; Visionview Productions
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures; 35 Milim; Buena Vista International; Contender Entertainment; Cts; Egmont; Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.; Gulf Film, Llc; Kinepolis Film Distribution; Medusa Film; Nfi; Nordisk Film; Nu-Metro; Panasia; Prooptiki Romania; RCV Distribution; Sam Film; Shaw Organization; Universal Pictures; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Universum Film Gmbh; Vertigo Films (Spain); Village Roadshow Limited
Location
London, England, United Kingdom; Guildford, England, United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Synopsis

Kat Ellis is looking for the right man. NOW. The position comes with a few requirements: willingness to travel, keen social skills, good looks, suave demeanor, sharp mind--and a tux. The qualified candidate should also have the ability to make ex-boyfriends jealous, to turn heads whenever entering a room and to reduce any woman within eye and earshot to a weak-kneed, besotted admirer. Kat wouldn't be so urgently in need were it not for her spoiled half-sister's wedding where the best man happens to be Kat's handsome ex-boyfriend. What's worse, the currently single Kat has to schlep all the way from New York to London, where her wildly dysfunctional family lives. And since the wedding is happening next week, Kat does what any enterprising single woman would do--she hires a professional. So what if her solution crosses a few morally dubious lines plus costs her a tidy six thousand bucks which she'll have to drain from her 401K. And so what if her escort happens to be--well, an escort. Lucky for her that her hiring skills are pitch-perfect and she zeroes in on smooth heart-stopper Nick Mercer, one of New York's better known and in-demand professional male escorts. Once in England, the insightful and charismatic Nick--part actor/part shrink/part bon vivant--helps Kat navigate the choppy waters of her screwy family and caddish old flame Jeffrey and convinces everyone he meets that he and Kate are an item. As Nick charms Kat's parents, Bunny and Victor Ellis, her self-absorbed half-sister Amy, Amy's fiancé Edward, as well as every living, breathing woman within a 100-kilometer radius, Kat too finds herself feeling things she's never felt before. For Kat, what begins as merely a face-saving ruse with a dashing guy-for-hire quickly starts to become more than she ever expected.

Crew

Eugene Adebari

Stills Photographer

Burt Bacharach

Song ("This Guy'S In Love With You")

Katie Baker

Accountant (Gold Circle)

Paul Bale

Painter

Abigail Barbier

Adr Voice Casting (Uk)

Howard Bargroff

Dubbing Mixer

Mat Bartram

Assistant Engineer

Julian Bates

Music Consultant

Trisha Battani

Song Performer ("I Know Why")

Pablo Beltran Ruiz

Song ("Sway")

Jessica Bendinger

Producer

Alan Berry

Song Performer ("Indigo")

Alan Berry

Song ("Indigo")

Sarah J Berry

Makeup Artist

Bruno Bertoli

Song ("Hot Swing")

Mairi Bett

Line Producer

Clive Biley

Titles

Andrew Bishop

Titles

Richard Blackmore

Daily Electrician

Owen Bleasdale

Foley Recordist & Editor

Steve Boag

Digital Effects Supervision

James Bolden

Song ("I Love To Love"), Song ("Strut Your Funky Stuff")

Paul Brooks

Producer

Chris Brough

Carpenter

Keith Bryant

Laboratory Contact

Anouska Chydzik Bryson

Assistant (To Michelle Chydzik Sowa)

Michael Bublé

Song Performer ("Sway")

Dan Budd

Assistant Accountant

Mario Bueno

Props Master

Martin Bullard

Titles And Optical Supervision

John Burke

Electrician

Tom Burton

Production Designer

Tom Burton

Production Designer

Gianluca Buttari

Additional Foley Editor

Richard Cain

Unit Driver

Gilly Case

Location Scout

Kirstin Chalmers

Makeup & Hair Designer

Tina Charles

Song Performer ("I Love To Love")

Michelle Chydzik

Producer

Hanna Coles

Makeup Artist

Robert Joseph Coombes

Song ("Alright")

Simon Coombs

Titles

Lorna Copp

Standby Props

Andrea Corr

Song ("Breathless")

Caroline Corr

Song ("Breathless")

James Corr

Song ("Breathless")

Sharon Corr

Song ("Breathless")

Greg Cox

Titles

Theresa D Cross

Director, Marketing (Gold Circle)

Oliver Curtis

Director Of Photography

Hal David

Song ("This Guy'S In Love With You")

Clive Davis

Song ("All Out Of Love")

Elizabeth Davis

Legal Services

Sylvia Dee

Song ("Bring Me Sunshine")

Deanna Della Cioppa

Song Performer ("Moving To The Beat")

Deanna Della Cioppa

Song ("Moving To The Beat")

Krysia Derecki

Production Secretary

Chris Doss

Executive In Charge Of Finance (Gold Circle)

Aaron Douglas

Crane Operator (2nd Unit)

Tabitha Doyle

Costumer

Camilla Drennan

Camera Trainee

Amanda Duncan

Titles

Billy Durden

Crane Operator (2nd Unit)

Giles Edleston

Location Manager

Jonnie Elf

Art Department Runner

Louis Elman

Adr Voice Casting (Uk)

Roy Elsdon

Rigger

Sophie Elwood

Trainee Assistant Director

David Famon

Song ("Strip Tease")

Mary Finlay

Editor

Julia Finn

Publicist

Nicola Fitchett

Wardrobe Assistant

Eamonn Fitzgerald

Generator Operator

Dana Fox

Screenwriter

Karen Frazer

Loader (2nd Unit)

Don Gallacher

Music Consultant

Kerrie Gant

Client Liaison

Sam Garwood

Director Of Photography (2nd Unit)

Randy Gerston

Music Supervisor

Norman Gimbel

Song ("Sway")

Phil Girdlestone

Stand-In (For Mr. Mulroney)

Dana Glover

Song Performer ("Maybe")

Dana Glover

Song ("Maybe")

Daniel Goffey

Song ("Alright")

Suraj Gohill

Other

Camilla Good

Office Assistant (Gold Circle)

Alix Graham

Assistant (To Ms. Messing)

David Gray

Standby Rigger

Nicole Gregory

Publicity Assistant

Mike Grimes

Assistant Effects Editor

Mark Grimwade

Location Scout

Dominique Guiot

Song ("Hot Swing")

Dave Gurney

Optical Camera

Amy Hall

Floor Runner

Richard Hammatt

Stunt Coordinator

Barbara Harris

Adr Voice Casting (Us)

Sasha Harris

Production Coordinator

Adrienne Hayward

Video Assistant

Stewart Henderson

Additional Adr Editor

Jim Hennessey

Painter

Barbara Herman-skelding

Set Decorator

Kate Higham

1st Assistant Editor

Jennifer Hoffman

Assistant (To Paul Brooks)

Mary Hope

Director'S Assistant

Sarah Hughes

Script Clearances

Peter Hunt

Laboratory Grader

Nicola Instone

Post-Production Coordinator

Karyn Isaacs

Legal Affairs (Gold Circle)

Joniece Jamison

Song Performer ("Strut Your Funky Stuff")

Steve Jobems

Accountancy Services

Daniel Johnson

Assistant Dubbing Mixer

Rebecca Johnson

Assistant (To Jeff Levine & Wendy Rhoads)

Joanna Jones

Executive In Charge Of Post Production

Heather Joyce

Other

Zak Kadison

Creative Executive (Gold Circle)

Susy Kane

Stand-In (For Ms. Messing)

Alex Karpinski

Director'S Assistant

Brian Kelly

Unit Driver

Arthur Kent

Song ("Bring Me Sunshine")

M Kershaw

Song ("Tricky Fingers")

Nina Khan

Titles

Colin Kiddell

Unit Driver

David Kiddie

Digital Compositing

Mike Kramer

Office Assistant (Gold Circle)

Mike Kruger

Network Rendering

Melissa Lake

Foley Artist

Brad Lane

Finance Executive (Gold Circle)

Robert John Lange

Song ("Breathless")

Theresa Larche

Director'S Assistant

Teddy Lasry

Song ("Summertime Swing"), Song ("Bonjour Poupette")

Peter Lea-cox

Song ("Light Out Of Darkness")

William Lee

Song ("Moving To The Beat")

Brian Leff

Music Coordinator

Jeff Levine

Co-Producer

Gareth Llewellyn

Assistant Dubbing Mixer

Alison Maguire

Accountancy Services

John Maloney

Unit Secretary

Kamlan Man

Modelmaker

Nathalie Marciano

Producer

Alan Martin

Production Executive (Gold Circle Films)

Simon Maxwell

Production Runner

Sharon Mccormack

Costume Maker

Lisa Mcdiarmid

Standby Art Director

John Mcelhone

Song ("When We Are Together")

Sarah Mcfadden

Unit Nurse

Donald Mcinnes

Hair & Makeup Artist

Laura Mcintosh

Makeup Artist

Adam R. Mehr

Business Affairs (Gold Circle)

Aaron Michiel

Legal Affairs (Gold Circle)

Monika Mikkelsen

Casting Director

John Miles

Production Accountant

Des Murray Molinare

Titles

Ken Monger

Best Boy

Alex Montgomery

Post-Production Coordinator

Gary Moore

Standby Carpenter

Richard Moxon

Legal Services

Blake Neely

Music

Scott Niemeyer

Executive Producer

John O'donoghue

Electrician

Bernard O'reilly

Supervising Sound Editor

Paul Oakman

Driver

Marnie Ormiston

Wardrobe Supervisor

Tim P.

Song ("Need You Right Now")

Louise Page

Costume Designer

Woody Pak

Song ("I Know Why")

Mark Palfreeman

Production Runner

Mark Papworth

Standby Props

John Pegg

Dailies Telecine Transfer

Simon Percy

Titles

Stephen Robert Phillips

Song ("Need You Right Now")

Kate Pickford

Floor Runner

Jola Piesakowska

Titles

Dominic Pike

Carpenter

Tim Potter

Focus Puller

Martin Poultney

Dailies Telecine Transfer

George Powell

Crane Operator (2nd Unit)

Steve Price

Music Recordist

Carl Proctor

Casting Director (Uk)

Amy Quince

Assistant Editor

Michael Quinn

Song ("Alright")

John Rake

Grip

Morgan Rector

Other

Jim Reeve

Executive Producer

Wendy Rhoads

Production Executive

Thayan Ric

Storyboard Artist

Steve Robbins

Executive Producer

J Robinson

Song ("I Love To Love"), Song ("Strut Your Funky Stuff")

Keith Robinson

Song ("I Love To Love"), Song ("Strut Your Funky Stuff")

Shirley Robinson

Production Buyer

Emily Rogers

Music Editor

Corrie Rothbart

Finance Executive (Gold Circle)

Roberta Ruff-asman

Post-Production Accountant

Graham Russell

Song ("All Out Of Love")

Ed Rutherford

Focus Puller (2nd Unit)

Chris Samworth

Loader (2nd Unit)

Stephanie Ei-mei Schwartz

Distribution Coordinator (Gold Circle)

Julian Scott

Digital Effects/Optical Conform

Hilda Sealy

Clapper/Loader

Lionel Selwyn

Foley Artist

Lisa A Shapiro

Legal Services

Film Details

Also Known As
El dia de la boda, Something Borrowed, Wedding Date, dia de la boda, escorte
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Family
Romance
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
2005
Production Company
Agn Shipleys; Angel Studios; Arri Group; Cineimage; Comerica Entertainment Group; Davenport Lyons; Dda Public Relations; Film Finances, Inc.; Gold Circle Entertainment; Gold Circle Entertainment; London Editing Machines; Molinare; Playtone; Professional Negative Cutting Limited; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sargent Disc, Ltd.; Shipleys; Synxspeed; Technicolor; The Mill; Videosonics Cinema Sound; Visionview Productions
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures; 35 Milim; Buena Vista International; Contender Entertainment; Cts; Egmont; Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.; Gulf Film, Llc; Kinepolis Film Distribution; Medusa Film; Nfi; Nordisk Film; Nu-Metro; Panasia; Prooptiki Romania; RCV Distribution; Sam Film; Shaw Organization; Universal Pictures; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Universum Film Gmbh; Vertigo Films (Spain); Village Roadshow Limited
Location
London, England, United Kingdom; Guildford, England, United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter February 4, 2005

Released in United States on Video August 16, 2005

Based on the novel "Asking for Trouble" by Elizabeth Young.

Released in United States Winter February 4, 2005

Released in United States on Video August 16, 2005