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About Adam (Original title)All about Adam (Working title)
Dates: 2000 (Copyright), 30 March 2001 (Release)

Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, USA

Director: Gerard Stembridge

Synopsis: Romantic comedy. A handsome young stranger, Adam, enters the lives of one particular Irish family and has an effect on all of them. He meets Lucy, one of the daughters of the family, one night in the Dublin restaurant where she works as a waitress. She agrees immediately to marry him, although she knows nothing about him, and when he meets the rest of the family, it would appear that Adam has the same magnetic effect on Lucy's two sisters.

Genres:
Comedy, Romance
Releases
Date: 2000not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 87 mins 21 secs - Length: 8761 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (71)
©/Production Company: Venus Film and Television Productions, Presented by: BBC Films, HAL Films, Produced in association with: Bord Scannán na hÉireann, Produced by: Exchequer Film Productions Ltd, Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein, Executive Producer: David M. Thompson, Executive Producer: David Aukin, Executive Producer: Trea Leventhal, Executive Producer: Rod Stoneman, Producer: Anna Devlin, Producer: Marina Hughes, Line Producer: Mary Alleguen, Exec in Charge of Production (HAL): Sara Geater, Exec in Charge of Production (BBC Films): Joanie Blaikie, Geoffrey Paget, Head of Film (HAL): Allon Reich, Production Manager: Maggie Mooney, Production Co-ordinator: Rachel Smith, Location Manager: Kieran Hennessey, Post-production (Supervisor): Mary Casey, Post-production (Co-ordinator): Adam Rynne, Assistant Director (1st): Luke Johnston, Assistant Director (2nd): Mary Gough, Assistant Director (3rd): Marcus Lynch, Assistant Director (Trainee): Donnacha Brady, Script Supervisor: Pat Rambaut, Casting: John Hubbard, Casting: Ros Hubbard, Casting (US): Laura Rosenthal, Script Executive (BBC Films): Tracey Scoffield, Written by: Gerard Stembridge, Stand-up Material Written by: Tommy Tiernan, Script Consultant for Venus: Oran Doyle, Director of Photography: Bruno de Keyzer, Camera Operator: Séamus Corcoran, Special Effects Supervisor: Maurice Foley, Special Effects: Brendan Walsh, Editor: Mary Finlay, Production Designer: Fiona Daly, Art Director: Susan Cullen, Costume Designer: Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, Wardrobe Supervisor: Ger Scully, Chief Make-up: Fiona Connon, Hairstylist: Orla Carroll, Title Design: Anastasia Clafferty, End Titles: Howell Opticals (London), Opticals: Cine Image, Digital Opticals: Cinesite (Europe) Ltd, Original Music: Adrian Johnston, Vocals by: The Sounds Superb Singers, [Music] Conductor: Terry Davies, Music Recording Engineer: Niall Acott, Music Consultant: Bob Last, Sound Mixer: Simon Willis, Re-recording Mixer: Leslie Shatz, Supervising Sound Editor: Patrick Drummond, Dialogue Editor: Annette Stone, [Sound] Effects Editor: Anthony Litton, Jon Stephenson, Foley Artist: Andy Malcolm, Foley Artist: Goro Koyama, Foley Artist: Sharon Zupancic, Foley Mixer: Ron Mellegers, Foley Mixer: Andrew Tay, Stunt Co-ordinator: Eamon Kelly, Stunt Driver: Donal O'Farrell, Stunts: Laura Fox, Utility Stand-in: Alexandra Jones, Jerome Franc
Cast (10)
Stuart Townsend (Adam), Frances O'Connor (Laura), Charlotte Bradley (Alice), Kate Hudson (Lucy Owens), Alan Maher (David), Tommy Tiernan (Simon), Brendan Dempsey (Martin), Cathleen Bradley (Karen), Rosaleen Linehan (Peggy), Roger Gregg (Professor McCormick)