About Adam (2000)

Director:

Gerard Stembridge

Writer:

Gerard Stembridge (writer)

Release Date:

19 January 2001 (Ireland)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

He came. He saw. He conquered. One sister at a time.

Plot:

A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Sister Sister Relationship | Infidelity | Multiple Perspectives | Jaguar Car | Female Nudity

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Tommy Tiernan	...	Simon
Kate Hudson	...	Lucy Owens
Frances O'Connor	...	Laura Owens
Stewart Roche	...	Customer #1
Aoife Maloney	...	Customer #2
Donal Beecher	...	Andy
Stuart Townsend	...	Adam
Rosaleen Linehan	...	Peggy Owens
Charlotte Bradley	...	Alice Owens Rooney
Alan Maher	...	David Owens
Brendan Dempsey	...	Martin Rooney
Cathleen Bradley	...	Karen
Kathy Downes	...	Dympna
Mark Smith	...	Dracula
Roger Gregg	...	Prof. Harry McCormick

Directed by
Gerard Stembridge

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gerard Stembridge		writer

Produced by
Mary Alleguen	....	line producer
David Aukin	....	executive producer
Anna J. Devlin	....	producer
Marina Hughes	....	producer
Trea Leventhal	....	executive producer
Rod Stoneman	....	executive producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Adrian Johnston

Cinematography by
Bruno de Keyzer

Film Editing by
Mary Finlay

Casting by
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard
Laura Rosenthal

Production Design by
Fiona Daly

Art Direction by
Susie Cullen

Costume Design by
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh

Makeup Department
Orla Carrol	....	hair stylist
Fiona Connon	....	key makeup artist
Barbara Conway	....	assistant makeup artist
Lorraine Glynn	....	assistant hair stylist
Sam Joseph	....	makeup artist
Marion O'Toole	....	hair stylist
Maureen Smith	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Joanie Blaikie	....	executive in charge of production
Mary Casey	....	post-production supervisor
Maggie Mooney	....	production manager
Geoffrey Paget	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Donnacha Brady	....	trainee assistant director
Mary Gough	....	assistant director
Luke Johnston	....	assistant director
Alex Jones	....	trainee assistant director
Marcus Lynch	....	assistant director

Art Department
Max Aifa	....	props
Russ Bailey	....	construction manager
Tony Boston	....	props
Christina Brosnan	....	property master
Deirdre Byrne	....	props
Bronwyn Clohissey-Boyd	....	painter
John Connon	....	carpenter daily
Colman Corish	....	assistant art director
Manus Daly	....	supervising carpenter
Joe Gaynor	....	stand-by painter
Tony Kelly	....	stagehand
Gerard Lanigan	....	dressing props
David Marsh	....	trainee dressing props
James McGetrick	....	prop storeman
Owen Murnane	....	master painter
Larry O'Toole	....	stand-by carpenter
Sheelagh Power	....	property buyer
Olivia Quigley	....	trainee props
Joe Swaine	....	carpenter
Brian Thompson	....	construction runaround
Jil Turner	....	assistant property buyer
Edmund Walsh	....	trainee art director
Noel Walsh	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Jose R. Castellon	....	adr recordist
Patrick Drummond	....	supervising sound editor
Susan Fairbairn	....	assistant sound editor
Susan Fairbairn	....	foley assistant
John Fitzgerald	....	adr mixer
John Fitzgerald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sarah Gaines	....	machine room operator
Dave Harris	....	sound trainee
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Anthony Litton	....	sound effects editor
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Ron Malligers	....	foley mixer (as Ron Mallegers)
Marino Marolini	....	assistant sound editor
Noel Quinn	....	boom operator
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jon Stevenson	....	adr editor
Annette Stone	....	foley editor
Andrew Tay	....	foley mixer
Karl Travers	....	sound trainee
Simon J. Willis	....	sound
Rebecca Wright	....	foley assistant
Sharon Zupancic	....	foley artist
Dan Edelstein	....	supervising sound editor: US release (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Maurice Foley	....	special effects supervisor
Marty Kelly	....	special effects technician
Brendan Walsh	....	special effects

Stunts
Laura Fox	....	stunts
Eamon A. Kelly	....	stunt coordinator
Donal O'Farrell	....	stunt safety
Donal O'Farrell	....	water safety

Camera and Electrical Department
John Conroy	....	assistant camera
John Conroy	....	focus puller
Seamus Corcoran	....	camera operator
Tony Devlin	....	gaffer
Richie Egan	....	crane grip
Martin Holland	....	best boy electric
Roger Kenney	....	camera trainee (as Roger Kenny)
Philip McKeon	....	clapper loader
Peter O'Toole	....	generator operator
Patrick Redmond	....	still photographer
David Rist	....	grip
Fionn Seavers	....	video assist operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mary Maguire	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Emma Charleton	....	wardrobe trainee
Judith Devlin	....	wardrobe assistant
Ger Scully	....	wardrobe supervisor
Judith Williams	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Alan Duffy	....	second second assistant editor
Declan McGrath	....	first assistant editor
Anna Maria O'Flanagan	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Niall Acott	....	music recording engineer
Terry Davies	....	conductor
Isobel Griffiths	....	music contractor
Colin Rae	....	music preparation
Jon Stevenson	....	music editor

Transportation Department
John Kavanagh	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Kate Bowe	....	unit publicist
Yvonne Burke	....	assistant production coordinator
Fionnuala Dorney	....	accounting assistant
Jerome Franc	....	utility stand-in
Gerry Grennell	....	dialogue coach
Kieran Hennessy	....	location manager
Suzanne McAuley	....	assistant accountant
Jeanette McGrath	....	trainee script supervisor
Rob Quigley	....	production accountant
Pat Rambaut	....	script supervisor
Rachel Smith	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Bórd Scannán na hÉireann
• Venus Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista International (Argentina)
• Concorde Filmverleih (Germany)
• Egmont Entertainment (2001) (Finland) (video)
• EuroVideo (2002) (Germany) (video)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Miramax Films (2001) (USA)
• New Films International

Other Companies

• Ardmore Sound  audio post-production
• Ardmore Sound  sound post-production
• Cine Electric Ltd.  lighting equipment
• Cine Image Film Opticals  opticals
• Cinesite  digital opticals
• Courtyard Studio  production video facilities
• DeLuxe Toronto  foley recorded at
• Howell Opticals  Rostrum camera: end titles
• Interlock Studios  adr recorded at
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Screenscene  video post-production facilities
• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• Windmill Lane Pictures  video post-production facilities

Also Known As:

All About Adam (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexuality.

Runtime:

Argentina:98 min | Peru:98 min | Spain:98 min | UK:97 min | USA:105 min

Country:

Ireland | UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:L | Peru:18 | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Spain:7 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

[Lucy brings Adam over to meet the family for the first time and Laura watches them enter from the corner]
Laura Owens: [voice over] Lucy said he was shy. He doesn't look shy to me. Why does she always delude herself? Oh, poor mum. So many boyfriends and she tries so hard to like them all. Even Martin. Well, she suffers him for Alice's sake. Whatever else I do, I won't make that mistake. Whatever else I do, nothing basically. Right, be nice.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Holiday (2006)

Soundtrack:

YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME

a comedy that doesn't deliver

This film promised a bit more than it delivered. I never laughed out loud and didn't find it particularly witty. The character, Adam, is intriguing, but in the end, he remains a cipher, lacking any depth or even comedic exploration of character. Perhaps I'm picky, but I also prefer movies that employ actors from the character's country. For instance, hearing Kate Hudson's unsuccessful accent attempts threw me right out of the movie several times. The real jewel of this film is the all-too-brief performance of Charlotte Bradley. That she portrayed nuances in character in this otherwise fluff of a film is remarkable.