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Mariah Skylight THE BACHELOR
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FILMS
The Bachelor
Cast:
Chris O’Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Mariah Carey, Brooke Shields, James
Cromwell, Marley Shelton Distributed
by: New Line Productions Inc. Year: 1999 Jimmie Shannon
(Chris O’Donnell) values his freedom more than life itself. As his male
peers, even his best buddy, Marco (Artie Lange), begin to hook up in
marriage, Jimmie continues happily plugging away with his dating lifestyle,
in no rush to find “the one.” When he
least expects it, Jimmie crosses paths with the adorable Anne (Renée
Zellweger) and falls in love. After a three-year relationship, Jimmie feels
the pressures of commitment and decides to "give in", reluctantly
proposing to Anne at the most romantic of restaurants. Sensing his
uncertainty and angry over his botched and lame attempt at a proposal, Anne
dumps Jimmie back into the town known as "Bachelorville." Shortly thereafter, Jimmie’s
grandfather (Peter Ustinov) passes away and wills a $100 million inheritance
to his grandson, on the condition he marries before his thirtieth birthday,
which is less than twenty-four hours away. After seeking advice from the
family attorney, Gluckman (Ed Asner) and stock broker, O’Dell (Hal Holbrook),
a desperate Jimmie hastily arranges for a priest (James Cromwell) to wait in
the wings while he finds a bride. He tries to reconcile with Anne and several
other ex-girlfriends, including Buckley (Brooke Shields), a well-to-do
ex-debutante; Ilana (Mariah Carey), an opera singer; Monique (Katharine
Towne), a chef; Daphne (Jennifer Esposito), a cop; Zoe (Stacy Edwards), a
window dresser; Carolyn (Sarah Silverman), a college student; and Stacy
(Rebecca Cross) a commodities broker. Through these hilarious antics, Jimmie
can’t help but discover the true meaning of love. |
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