STUDIO SYNOPSIS: 

Irish legend tells that, since the fifth century, ready to take fate into her own hands…she only has to women who find themselves in the land of luck can wait for Leap Year. propose to their suitors who have yet to pop the ques-Two-time Academy Award®-nominated actress tion. The catch for these women longing to become AMY ADAMS (Enchanted, Doubt, Julie & Julia) and legitimate fiancées? They only have 24 hours—once British actor MATTHEW GOODE (Watchmen, every four years—to utter those four little words to Match Point) headline an on-the-road romance that boyfriends who’ve been dragging their feet. And that follows one woman’s determined quest to get married day is February 29th. For any lady without that special to the perfect guy…despite what fate has in store for ring on her finger, hopeful that love will prevail and her—Leap Year.

Anna expects a proposal during an elegant dinner with her boyfriend.

When her four-year anniversary passes without a marriage proposal, apartment stager Anna Brady (Adams) decides enough is enough. Investing in the ancient Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on Leap Day, Anna decides to follow her cardiologist boyfriend Jeremy (ADAM SCOTT of Step Brothers, Monster-in-Law) from Boston to Dublin and get down on one knee herself. It’s just what her wayward-but-well-intentioned father, Jack (two-time Oscar®-nominated actor John Lithgow of Kinsey, Confessions of a Shopaholic), would want her to do. Simple. Easy.

But when unreliable airplanes, inclement weather and bad luck leave the controlling Anna stranded on the other side of Ireland, she must enlist the help of the carefree-but-surly chef Declan (Goode) to get her across the country. And as Anna and Declan bicker across the Emerald Isle, they discover something they should have known all along: the road to love can take you to very unexpected places.

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ANAND TUCKER (Shopgirl, Hilary and Jackie) directs Leap Year from a screenplay by DEBORAH KAPLAN & HARRY ELFONT (Made of Honor, Surviving Christmas). Key crew on Tucker’s team include cinematographer NEWTON THOMAS SIGEL (Valkyrie, X2: X-Men United), production designer MARK GERAGHTY (Tristan + Isolde, The Count of Monte Cristo), costume designer EIMER NÍ MHAOLDOMHNAIGH (Brideshead Revisited, Becoming Jane), editor NICK MOORE (Love Actually, About a Boy), music supervisor IAN NEIL (RocknRolla, St. Trinian’s) and composer RANDY EDELMAN (27 Dresses, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor).

The film is produced by GARY BARBER (27 Dresses, Wanted), ROGER BIRNBAUM (Four Christmases, The Pacifier), JONATHAN GLICKMAN (Rush Hour, The Count of Monte Cristo), CHRIS BENDER (A History of Violence, Monster-in-Law) and JAKE WEINER (A History of Violence, Just Friends). The executive producers are J.C. SPINK (The Hangover, Monster-in-Law) and SU ARMSTRONG (Ella Enchanted, Casanova).

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Universal Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present—A Barber/Birnbaum production and a Benderspink production of a film by Anand Tucker: Amy Adams in Leap Year, starring Matthew Goode, Adam Scott and John Lithgow. The romantic comedy’s casting is by Nina Gold, and the U.S. casting is by Cathy Sandrich Gelfond and Amanda Mackey. The film’s co-producers are Rebekah Rudd, Cassidy Lange, Morgan O’Sullivan, James Flynn; the music is by Randy Edelman. The costume designer is Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh; the film is edited by Nick Moore. Leap Year’s production designer is Mark Geraghty; the director of photography is Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC. The executive producers are J.C. Spink, Su Armstrong. The film is produced by Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner. It is written by Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont, and it is directed by Anand Tucker. ©2009 Universal Studios and Spyglass Entertainment Funding, LLC.