In 1999, Mariah debuted as an actress in the movie "The bachelor". She plays the part of Ilana, an opera singer, who turns Jimmie (Chris O'Donnell) down. The movie was released on video in 2000.

Jimmie Shannon values his freedom more than life itself. As his male peers, even his best buddy, Marco, 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 and stock broker, a desperate Jimmie hastily arranges for a priest 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, and Ilana (Mariah Carey), an opera singer.

Mariah plays one of the women Jimmy proposes. She answered: "Okay, how can I say this politely? If you hadn't walked in here just now, I'd have forgotten about you. I mean, Joey, you strut onto my stage... and dangle money in front of my face like I'm gonna swoon... when all I even remember is we screwed a couple of times. And I recall thinking you look nice with your shirt off. But then again, so do I."

Compared to its source material, Buster Keaton's 1925 comedy "Seven chances", it has virtually the same plot. The silent classic - actually, one of Keaton's second-rung works, but, considering his genius, a classic compared to most other comedies - is pretty much about setting up an outlandish series of sight gags as Keaton is chased through town and country by hundreds of eager would-be brides. A thousand brides inhabit the climax of "The bachelor", too. But the new movie is more about feelings than slapstick free-for-alls.

"It was supposed to be a cameo role, but the part became bigger," Mariah said. "I get to die onstage, it was a lot of fun." Wags might say that she knows something about playing the diva. But the part actually called for her to sing an aria in Italian. "Even though I'm just lip-synching, I wanted to do it right. So I learned Italian - at 3 a.m. for an 8 a.m. shoot."

For the death-scene, director Gary Sinyor wanted to use a lookalike, but Mariah insisted she played the scene herself. "But I didn't realize I had to do the scene about 30 times. At the end my hips and legs hurt and I had to walk around with an ice-cap. I will never do this again."

VIDEOS

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DVD'S

DVD from China (1296) ISRC CN-A02-02-0155-0/V.J9 comes in a card slipcase, picture disc collection Eric de Ridder

DVD from France (3123) 200876 picture disc the French title is "Le Célibataire" collection Wojciech Sichniewicz

DVD from Germany (2880) 50054 the German title is "Der Junggeselle" collection David Hinz

DVD from Hungary (3408) Z16 92100 NL004 (?) the Hungarian title is "Oltári volegény" collection Réka Rembeczki

DVD from the Netherlands (0656) 55423 collection Eric de Ridder DVD special features: Electronic press kit Scene selections Behind the scened and interviews Trailers other DVD releases

DVD from the Philippines (2900) 4 800624 058663 collection Rodrigo C. Jusay

2 DVD set from the Philippines (3485) 4800624075967 collection Rodrigo C. Jusay There are two movies in this box: The Bachelor and The Wedding Singer.

DVD from Poland (1785) no catalogue number promo picture disc, comes in a card sleeve the Polish title is "Kawaler" collection Eric de Ridder

DVD from Poland (1780) 0524 the Polish title is "Kawaler" collection Eric de Ridder

DVD from Poland (2212) 0524 the Polish title is "Kawaler" collection Wojciech Sichniewicz This item is almost the same as item 1780, but on cover is a yellow circle (no sticker) with the text "super cena".

DVD from Poland (3187) DVD 805 the Polish title is "Kawaler" collection Wojciech Sichniewicz

2 DVD set from Poland (2816) no catalogue number promo picture discs the Polish title is "Kawaler" collection Wojciech Sichniewicz There are two movies in this box: The Bachelor (also known as "Kawaler") and Sabrina.

DVD from South-Korea (1942) SDP-819 collection Kim Hyun Min

DVD from South-Korea (2093) SDP-819 picture disc collection Eric de Ridder This suberb item comes in a card slipcase with an extra booklet. In this extra booklet is the complete transcript of the entire movie in English and Korea, plus over 40 black and white pictures and 10 color pictures from the movie.

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DVD from Taiwan (2191) DVD-M0252 collection Rob Fredie This item is almost the same as item 1951, but in the top right corner the words "DVD video" are missing.

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DVD from Thailand (2202) ADVD-45030 collection Gunyakrit

DVD from Thailand (2796) ESDVD-0503 09 collection Wei Yi

DVD from the UK (1024) EDV 9040 collection Eric de Ridder DVD special features: Theatrical trailer Cast & crew

DVD from the USA (0657) N4994 picture disc collection Eric de Ridder DVD special features: "Script to screen" screenplay access Original theatrical website: e-mail postcards, "rate your mate", wedding resources and much more! Up-to-the-minute cast and crew information

DVD from the USA (1807) VD-20083 picture disc collection Gonçalo Peres DVD special features: "Script to screen" screenplay access Original theatrical website: e-mail postcards, "rate your mate", wedding resources and much more! Up-to-the-minute cast and crew information

VIDEO CD'S

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video CD from Hong Kong (2693) VCD 2344 2 CD set collection Marco Hendriks

video CD from Indonesia (1522) no catalogue number 2 CD set collection Immer Pieter Martin Simanungkalit

video CD from the Philippines (1527) no catalogue number 2 CD set, picture discs collection Eric de Ridder

video CD from the Philippines (2904) no catalogue number 2 CD set, picture discs collection Rodrigo C. Jusay This video CD is almost the same as item 1527, but the back cover is different.

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video CD from Poland (2048) 003 2 CD set, picture discs the Polish title is "Kawaler" collection Eric de Ridder

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