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A Wedding is a 1978 black comedy
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
 directed by Robert Altman
Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman was an United Statesn film director known for making Cinema of the United States that are highly Naturalism , but with a stylized perspective....
, starring Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett

Carol Creighton Burnett is an United States actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway theatre, she debuted on television....
, Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish

Lillian Diana Gish , was an United States stage, screen and television actor whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W....
, Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-nominated actor and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin....
, Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman

'Vittorio Gassman' , popularly known as 'Il Mattatore', was an Italy theatre and film actor and film director. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors and is commonly recalled as an extremely professional, versatile, magnetic interpreter, whose long career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissement...
, Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow

Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow , better known as Mia Farrow, is an United Statesn actress, singer and former Model . Farrow has appeared in more than forty films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe award , three British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations, and a win for best actress at the San Sebastian Inter...
, Lauren Hutton
Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton is an American former supermodel and occasional actress. She is best known for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Once Bitten , and also for her fashion modeling career....
, Craig Richard Nelson
Craig Richard Nelson

Craig Richard Nelson is an accomplished American theater, film and television character actor....
, Pam Dawber
Pam Dawber

Pam Dawber is an United States actor, best known for her title role as Mindy McConnell in the 1978-1982 situation comedy Mork & Mindy....
, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Desi Arnaz, Jr. is an American actor and musician and son of entertainers Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz....
, Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley is an United States actor....
, Dennis Christopher
Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher is an United States actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.His breakthrough role was as Dave Stoller in the coming-of-age classic Breaking Away ....
, and Howard Duff
Howard Duff

Howard Green Duff was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.Duff was born in Bremerton, Washington, Washington, now a part of Bremerton, Washington....
. The dialogue is humorous, and the story is told in the trademark Altman style, with multiple plots and overlapping dialogue.

The stories unfold in a single day during a lavish wedding that merges a middle-class Southern family with a wealthy one that has connections to organized crime. Capped with a somewhat tragic ending, the film concludes with a cover version of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen, Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963....
's "Bird on a Wire." Cohen's music set the tone for Altman's McCabe and Mrs.






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A Wedding is a 1978 black comedy
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
 directed by Robert Altman
Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman was an United Statesn film director known for making Cinema of the United States that are highly Naturalism , but with a stylized perspective....
, starring Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett

Carol Creighton Burnett is an United States actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway theatre, she debuted on television....
, Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish

Lillian Diana Gish , was an United States stage, screen and television actor whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W....
, Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-nominated actor and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin....
, Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman

'Vittorio Gassman' , popularly known as 'Il Mattatore', was an Italy theatre and film actor and film director. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors and is commonly recalled as an extremely professional, versatile, magnetic interpreter, whose long career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissement...
, Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow

Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow , better known as Mia Farrow, is an United Statesn actress, singer and former Model . Farrow has appeared in more than forty films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe award , three British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations, and a win for best actress at the San Sebastian Inter...
, Lauren Hutton
Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton is an American former supermodel and occasional actress. She is best known for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Once Bitten , and also for her fashion modeling career....
, Craig Richard Nelson
Craig Richard Nelson

Craig Richard Nelson is an accomplished American theater, film and television character actor....
, Pam Dawber
Pam Dawber

Pam Dawber is an United States actor, best known for her title role as Mindy McConnell in the 1978-1982 situation comedy Mork & Mindy....
, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Desi Arnaz, Jr. is an American actor and musician and son of entertainers Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz....
, Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley is an United States actor....
, Dennis Christopher
Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher is an United States actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.His breakthrough role was as Dave Stoller in the coming-of-age classic Breaking Away ....
, and Howard Duff
Howard Duff

Howard Green Duff was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.Duff was born in Bremerton, Washington, Washington, now a part of Bremerton, Washington....
. The dialogue is humorous, and the story is told in the trademark Altman style, with multiple plots and overlapping dialogue.

The stories unfold in a single day during a lavish wedding that merges a middle-class Southern family with a wealthy one that has connections to organized crime. Capped with a somewhat tragic ending, the film concludes with a cover version of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen, Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963....
's "Bird on a Wire." Cohen's music set the tone for Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller

Cast

  • Desi Arnaz Jr. ... Dino Sloan Corelli (as Dezi Anaz, Jr.)
  • Carol Burnett
    Carol Burnett

    Carol Creighton Burnett is an United States actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway theatre, she debuted on television....
     ... Katherine 'Tulip' Brenner
  • Geraldine Chaplin
    Geraldine Chaplin

    Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-nominated actor and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin....
     ... Rita Billingsley
  • Howard Duff
    Howard Duff

    Howard Green Duff was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.Duff was born in Bremerton, Washington, Washington, now a part of Bremerton, Washington....
     ... Dr. Jules Meecham
  • Mia Farrow
    Mia Farrow

    Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow , better known as Mia Farrow, is an United Statesn actress, singer and former Model . Farrow has appeared in more than forty films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe award , three British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations, and a win for best actress at the San Sebastian Inter...
     ... Elizabeth 'Buffy' Brenner
  • Vittorio Gassman
    Vittorio Gassman

    'Vittorio Gassman' , popularly known as 'Il Mattatore', was an Italy theatre and film actor and film director. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors and is commonly recalled as an extremely professional, versatile, magnetic interpreter, whose long career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissement...
     ... Luigi Corelli
  • Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish

    Lillian Diana Gish , was an United States stage, screen and television actor whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W....
     ... Nettie Sloan
  • Nina Van Pallandt
    Nina van Pallandt

    Nina, Baroness van Pallandt is a Danish singer and actress.Born Nina Magdelene M?ller-Hasselbalch, she married Frederik, Baron van Pallandt in 1960....
     ... Regina Sloan Corelli
  • John Cromwell
    John Cromwell (director)

    Elwood Dager John Cromwell was an United States Film director, actor and Film producer....
     ... Bishop Martin
  • Paul Dooley
    Paul Dooley

    Paul Dooley is an United States actor....
     ... Liam 'Snooks' Brenner
  • Peggy Ann Garner
    Peggy Ann Garner

    Peggy Ann Garner was an Academy Award-winning American cinema and theater actress....
     ... Candice Ruteledge
  • Lauren Hutton
    Lauren Hutton

    Lauren Hutton is an American former supermodel and occasional actress. She is best known for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Once Bitten , and also for her fashion modeling career....
     ... Florence Farmer
  • Viveca Lindfors
    Viveca Lindfors

    Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors , better known under her professional name of Viveca Lindfors, was a Sweden/United States stage and film actress....
     ... Ingrid Hellstrom
  • Pat McCormick
    Pat McCormick

    Pat McCormick may refer to:*Pat McCormick , a comedian and actor who appeared in Smoky and the Bandit*Pat McCormick , an Olympic gold medalist in the 1950s...
     ... Mackenzie 'Mac' Goddard
  • Dina Merrill
    Dina Merrill

    Dina Merrill is an American actress and socialite....
     ... Antoinette 'Toni' Sloan Goddard


Facts


  • It was adapted into an opera in 2004, also called A Wedding
    A Wedding (opera)

    A Wedding is a comic opera based on Robert Altman's 1979 film A Wedding and was composed by William Bolcom with a libretto written by Robert Altman and Arnold Weinstein....
    .
  • The house featured in the film is the current residence of singer Richard Marx
    Richard Marx

    Richard Noel Marx is an adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever ", and "Hazard "....
    , and his wife, actress Cynthia Rhodes
    Cynthia Rhodes

    Cynthia Rhodes is an United States actress, singer, and dancer....
    .
  • This is the first time that actors Paul Dooley and Dennis Christopher played father and son in a film, as Liam and Hughie Brenner, respectively. They will appear together again in Breaking Away
    Breaking Away

    Breaking Away is a 1979 in film coming of age film that tells the story of four teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana who have graduated from high school and are not sure what they want to do with their lives, other than hang out and go swimming in an abandoned Indiana Limestone quarry....
     (1979), as Raymond and Dave Stoller, and in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an United States television program set in New York City. Criminal Intent premiered on September 30 2001....
     TV episode Cherry Red
    Cherry Red

    Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978 in music....
     (2003), as Stan and Roger Coffman.


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