- The Groomsmen
Infobox Film | name = The Groomsmen
caption =
director =Edward Burns
producer =Edward Burns Philippe Martinez Aaron Lubin Margot Bridger
writer =Edward Burns
starring =Edward Burns John Leguizamo Matthew Lillard Donal Logue Jay Mohr Brittany Murphy Jessica Capshaw
music =Robert Gary
Howard Drossin P.T. Walkley
cinematography =William Rexer II
editing =Jamie Kirkpatrick
distributor =Bauer Martinez Entertainment
released = July 14, 2006
runtime = 93 minutes
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0455958"The Groomsmen" is a 2006
comedy film written and directed byEdward Burns . It opened in New York andLos Angeles onJuly 14 ,2006 .Plot
A groom and his four groomsmen wrestle with issues such as fatherhood, honesty and growing up in the week leading up to his wedding.
Paulie (Burns), a self-supporting writer, is making plans for his marriage to Sue, his girlfriend who is in her 5th month of pregnancy.
Paulie is strongly advised by his older brother Jimbo to not go through with the wedding. Jimbo, who runs a struggling business, is envious of Paulie, and his own childless marriage is unraveling.
T.C., who left the neighborhood without explanation eight years earlier, returns for the wedding. In the past, T.C. had stolen a
Tom Seaver baseball card from Paulie's cousin Mike. Mike still harbors such resentment over the loss that he begins shoving T.C.Later, T.C. hesitantly reveals that he abruptly left the neighborhood because he's
gay .The neighborhood bar is owned by Dez, who is married with two children and is the most content member of the gang.
Cast
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Shari Albert ...Tina
*Edward Burns ...Paulie
*Jessica Capshaw ...Jen
*Spencer Fox ...Jack
*John Leguizamo ...T.C.
*Matthew Lillard ...Dez
*Donal Logue ...Jimbo
*Jay Mohr ...Cousin Mike
*Brittany Murphy ...Sue
*Heather Burns
*John F. O'Donohue...Uncle
*Joseph O'Keefe...Roman Catholic Priest
*Joe Pistone...TopcatExternal links
*imdb title|id=0455958|title=The Groomsmen
* [http://www.thegroomsmen.com/ The Groomsmen Official Website]
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/movies/14groo.html Holden, Stephen. (2006, July 14). "Growing Up Is Hard to Do, Especially When You're 35". The New York Times, p. B6]
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