Wedding Wars

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name = Wedding Wars


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director = Jim Fall
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writer = Stephen Mazur
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starring = John Stamos
Eric Dane
Bonnie Somerville
Sean Maher
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released = 2006
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country = USA / Canada
language = English
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imdb_id = 0823158

"Wedding Wars" is a 2006 LGBT romantic comedy film about gay marriage, but also family and politics. It handles a very sensitive emotional issue both lightly and seriously. It stars John Stamos as the lead character, wedding planner Shel, Eric Dane as his brother, James Brolin as the Governor of Maine, Bonnie Somerville as the Governor's daughter, a gay marriage supporter, and Sean Maher as Ted, boyfriend of Shel (Stamos). It premiered on Monday, December 11, 2006 on the A&E Network.

It was well-received by gay audiences and Stamos appeared on the cover of The Advocate to promote the film. Although it is not the first television movie to have gay themes, it is the first about gay marriage.Fact|date=July 2007 The movie was filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Plot

Shel (Stamos), a gay party planner, agrees to organize the nuptials for straight brother Ben (Dane) to Maggie (Somerville), the daughter of Maine's Governor (Brolin). After Shel finds out that Ben, a campaign manager for his future father-in-law, is behind the governor's speech against gay marriage, he decides to go on strike for equal rights. Shel's strike picks up steam and eventually spreads nationwide, leaving the impending wedding vows in the hands of a tacky planner and overall, in question.

Cast and characters

*Eric Dane - Ben
*John Stamos - Shel
*James Brolin - Governor Welling
*Bonnie Somerville - Maggie
*Sean Maher - Ted

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Reception

External links

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* unrated as of 2007-10-10
* [http://www.aetv.com/weddingwars/ A&E's Official Wedding Wars Site]
* [http://www.seanmaher.info/weddingwars.html SeanMaher.info: Wedding Wars]