- A Wedding
Infobox_Film
name = A Wedding
caption = Theatrical release poster
imdb_id = 0078481
writer =John Considine Allan F. Nicholls Patricia Resnick Robert Altman
starring =Desi Arnaz Jr. Carol Burnett Geraldine Chaplin Howard Duff Mia Farrow Lillian Gish
director =Robert Altman
producer =Robert Altman
released =August 29 ,1978
distributor =20th Century Fox
country = USA
runtime = 125 minutes
language =English
budget ="A Wedding" is a 1978 black comedy directed by
Robert Altman , starringCarol Burnett ,Lillian Gish ,Geraldine Chaplin ,Vittorio Gassman ,Mia Farrow ,Lauren Hutton ,Craig Richard Nelson ,Pam Dawber ,Desi Arnaz, Jr. ,Paul Dooley ,Dennis Christopher , andHoward Duff . 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 's "Bird on a Wire." Cohen's music set the tone for Altman's "McCabe and Mrs. Miller "Cast
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Desi Arnaz Jr. ... Dino Sloan Corelli (as Dezi Anaz, Jr.)
*Carol Burnett ... Katherine 'Tulip' Brenner
*Geraldine Chaplin ... Rita Billingsley
*Howard Duff ... Dr. Jules Meecham
*Mia Farrow ... Elizabeth 'Buffy' Brenner
*Vittorio Gassman ... Luigi Corelli
*Lillian Gish ... Nettie Sloan
*Nina Van Pallandt ... Regina Sloan Corelli
*John Cromwell ... Bishop Martin
*Paul Dooley ... Liam 'Snooks' Brenner
*Peggy Ann Garner ... Candice Ruteledge
*Lauren Hutton ... Florence Farmer
*Viveca Lindfors ... Ingrid Hellstrom
*Pat McCormick ... Mackenzie 'Mac' Goddard
*Dina Merrill ... Antoinette 'Toni' Sloan GoddardFacts
*It was adapted into an opera in 2004, also called "A Wedding".
*The house featured in the film is the current residence of singerRichard Marx , and his wife, actressCynthia Rhodes .
*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 " (1979), as Raymond and Dave Stoller, and in the "" TV episode "Cherry Red " (2003), as Stan and Roger Coffman.External links
*imdb title|id=0078481|title=A Wedding
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