A Wedding
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A Wedding | |
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Directed by | Robert Altman |
Produced by | Robert Altman |
Written by | John Considine Allan F. Nicholls Patricia Resnick Robert Altman |
Starring | Desi Arnaz Jr. Carol Burnett Geraldine Chaplin Howard Duff Mia Farrow Lillian Gish |
Release date(s) | August 29, 1978 |
Running time | 125 minutes |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
A Wedding is a 1978 black comedy directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Vittorio Gassman, Mia Farrow, Lauren Hutton, Pam Dawber, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Paul Dooley, and Howard 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 makes 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
[edit] Trivia
- It was adapted into an opera in 2004, also called A Wedding.
- The house featured in the film is the current residence of singer Richard Marx, and his wife, actor Cynthia Rhodes.
[edit] External links
- A Wedding at the Internet Movie Database
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