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Director:
Writers:
Joseph Bologna (play)
Joseph Bologna (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 August 1970 (USA) more
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Plot:
Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 6 nominations more
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Great Wedding Film more (15 total)

Cast

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Bea Arthur ... Bea Vecchio

Bonnie Bedelia ... Susan Henderson

Michael Brandon ... Mike Vecchio
Richard S. Castellano ... Frank Vecchio (as Richard Castellano)
Bob Dishy ... Jerry (as Robert Dishy)
Harry Guardino ... Johnny
Marian Hailey ... Brenda
Joseph Hindy ... Ritchie Vecchio
Anne Jackson ... Kathy

Diane Keaton ... Joan Vecchio

Cloris Leachman ... Bernice Henderson
Anne Meara ... Wilma
Gig Young ... Hal Henderson
Anthony Holland ... Donaldson
Bob Kaliban ... Hotel clerk
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Runtime:
104 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original Broadway production of "Lovers and Other Strangers" written by actors Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna opened on September 18, 1968 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and ran for 70 performances. Renée Taylor also performed in the stage play and wrote the screenplay with her husband Joseph Bologna. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Near the beginning of the movie, when Gig Young and Cloris Leachman are sitting on the couch with a mirror behind them, you can see a reflection of a crew member in the mirror as he tries to move out of the shot. more
Quotes:
Jerry: Brenda, let me tell you something about pot. When you take it, your taste buds become so physically sensitive that a grapefruit tastes like caviar. Your whole ability to touch to love to see to understand to feel to know is magnified so you could split the universe open like a walnut and know its secrets.
Brenda: Okay, let me have some.
Jerry: I don't have any.
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Great Wedding Film, 11 September 2006
Author: Brian Washington (Sargebri@att.net) from Los Angeles, California

This is one of the funniest wedding pictures I have ever seen. The film pretty much accurately portrays a lot of the things that go on around the time of a wedding. Things like the mother of either the bride or groom about to suffer a nervous breakdown, one couple on the verge of a divorce while the brother (or sister) is getting married or one of the groomsmen trying to make it with one of the bridesmaids. The writer must have been to a lot of weddings to really come up with this great slice of life comedy.

As for the cast, Bonnie Bedelia and Michael Brandon are perfectly cast as Susan and Mike, who seem to be the only ones that are happy while everyone else isn't. Cloris Leachman (a few months before taking the role of Mary Richard's annoying and overbearing neighbor Phyllis) is also great as Susan's mother, who is oblivious to her husband's philandering. Also, in a very quiet performance, Dianne Keaton makes a solid debut as Mike's soon to be ex-sister-in-law, who show's up even though she know's she has to face her in-law's as well as her estranged husband. However, Bea Arthur (a couple of years before her career defining role as overbearing liberal Maude) steals the show as Mike's overbearing, devoutly Catholic mother. This film is definitely a sleeper.

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