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29 August 1978 (USA)
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What he did to the military in M*A*S*H he does to marriage in... [DVD Australia] more
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Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony...
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 1 win
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4 nominations
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Robert Altman Dies
(From WENN. 22 November 2006)
Director Robert Altman Dies at 81
(From IMDb News. 21 November 2006)
(From WENN. 22 November 2006)
Director Robert Altman Dies at 81
(From IMDb News. 21 November 2006)
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One of the last classic 70's films to come out of the decade...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 Goddard |
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125 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Australia:M |
Canada:14+ (Ontario) |
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:16 (original rating) |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1987) |
UK:AA (original rating) |
USA:PG |
West Germany:16 (bw)
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Sissy Spacek was offered the role of Buffy Brenner. She couldn't appear in the film due to a scheduling conflict, so the role went to Mia Farrow.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Tracy arrives at the reception she apologizes to Toni for "missing the wedding." It was stated earlier that only family members were invited to the actual ceremony. As Dino's ex-girlfriend, Tracy wouldn't have been expected to attend.
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Rita Billingsley: You know weddings are the happiest events I could possibly dream of and yet some how when they're over it's always so sad.
Rosie Bean: Yea, I know what you mean.
Rita Billingsley: You must have had a beautiful wedding. Did you?
Rosie Bean: Oh yea, I had a great weddin'. Umm, it wasn't anything like this. We were real poor but it was beautiful and my husband Russell looked so handsome. You know all the girls were after him, but he picked me to marry. Yea I think that was the happiest day of my life. But you're right, when it's over it gets real sad.
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Rita Billingsley: You know weddings are the happiest events I could possibly dream of and yet some how when they're over it's always so sad.
Rosie Bean: Yea, I know what you mean.
Rita Billingsley: You must have had a beautiful wedding. Did you?
Rosie Bean: Oh yea, I had a great weddin'. Umm, it wasn't anything like this. We were real poor but it was beautiful and my husband Russell looked so handsome. You know all the girls were after him, but he picked me to marry. Yea I think that was the happiest day of my life. But you're right, when it's over it gets real sad.
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Referenced in Gosford Park (2001)
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Give Me the Simple Life
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Though not as fully realized a film as MASH or Nashville, this is still a great film worthy of study in film classes and deserving of a better reputation than it currently receives. Altman showcases a wedding between two different classes of American society from vows to alcohol sodden, pot hazed, emotional let down end. I think what bothers most people about this film is that it doesn't hone in on any particular story line or character. Curiously, many recent films, Love Actually and Magnolia, for example, also present many story lines, but in too much detail, attempting to force the audience to care about each and every disparate story line and in my opinion, fails miserably. Altman, instead, only presents snippets of conversations, glimpses into the characters assembled for the wedding. For some reason this movie reminds me very much of the famous painting by Velasquez, Las Meninas. Velasquez's painting shows a royal family, posed rather informally and in the background can be seen the painter himself, painting the picture that is in fact being viewed. Many clues are given by the painter about the people shown, but nothing is obvious. Things are not as they appear to be. And the painting can keep it's audience at a distance if the viewer is not informed or it can bring the viewer into it's closed circle, if the viewer has the intelligence to know where to look. So too, does Altman's A Wedding, keep it's viewers at a distance and yet at the same time, constantly provides portals into the world of its characters. I think Altman does an outstanding job of treating the viewer as if he were an invisible guest at the wedding. Though the bride's father is a successful business man, he's a self made man and not to the manor born and while he can afford to give his daughter an opulent wedding it does not alter the fact that the family his daughter is marrying into, comes from a different echelon of society. One that has lineage and history as well as financial success. It's hard to relate to the groom's family unless one has been exposed to or comes from that world. Altman accurately portrays the idosyncrasies and cultural idioms that make up the world of the cushioned and privileged. This is a great film that holds its own in film culture and in the pantheon of great films from Altman.