A Wedding

19781978
PGPG
2h 5min

A Wedding (1978)

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The daughter of a Louisville truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family, but the reception at the family estate is boycotted by the invited guests.The daughter of a Louisville truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family, but the reception at the family estate is boycotted by the invited guests.The daughter of a Louisville truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family, but the reception at the family estate is boycotted by the invited guests.

Director
- Robert Altman
Writers
- John Considine(screenplay)
- Patricia Resnick(screenplay)
- Allan F. Nicholls(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

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A Wedding

Sneak Previews Season 1 Episode 1

Sneak Previews Season 1 Episode 1

A Wedding (1978)

A Wedding (1978)

A Wedding (1978)

Robert Altman in M*A*S*H (1970)

A Wedding (1978)

Carol Burnett, Geraldine Chaplin, Mia Farrow, Howard Duff, and Desi Arnaz Jr. in A Wedding (1978)

A Wedding (1978)

A Wedding (1978)

Carol Burnett, Geraldine Chaplin, Howard Duff, and Desi Arnaz Jr. in A Wedding (1978)

Viveca Lindfors, Pat McCormick, Dina Merrill, and Amy Stryker in A Wedding (1978)

Lauren Hutton, John Cromwell, Paul Dooley, and Peggy Ann Garner in A Wedding (1978)

Mia Farrow, Lillian Gish, Vittorio Gassman, and Nina van Pallandt in A Wedding (1978)

Director
- Robert Altman
Writers
- John Considine(screenplay) (from a story by)
- Patricia Resnick(screenplay)
- Allan F. Nicholls(screenplay)
All cast & crew
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Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the aging priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma dies in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.

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Taglines
- What he did to the military in M*A*S*H he does to marriage in... [DVD Australia]
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
Director Robert Altman admits that the whole production of the film came as a joke. A reporter had kept asking him during the middle of shooting 3 Women (1977) what he planned to do next and Altman jokingly replied that he was going to film someone's wedding seeing as that was becoming a more common thing to do at the time. Altman said: "I'm going to make a movie about a great big fancy wedding!" As Altman reflected on it, he decided it was actually quite a good idea, as he had never been to a wedding where something didn't go wrong. Altman's off-hand idea manifested itself in a drinking session with his 3 Women (1977) crew that evening after the meeting with the journalist. Within a couple of weeks, Altman had commissioned screenwriter John Considine to start developing a story and a guest list.

Goofs
Why would Tracy saying she "missed the wedding" be a goof? The writer could have intended sarcasm, with Tracy knowing full-well that she wasn't invited to the wedding and taking it as a slight.

Quotes
Ruby Sparr: Do you smoke?
Shelby Munker: No, it makes me dizzy.
Ruby Sparr: Me too, that's why I like it.
Shelby Munker: Well I try to do natural things. A lot of people in my family died of cancer. Bye.
Ruby Sparr: They... they died of cancer smoking pot?

Alternate versions
The credits in the German version have a completely different order compared to the original release.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Death on the Nile/Somebody Killed Her Husband/Interiors/The Boys From Brazil/A Wedding/Piranha/Up in Smoke (1978)

Soundtracks
Bird on a Wire
(1968)
Written by Leonard Cohen
Sung by a girl playing the autoharp

Top review

8/10

Finally caught up with A Wedding last night and love it!

Robert Altman films can be hard work at times, and others you just get pulled into straight away.

A Wedding is an instant attraction, a real delight, full of some great characters, and many funny one-liners, the first hour is a real chuckle, the second hour gets down to more serious issues, but if you've ever been to a wedding (and who hasn't?) you will identify with many moments from this.

Some really great performances especially from Carol Burnett, the housewife with a moral dilemma, Howard Duff, the lecherous alcoholic doctor, Viveca Lindfors, the nutty guest, and Geraldine Chaplin as the very irritating wedding planner.

Well worth a look! 8/10

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Release date
- September 27, 1978 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Languages
- English
- Italian
Also known as
- Eine Hochzeit
Filming locations
- Waukegan, Illinois, USA
Production companies
- Lion's Gate Films
- Major Studio Partners
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Runtime
- 2h 5min
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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