My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

Director:

P.J. Hogan

Writer:

Ronald Bass

Stars:

Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julia Roberts	...	Julianne Potter
Dermot Mulroney	...	Michael O'Neal
Cameron Diaz	...	Kimberly Wallace
Rupert Everett	...	George Downes
Philip Bosco	...	Walter Wallace
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Joe O'Neal
Rachel Griffiths	...	Samantha Newhouse
Carrie Preston	...	Amanda Newhouse
Susan Sullivan	...	Isabelle Wallace
Christopher Masterson	...	Scotty O'Neal (as Chris Masterson)
Raci Alexander	...	Title Sequence Performer
Jennifer Garrett	...	Title Sequence Performer
Kelleia Sheerin	...	Title Sequence Performer (as Kelly Sheerin)
Bree Turner	...	Title Sequence Performer
Cassie Creasy	...	Flower Girl

Storyline

A woman who, by a promise made years earlier, is supposed to marry her best friend in three weeks, even though she doesn't want to. When she finds out that he's marrying someone else, she becomes jealous and tries to break off the wedding.

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | best friend | singing | kiss | unrequited love | 

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Taglines:

A comedy about finding your heart and losing your head.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 on appeal for one use of strong language and brief sex-related humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

Laura Dern was also considered to play Kimberly.

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Goofs

In the restaurant scene, a waiter sits down to a piano to accompany the singing. While the piano is still playing, he is seen in the background waving his lobster arms.

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Quotes

George Downes: The misery, the exquisite tragedy. The Susan Hayward of it all. I can just picture you there, sitting alone at your table in your lavender gown.
Julianne Potter: Did I tell you my gown was lavender?
George Downes: Hair swept up. Haven't touched your cake. Probably drumming your fingernails on the white linen tablecloth, the way you do when you're really feeling down. Perhaps looking at those nails thinking: 'God, I should have stopped in all my evil plotting to have that manicure, but it's too late now.
Julianne Potter: George, I didn't tell you...
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Alternate Versions

UK cinema version removes all profanity and inserts inoffensive replacements, most notably in the scene where Julianne explains tells Michael that George came from New York to f*** her.

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Connections

Featured in 20 to 1: Girls on Film (2008)

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Soundtracks

Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

User Reviews

Rupert Everett and Laszlo Kovacs prop up an ordinary film

Everett's performance is great. He makes all others look like pygmies!

Kovacs, whose Hollywood films do not reflect what he had achieved earlier in his Hungarian films, comes up with classic overhead shots of people moving like ants in office lobbies. Kovacs is a delight to watch, even in the winter of his career.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Italian

Release Date:

20 June 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

My Best Friend's Wedding

Filming Locations:

Marshall Fields, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$38,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,678,377, 22 June 1997

Gross USA:

$127,120,029

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$299,288,605

Company Credits

Production Co:

TriStar Pictures, Zucker Brothers Productions, Predawn Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1