A Wedding (1978)
- Starring:
- Carol Burnett, Paul Dooley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Altman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Robert Altman's over-frenetic satire on American marriage rituals and hypocrisy concerns the upper-crust marriage between Dino Corelli (Desi Arnaz Jr.) and Muffin Brenner (Amy Stryker). As the film begins, a senile bishop forgets the lines to the wedding ceremony and Nettie Sloan (the groom's grandmother) drops dead in an upstairs bedroom. Nettie's death is not disclosed to the two families who converge at the wedding reception. As the two sets of in-laws slam into each other, the bride and groom disappear in the ensuing whirlwind of chaos as both extended families vie for sexual favors and try to keep hidden never-discussed family secrets. Regina Corelli (Nina Van Pallandt) is revealed to be a drug addict, while Luigi, is endeavoring unsuccessfully to keep his Mafia connections under wraps. Meanwhile, the bride's family, although more down to earth, are revealed to be no better. Tulip Brenner (Carol Burnett) begins to flirt with one of the wedding guests, Mackenzie Goddard (Pat McCormick), while Snooks Brenner (Paul Dooley) acts like a lout and drinks heavily. And flying around the edges of the action like Tinkerbell is Buffy Brenner, the Brenners' youngest daughter, who is pregnant by the groom. As other characters bang into each other -- sexual degenerates, hard-nosed radicals, raw-boned emotional wrecks -- the wedding reception heads for its inevitable nuclear explosion. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 125 mins
Complete Cast:
- Carol Burnett - Tulip Brenner
- Mia Farrow - Buffy Brenner
- Amy Stryker - Muffin Brenner
- Geraldine Chaplin - Rita Billingsley
- Gerald Busby - David Ruteledge
- Peggy Ann Garner - Candice Ruteledge
- Desi Arnaz, Jr. - Dino Corelli
- Pat McCormick - Mackenzie Goddard
- John Considine - Jeff Kuykendall
- Robert Fortier - Jim Habor
- Ellie Albers - Gypsy Violinist
- Belita Moreno - Daphne Corelli
- Allan Nicholls - Jake Jacobs
- Ann Ryerson - Victoria Cory
- Dennis Franz - Koons
- Pam Dawber - Tracy Farrell
- Mona Abboud - Melba Lear
- Patricia Resnick - Redford
- Nina Van Pallandt - Regina Corelli
- Maureen Steindler - Libby Clinton
- Cedric Scott - Randolph
- Luigi Proietti - Dino Corelli I
- Susan Kendall Newman - Chris Clinton
- Margaret Ladd - Ruby Spar
- Paul Dooley - Snooks Brenner
- Lillian Gish - Nettie Sloan
- Howard Duff - Dr. Jules Meecham
- Dennis Christopher - Hughie Brenner
- Lauren Hutton - Florence Farmer
- Vittorio Gassman - Luigi Corelli
- Dina Merrill - Antoinette Sloan Goddard
- John Cromwell - Bishop Martin
- Viveca Lindfors - Ingrid Hellstrom
- Bert Remsen - William Williamson
- Jeffrey Jones - Ruteledge Child
- Ruth Nelson - Beatrice Sloan Cory
- Jeff Perry - Bunky Lemay
- Marta Heflin - Shelby Munker
- Mark R. Deming - Matthew Ruteledge
- Margery Bond - Lombardo
- Maisie Hoy - Casey
- Virginia Vestoff - Clarice Sloan
- Tim Thomerson - Russell Bean
- Mary Seibel - Aunt Marge Spar
- Beverly Ross - Nurse Janet Schulman
- Gavan O'Herlihy - Wilson Briggs
- Craig Richard Nelson - Capt. Reedley Roots
- Tony Llorens - Piano Player
- Director(s):
- Robert Altman
- Writer(s):
- Robert Altman, Patricia Resnick, Allan Nicholls
- Producer(s):
- Robert Altman, Tommy Thompson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Situations, Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Questionable for Children)
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