A Wedding
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| Directed by | Robert Altman |
| Produced by | Robert Altman |
| Written by |
John Considine Allan F. Nicholls Patricia Resnick Robert Altman |
| Starring |
Desi Arnaz Jr. Carol Burnett Geraldine Chaplin Howard Duff Mia Farrow Lillian Gish |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | Tony Lombardo |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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125 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.6 million (US/ Canada) |
A Wedding is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Robert Altman, with an ensemble cast that included Desi Arnaz, Jr., Carol Burnett, Paul Dooley, Vittorio Gassman, Mia Farrow, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Howard Duff, Nina Van Pallandt, Amy Stryker, and Pat McCormick. The story is told in the trademark Altman style, with multiple plots and overlapping humorous dialogue.
The story takes place in a single day during a lavish wedding that merges a nouveau riche Southern family with an established wealthy Chicago family having possible ties to organized crime.
Dino Corelli (Desi Arnaz Jr.) marries Muffin Brenner (Amy Stryker) in a lavish Episcopalian church wedding presided over by a doddering, forgetful bishop. The wedding party goes to the Corelli mansion for the reception. Bedridden matriarch Nettie Sloan (Lillian Gish), mother of Regina Sloan Corelli (Nina Van Pallandt) and grandmother of groom Dino, is being tended in her upstairs bedroom at the mansion by drunk, lecherous Dr. Jules Meecham (Howard Duff). While speaking with wedding planner Rita Billingsley (Geraldine Chaplin), Nettie suddenly dies. Dr. Meecham informs Dino's father Luigi Corelli (Vittorio Gassman) of Nettie's death, but Luigi is unable to tell his wife Regina because she is high on drugs and mentally unstable. Nettie's corpse remains in bed throughout the reception, while various attendees visit her room without realizing she's dead. By the time bossy daughter Toni (Dina Merrill) finds out and plans a dramatic announcement, other family members are mostly not surprised or even too upset.
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