Meet the Parents (1992 film)

Meet the Parents
Directed by	Greg Glienna
Produced by	Jim Vincent Emo Philips
Written by	Greg Glienna Mary Ruth Clarke
Starring	Greg Glienna Jacqueline Cahill Mary Ruth Clarke Emo Philips
Music by	Scott May
Cinematography	Bradley Sellers
Edited by	Greg Glienna Jim Vincent
Production company	Post Production - VPA Teleproductions - Editor - Jack Liga
Release date	1992
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US $100,000 (estimated)

Meet the Parents is a 1992 American independent comedy film written by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke. Glienna also directed and starred in the film as the male protagonist, Greg. The film is about a young man meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time and the problems that arise when the girl's father takes a disliking to him.

Filmed on a budget of approximately $100,000 and shot in and around Chicago,Meet the Parents was not widely distributed and did not earn a large profit at the box office upon its limited release. It did, however, garner some critical acclaim and film industry attention towards remaking the film on a bigger budget.

Several years after the film's release, Universal Studios purchased the rights to the independent film. After hiring screenwriter Jim Herzfeld to expand the script, a new version of Meet the Parents was filmed and released in October 2000. The 2000 version in turn inspired two movie sequels and two television series.

A man (John Dacosse), on his way to meet his fiancée's parents, stops to get gas at a gas station. He mentions his plans to the attendant (Jim Vincent), who advises him against it. He tells the tale of Greg (Greg Glienna) and Pam (Jacqueline Cahill), who were a couple in a similar situation...with a disastrous outcome.

Greg sets off a number of incidences that bring shame and disappointment upon his character, leaving Pam's parents (Dick Galloway & Carol Whelan) with an unadmirable and undesirable son-in-law. After breaking the prized Victrola, ruining the roast, renting the only Andy Griffith slasher/porno movie in existence, clogging the toilet, stabbing the mother's eye with a fishing pole, being framed for marijuana possession, wrecking the car, drowning the dog, losing a fight with an ex-boyfriend (Harry Hickstein), and knocking over an urn, Greg has no reputation left to lose. Throughout the visit, Pam's sister Fay, an aspiring singer who can't hold a note, keeps insisting Greg hear her audition, since she mistakenly thinks he has ties with Ed McMahon from Star Search. Greg plans to flee the house with Pam to prevent any more damage, but Fay isn't letting him leave without hearing her sing. Greg's car has conveniently broken down, leaving him no choice but to hear Fay sing.