The Wedding Planner
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| Directed by | Adam Shankman |
| Produced by |
Peter Abrams Deborah Del Prete Jennifer Gibgot Robert L. Levy Gigi Pritzker |
| Written by |
Michael Ellis Pamela Falk |
| Starring |
Jennifer Lopez Matthew McConaughey Bridgette Wilson-Sampras Justin Chambers Judy Greer Alex Rocco Joanna Gleason Charles Kimbrough Fred Willard Lou Myers Frances Bay |
| Music by | Mervyn Warren |
| Cinematography | Julio Macat |
| Edited by | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $94,728,529 |
The Wedding Planner is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Adam Shankman, written by Michael Ellis and Pamela Falk, and starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.
After planning and coordinating another successful wedding ceremony, San Francisco wedding planner Mary (Jennifer Lopez) is re-introduced to childhood acquaintance Massimo (Justin Chambers) by her father (Alex Rocco) who wants the two of them to marry. Mary, however, is not impressed and instead remains focused on her ambition to become a partner at the wedding company she works for. As a way to persuade her boss, Geri (Kathy Najimy), to accept her as a partner, Mary pursues and is hired by catering heiress, Fran Donolly (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) to plan her society wedding to long term boyfriend 'Eddie.' While on the phone reporting her success Mary's shoe heel gets stuck in a manhole cover. While she attempts to free herself a taxi collides with a dumpster and it comes hurtling towards her. A man standing nearby rushes in and pulls her away just before the dumpster crashes. Mary manages to thank the man before fainting.
She later wakes up in hospital and the man who saved her is revealed to be the local pediatrician, Steve Edison (Matthew McConaughey). When Mary's friend and colleague Penny (Judy Greer) arrives she persuades Steve to attend an outdoor movie screening with them at the park, only to make up an excuse to leave the pair alone. At the movie Mary and Steve dance but as they are about to kiss a heavy downpour forces them to run for cover.
A few days later Mary and Fran are at another of Mary’s weddings and Fran teases her for her dreamy look before Mary tells her about her movie date. Later on Mary is attending a dance lesson with another of her clients. Fran is also attending and introduces Mary to her fiancé 'Eddie' who turns out to be Steve. When Fran leaves the pair to dance together Mary angrily rebukes him for leading her on and going behind Fran’s back.
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