The Wedding Party (film)

The Wedding Party (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Wedding Party


caption = DVD cover for "The Wedding Party"
director = Brian De Palma
Wilford Leach
Cynthia Munroe
producer = Brian De Palma
Wilford Leach
Cynthia Munroe
writer = Brian De Palma
Wilford Leach
Cynthia Munroe
starring = Jennifer Salt
Jill Clayburgh
William Finley
Robert De Niro
Jared Martin
music = John Herbert McDowell
cinematography = Peter Powell
editing = Brian De Palma
Wilford Leach
Cynthia Munroe
distributor = Troma Entertainment
released = 1969
runtime = 92 minutes
language = English
budget = $43,000
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0065198

"The Wedding Party" is a 1969 American farcical comedy film.

Its simple plot focuses on a soon-to-be groom and his interactions with various relatives of his fiancée and members of the wedding party prior to the ceremony on the family's estate on Shelter Island.

The independent film was a joint effort by Sarah Lawrence theatre professor Wilford Leach and two of his students, protégé Brian De Palma and wealthy Cynthia Monroe, who bankrolled the project. The trio shared screen credit as writers, directors, and producers, although it is De Palma's touch that is most evident in the film's technical aspects, while Leach's theatrical background suggests he was responsible for supervising the performances of the ensemble cast. Leach went on to a successful career as a Tony Award-winning theatre director, while De Palma continued as an auteur of quirky films frequently emulating the themes and techniques of Alfred Hitchcock.

The film was made in 1963 but not released until six years later, after one of its supporting players, Robert De Niro, had begun to draw notice for his work in off-Broadway theatre and De Palma's 1968 release "Greetings". Also in the cast were Jennifer Salt and William Finley, both of whom were De Palma regulars, and fellow Sarah Lawrence student Jill Clayburgh as the bride-to-be.

The film is now available on DVD.

External links

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0065198/ Internet Movie Database listing]
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=2&title1=Wedding%20Party%2c%20The%20%28Movie%29&title2=&reviewer=HOWARD%20THOMPSON%2e&pdate=19690410&v_id=&oref=slogin&oref=login New York Times review]


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