The Wedding Party (1969 film)

1969 film by Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach and Cynthia Munroe

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The Wedding Party
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian De Palma Wilford Leach Cynthia Munroe
Written by	Brian De Palma Wilford Leach Cynthia Munroe
Produced by	Brian De Palma Wilford Leach Cynthia Munroe
Starring	Robert De Niro Jill Clayburgh
Cinematography	Peter Powell
Edited by	Brian De Palma Wilford Leach Cynthia Munroe
Music by	John Herbert McDowell
Production company	Ondine Productions
Distributed by	Ajay Film Company
Release date	April 9, 1969 (1969年4月9日) (New York City)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	43,000ドル

The Wedding Party is a 1969 American film farce created as a joint effort by Sarah Lawrence College theater professor Wilford Leach and two of his students, protégé Brian De Palma and Cynthia Munroe.

Plot

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The film 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 at the family's estate on Shelter Island, New York.

Cast

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Velda Setterfield as Mrs. Fish
Raymond McNally as Mr. Fish
John Braswell as Reverend Oldfield
Charles Pfluger as Charlie
Jill Clayburgh as Josephine
William Finley as Alistair
Jennifer Salt as Phoebe
Robert De Niro (credited as Robert Denero) as Cecil

Production

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The film was made in 1963. It was bankrolled by Stanley Borden, owner of American Films and De Palma's mentor and employer, who allowed De Palma to produce the film on company time.^{[citation needed ]}

Release

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The on-screen copyright year is 1966. However, owing to a legal dispute between De Palma and Borden over the rights to the film (Borden thought it was not ready for release, and De Palma insisted on final cut), the film was not released until 1969, 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 .

Leach went on to a successful career as a Tony Award-winning theatre director, while De Palma continued as a well-known film director.

Home media

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The Wedding Party was released on DVD from Troma Entertainment, and on Blu-ray by Arrow Films on December 11, 2018, as part of the De Niro and De Palma: The Early Films collection. The set also includes the films Greetings (1968) and Hi, Mom! (1970), which are both directed by De Palma and star De Niro.