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A Wedding (1978) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Ceasar Awards
Golden Globes
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
125 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Altman

Written By:
Robert Altman
John Considine

Actors:
Desi Arnaz Jr. ..... Dino Sloan Corelli (as Dezi Anaz, Jr.)
Carol Burnett ..... Katherine 'Tulip' Brenner
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Rita Billingsley
Howard Duff ..... Dr. Jules Meecham
Mia Farrow ..... Elizabeth 'Buffy' Brenner
Vittorio Gassman ..... Luigi Corelli
Lillian Gish ..... Nettie Sloan
Nina Van Pallandt ..... Regina Sloan Corelli
John Cromwell ..... Bishop Martin
Paul Dooley ..... Liam 'Snooks' Brenner
Peggy Ann Garner ..... Candice Ruteledge
Lauren Hutton ..... Florence Farmer
Viveca Lindfors ..... Ingrid Hellstrom
Pat McCormick ..... Mackenzie 'Mac' Goddard
Dina Merrill ..... Antoinette 'Toni' Sloan Goddard

Synopsis:

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.

Shot in sequence and in the director's typical improvisatory manner (and with a cast of characters that, in numbers, dwarfs even his own Nashville), Robert Altman's A Wedding is an uneven and ultimately unsatisfying satire by one of America's most idiosyncratic filmmakers. In the earlier Nashville, Altman was able to meld the many disparate story lines and characters into a film that was cohesive and delivered a devastating punch. He doesn't pull that off here, instead gathering together a bunch of people that certainly have a surface reason to be together but which don't really have a thematic connection -- other than the thin, unexplored idea of 'exposing' the hypocrisy attendant in such social situations. Without any kind of real narrative glue, A Wedding comes across as merely a series of vignettes, although some of them are tremendously entertaining. There are enough of the visual and aural Altman signatures to keep film students on their toes; the writers and cast have certainly come up with a number of memorable lines and moments; and, as in most Altman group extravaganzas, the cast knows how to deliver the goods. As a result, there's enough to keep A Wedding chugging along nicely for the first hour or so, but it starts to run out of gas even before the disappointing climax.

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