Directed by:
Robert AltmanCinematography:
Charles Rosher Jr.Cast:
Carol Burnett, Desi Arnaz Jr., Mia Farrow, Geraldine Chaplin, Nina van Pallandt, Howard Duff, Dina Merrill, Paul Dooley, Peggy Ann Garner, Dennis Christopher (more)Plots(1)
When the Corellis and Brenners--two completely opposite families--convene to watch their children tie the knot, everything seems too good to be true. But when the Brenner family matriarch dies before the reception has even begun, the boozing Dr. Jules Meecham (Howard Duff) decides that they better wait to break the news to friends and family, and as everyone continues to celebrate, it becomes evident that things aren't what they appear to be on the surface. Affairs are initiated and alcohol is ingested, leading up to a thunderstorm--and the most shocking secret of all. Altman assembles a who's who of American comediennes with this star-studded farce in which he compassionately mocks marriage and family life. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Carol Burnett
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Noises Off... (1992)
Desi Arnaz Jr.
USA
Best movies:
A Wedding (1978)
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Billy Two Hats (1974)
Mia Farrow
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Geraldine Chaplin
USA
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Nina van Pallandt
Denmark
Best movies:
A Wedding (1978)
Cutter's Way (1981)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Howard Duff
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Dina Merrill
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Young Savages (1961)
Paul Dooley
USA
Best movies:
Cars (2006)
Insomnia (2002)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Peggy Ann Garner
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
Dennis Christopher
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Prisoners (2013)
The Lost Room (2006) (series)
Lauren Hutton
USA
Best movies:
A Wedding (1978)
The Gambler (1974)
54 (1998)
Lillian Gish
USA
Best movies:
The Wind (1928)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Vittorio Gassman
Italy
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Viva Italia! (1977)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Viveca Lindfors
Sweden
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987)
Playing for Time (1980) (TV movie)
Pam Dawber
USA
Best movies:
A Wedding (1978)
Stay Tuned (1992)
I'll Remember April (2000)
John Considine
USA
Best movies:
Gia (1998) (TV movie)
A Wedding (1978)
California Split (1974)
John Cromwell
USA
Dennis Franz
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Player (1992)
Tim Thomerson
USA
Best movies:
Honkytonk Man (1982)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
A Wedding (1978)
John Malkovich
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Changeling (2008)
The Killing Fields (1984)