A Wedding is a 1978 comedy film directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Vittorio Gassman, Mia Farrow, Lauren Hutton, Craig Richard Nelson, Pam Dawber, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Paul Dooley, Dennis Christopher, and Howard Duff. The dialogue is humorous, and the story is told in the trademark Altman style, with multiple plots and overlapping dialogue.
The stories unfold in a single day during a lavish wedding that merges a middle-class Southern family with a wealthy one that has connections to organized crime. Capped with a somewhat tragic ending, the film concludes with a cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire."
Cast[]
- Amy Stryker as 'Muffin' Brenner
- Carol Burnett as Katherine 'Tulip' Brenner
- Geraldine Chaplin as Rita Billingsley
- Howard Duff as Dr. Jules Meecham
- Mia Farrow as Elizabeth 'Buffy' Brenner
- Vittorio Gassman as Luigi Corelli
- Lillian Gish as Nettie Sloan
- Nina Van Pallandt as Regina Sloan Corelli
- John Cromwell as Bishop Martin
- Paul Dooley as Liam 'Snooks' Brenner
- Peggy Ann Garner as Candice Ruteledge
- Lauren Hutton as Florence Farmer
- Viveca Lindfors as Ingrid Hellstrom
- Pat McCormick as Mackenzie 'Mac' Goddard
- Dina Merrill as Antoinette 'Toni' Sloan Goddard
- Desi Arnaz Jr. as Dino Sloan Corelli
- Gigi Proietti as Dino Corelli I
- Dennis Christopher as Hughie Brenner
- Craig Richard Nelson as Capt. Reedley Roots
- Pam Dawber as Tracy Farrell
- Ruth Nelson as Aunt Beatrice Sloan Cory
- Dennis Franz as Koons
- Bert Remsen as William Williamson
- John Considine as Jeff Kuykendall
- Tim Thomerson as Russell Bean