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The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

A little deception at the reception.

Genres

ComedyDramaRomance

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A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

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Budget

$875000

Revenue

$23633459

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

01 March 1993

Country

Taiwan

Cast

Gua Ah-leh

Gua Ah-leh

Mrs. Gao

Lung Sihung

Lung Sihung

Mr. Gao

May Chin

May Chin

Wei-Wei

Winston Chao

Winston Chao

Wai-Tung Gao

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Simon

Neal Huff

Neal Huff

Steve

Michael Gaston

Michael Gaston

Justice of the Peace

Mason Lee

Mason Lee

Baby

Dion Birney

Dion Birney

Andrew

John Nathan

John Nathan

Joe

Jeanne Kuo Chang

Jeanne Kuo Chang

Wai-Tung's Secretary

Chung-Wei Chou

Chung-Wei Chou

Chef

Paul Chen

Paul Chen

Guest A

Yung Chung

Yung Chung

Guest B

Ho-Mean Fu

Ho-Mean Fu

Guest C

Jean Hu

Jean Hu

Guest D

Albert Huang

Albert Huang

Guest E

Thomas Koo

Thomas Koo

Guest F

Francis Pan

Francis Pan

Guest G

Neal Peng

Neal Peng

Guest H

Elizabeth Yang

Elizabeth Yang

Guest I

Yang Wei-Hung

Yang Wei-Hung

Guest J

Jennifer Lin

Jennifer Lin

Female Guest A

Jeffrey Howard

Jeffrey Howard

Street Musician

Theresa Hou

Theresa Hou

Female Cashier

Hsu Yung-Te

Hsu Yung-Te

Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend

Anthony Ingoglia

Anthony Ingoglia

Wei-Wei's Employer

Eddie Johns

Eddie Johns

Haskell

Shih Chih-Fang

Shih Chih-Fang

Granny Tien

Robert Larenquent

Robert Larenquent

Hispanic Man

Neal Lee

Neal Lee

Waiter

Dean Li

Dean Li

Director Wang

Tien Pin

Tien Pin

Old Chen

Marny Pocato

Marny Pocato

Miriam

Tonia Rowe

Tonia Rowe

Simon's Nurse

Chung-Hsien Su

Chung-Hsien Su

Studio Photographer

Hannah Sullivan

Hannah Sullivan

Mariane

Vanessa Yang

Vanessa Yang

Mao Mei

Yao Peide

Yao Peide

Egg Head

Ang Lee

Ang Lee

Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)

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