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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

7.225/10

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

Paul Chen

Paul Chen

Guest

Chung-Wei Chou

Chung-Wei Chou

Chef

Yun Chung

Yun Chung

Guest

Ho-Mean Fu

Ho-Mean Fu

Guest

Jeffrey Howard

Jeffrey Howard

Street Musician

Theresa Hou

Theresa Hou

Female Cashier

Hsu Yung-Teh

Hsu Yung-Teh

Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend

Jean Hu

Jean Hu

Guest

Albert Huang

Albert Huang

Guest

Anthony Ingoglia

Anthony Ingoglia

Wei-Wei's Employer

Eddie Johns

Eddie Johns

Haskell

Thomas Koo

Thomas Koo

Guest

Chih Kuan

Chih Kuan

Granny Tien

Robert Larenquent

Robert Larenquent

Hispanic Man

Neal Lee

Neal Lee

Waiter

Dean Li

Dean Li

Director Wang

Jennifer Lin

Jennifer Lin

Guest

Francis Pan

Francis Pan

Guest

Neal Peng

Neal Peng

Guest

Tien Pien

Tien Pien

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

Elizabeth Yang

Elizabeth Yang

Guest

Vanessa Yang

Vanessa Yang

Mao Mei

Wei-Huang Ying

Wei-Huang Ying

Guest

Yao Peide

Yao Peide

Egg Head

Ang Lee

Ang Lee

Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)

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