The Wedding Banquet (1993)
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Winston Chao
Wai-Tung Gao
May Chin
Wei-Wei
Gua Ah-leh
Mrs. Gao
Sihung Lung
Mr. Gao
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Simon
Neal Huff
Steve
Michael Gaston
Justice of the Peace
Dion Birney
Andrew
Mason Lee
Baby
Jeanne Kuo Chang
Wai-Tung's Secretary
Paul Chen
Guest
Chung-Wei Chou
Chef
John Nathan
Joe
Yun Chung
Guest
Ang Lee
Director
Neil Peng
Writer
Ho-Mean Fu
Guest
James Schamus
Writer
Ted Hope
Producer
Jeffrey Howard
Street Musician
Theresa Hou
Female Cashier
Hsu Yung-Teh
Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend
Jean Hu
Guest
Mader
Composer
Albert Huang
Guest
Jong Lin
Cinematographer
Anthony Ingoglia
Wei-Wei's Employer
Tim Squyres
Editor
Eddie Johns
Haskell
Judy Dennis
CastingDirector
Thomas Koo
Guest
Steve Rosenzweig
ProductionDesigner
Chih Kuan
Granny Tien
Robert Larenquent
Hispanic Man
Neal Lee
Waiter
Dean Li
Director Wang
Jennifer Lin
Guest
Francis Pan
Guest
Neal Peng
Guest
Tien Pien
Old Chen
Marny Pocato
Miriam
Tonia Rowe
Simon's Nurse
Chung-Hsien Su
Studio Photographer
Hannah Sullivan
Mariane
Elizabeth Yang
Guest
Vanessa Yang
Mao Mei
Wei-Huang Ying
Guest
Yao Peide
Egg Head
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1993
Original Name喜宴
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Budget$1,000,000
Box Office$6,900,000
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 romantic comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Ang Lee. The story concerns a gay Taiwanese immigrant man (played by Winston Chao, in his film debut) who marries a mainland Chinese woman (May Chin) to placate his parents (Gua Ah-leh and Lung Sihung) and get her a green card. His plan backfires when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet and he has to hide the truth of his gay partner (Mitchell Lichtenstein). It was a co-production of Lee's Good Machine production company, and the Taiwanese Central Motion Picture Corporation.
Lee's second feature film and his first to get a theatrical release in the United States, The Wedding Banquet premiered at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear. It was both a critical and commercial success, becoming the most profitable film of 1993 and won five Golden Horse Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. It received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign-Language Film, as well as six Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Together with Pushing Hands (1991) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), all showing the Confucian family at risk, and all starring the Taiwanese actor Lung Sihung, The Wedding Banquet forms what has been called Lee's "Father Knows Best" trilogy.In 2023, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"."