Wedding Banquet
Director: Ang Lee; Stars: May Chin, Winston Chao; Release Date: June 15, 2004 |
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Wedding Banquet - Gao Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) lives the good life: He runs a successful real-estate business in New York and has a wonderful relationship with his lover, Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein). The only problem is that his elderly parents in Taiwan don't know he's gay--and they're pushing him to get married and present them with a grandchild. So, with Simon's approval, Wai-Tung strikes a bargain with Wei-Wei (May Chin), a charming young Chinese woman who is one of his tenants. If she'll marry him, he'll help her get a green card so she can stay in the United States. The charade culiminates in an elaborate Chinese banquet that no one will soon forget.
The second in director Ang Lee's Father Knows Best trilogy (completed by PUSHING HANDS and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN), THE WEDDING BANQUET established Lee as a superior observer of intimate and domestic life. Cultural miscommunication, the obligations of tradition, and the difficulty of coming out as gay are all depicted with both hilarity and heartbreaking reality.
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Key Information |
| Directors | Ang Lee |
| Stars | Winston Chao |
| Actors | Mitchell Lichtenstein |
| Genre | Foreign Films |
| Subgenre | Family Interaction • Scams And Cons • Chinese/Cantonese • Come |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats | DVD |
| UPC | 027616906915 |
| Release Date | 1993 |
| Running Time | 1hr 50min |
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Languages |
| Original Language | Chinese/Mandarin |
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DVD Editions |
| DVD Editions | DVD1hr 48min20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentJune 15, 2004R (MPAA)027616906915 |
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VHS Editions |
| VHS Editions | VHS1hr 50min20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentSeptember 28, 1994R (MPAA)086162817038Sound Features: HiFi, Stereo |
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Credits |
| Screenwriter | Ang Lee |
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Professional Reviews |
| Professional Reviews | (08/04/1993, p.C18, Stephen Holden): "...A contemporary bedroom farce....The unusual film comedy in which humor springs as much from character as from situation..." |
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Quotes from the Movie |
| Quotes from the Movie | "This floor has been liberated but since you're so handsome you may come in."--Wei-Wei (May Chin) to Wai-Tung (Winston Chao)
"As a married couple you'll be able to take a big tax break."--Simon (Mitchell Lictenstein) giving the convincing argument for the fake marriage to Wai-Tung |
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