Movie·1993·1h 48m
The Wedding Banquet
A little deception at the reception.
Country
Taiwan
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 囍宴
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.
Written By
Neil Peng
Producer
Ang Lee, James Schamus
Cinematography
Jong Lin
Music
Mader
Editor
Tim Squyres
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
294 votes
// cast
Cast
Winston Chao
Gao Wai-Tung
Gua Ah-leh
Mrs. Gao
Lung Sihung
Mr. Gao
May Chin
Gu Wei-Wei
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Simon
Vanessa Yang
Mao Mei
Dion Birney
Andrew
Jeanne Kuo Chang
Wai-Tung's Secretary
Michael Gaston
Justice of the Peace
Neal Huff
Steve
Mason Lee
Baby
John Nathan
Joe
Chung-Wei Chou
Chef
Paul Chen
Guest A
Yung Chung
Guest B
Ho-Mean Fu
Guest C
Jean Hu
Guest D
Albert Huang
Guest E
// crew
Crew
Ang Lee
Director, Producer, Writer
James Schamus
Producer, Writer
Mader
Original Music Composer
Ted Hope
Producer
Tim Squyres
Editor
Jiang Feng-Chyt
Executive Producer
Jong Lin
Director of Photography
Neil Peng
Writer
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