Films about Matrimony
Title : MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
Year : 2001
Country : USA
Director: Joel Zwick
Cast : Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides
The story :
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Toula, 30 years old and still not married, works at
Dancing Zorba, the Greek restaurant owned by her parents, Gus e Maria.
She falls in love with a professor, but unfortunately , he is not Greek
and it takes all her efforts to make her family accept him.
The family is all involved when there is a wedding. This film should be
seen by mums and dads, brothers and sisters, the more the merrier.
Title : THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE
Year : 1950
Country : USA
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast : Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Leo G. Carroll, Moroni Olsen
The story :
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Stanley Banks, lawyer and head of the family, has always
seen his daughter as a little girl although she is grown up now. When
the time comes for her to marry, Stanley is green with jealousy towards
his future son-in-law and becomes hysterical. A classic, not to be
missed, it highlights all the anxiety, the paranoia, and nervousness of
the last hour before the wedding. Happy ending...
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Title : RUNAWAY BRIDE
Year : 1999
Country : USA
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast : Richard Gere , Julia Roberts, Joan Cusack, Rita Wilson
The story :
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Ike Graham, journalist for a New York daily, has a few
problems with his boss, Ellie, who is also his ex-wife. Always on the
look-out for a good story, Ike hears the story of a young woman from
Maryland, Maggie Carpenter, who is ‘allergic’ to marriage. The girl, in
fact reached the altar three times but nobody managed to tie her down:
a moment before the fateful “I do”, Maggie was gone. Ike writes an
article about the case, but not before going to Hale, Maggie’s home
town, to research the story personally. As you can imagine, cupid
strikes.
