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A little deception at the reception. - The Wedding Banquet
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Title: The Wedding Banquet

Release Date: 1 Mar 1993

Runtime: 1h 49m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, Central Motion Picture Corporation, The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Production Companies: Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, Central Motion Picture Corporation, The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.214 (248 votes)

Cast

  • Mrs. Gao: Gua Ah-leh
  • Mr. Gao: Lung Sihung
  • Wei-Wei: May Chin
  • Wai-Tung Gao: Winston Chao
  • Simon: Mitchell Lichtenstein
  • Steve: Neal Huff
  • Justice of the Peace: Michael Gaston
  • Baby: Mason Lee
  • Andrew: Dion Birney
  • Joe: John Nathan
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