Film > Comedy

Robert Altman, award-winning director of M.A.S.H., The Player and Gosford Park, again assembles a stunning ensemble cast for this hilarious story of two very different families drawn together for love…and money. Driven by a classic, Golden Globe-nominated performance from Carol Burnett, and a remarkable turn by an understated Mia Farrow as the sister of the bride, A Wedding is part comedy of manners, part social farce, as a society wedding deteriorates into inter-tribal chaos.

When a senile celebrant forgets the vows, an upper-crust marriage between Dino Corelli (Desi Arnaz Jr.) and Muffin Brenner (Amy Stryker) gets off to a shaky start: but when the wealthy Corelli and Brenner families converge at the lavish wedding reception, revelations of drug addiction, Mafia connections and infidelities - played out brilliantly within Altman’s trademark zoom lens – rise to a dramatic, shambolic conclusion. Following his hit Nashville, Altman’s riotous take on the institution of marriage was released in 1978 to great critical acclaim and remains a masterpiece of modern filmmaking.