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The Wedding Banquet (1993)

Movie"A little deception at the reception."
Audience Score
72
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NR 1 hr 49 minAug 4th, 1993Romance, Drama, ComedyFather Knows Best Collection PosterPart of Father Knows Best Collection
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.
StarringGua Ah-lehLung SihungMay Chin
DirectorAng Lee

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 4th, 1993 - Buy Tickets
Movie Budget:$1,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$6,933,459 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Chinese
Executive Producers:Feng-Chyt Jiang
Production Companies:Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, Central Motion Picture Corporation, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Movie Tags:
gay themefamilynew york cityparent child relationshiphusband wife relationshipweddingmale homosexualitycoming outinterracial relationshipsecret love

Father Knows Best Collection

Lee's early successes included Pushing Hands (1991), The Wedding Banquet (1993), and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), which explored the relationships and conflicts between tradition and modernity, Eastern and Western; the three films are informally known as the "Father Knows Best" trilogy.