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The Wedding Banquet
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The Wedding Banquet

1993-03-01 · 108 min · ★ 7.2

Comedy · Drama · Romance

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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Directors
Ang Lee
Production companies
Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, Central Motion Picture Corporation, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Countries
Taiwan, United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 875,000
Revenue
USD 23,633,459

Top Cast

Gua Ah-lehGua Ah-lehMrs. Gao
Lung SihungLung SihungMr. Gao
May ChinMay ChinGu Wei-Wei
Winston Chao Wen-hsuanWinston Chao Wen-hsuanGao Wai-Tung
Mitchell LichtensteinMitchell LichtensteinSimon
Vanessa YangMao Mei
Dion BirneyAndrew
Jeanne Kuo ChangJeanne Kuo ChangWai-Tung's Secretary
Michael GastonMichael GastonJustice of the Peace
Neal HuffNeal HuffSteve
Mason LeeMason LeeBaby
John NathanJoe
Chung-Wei ChouChung-Wei ChouChef
Paul ChenGuest A
Yung ChungGuest B
Ho-Mean FuGuest C
Jean HuGuest D
Albert HuangGuest E
Thomas KooGuest F
Francis PanGuest G

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