The Wedding Banquet
A little deception at the reception.
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$875000
Revenue
$23633459
Runtime
108 min
Release Date
1993-03-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Chinese
Vote Count
253
Vote Average
7.225
Gua Ah-leh
Mrs. Gao
Lung Sihung
Mr. Gao
May Chin
Wei-Wei
Winston Chao
Wai-Tung Gao
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Simon
Neal Huff
Steve
Michael Gaston
Justice of the Peace
Mason Lee
Baby
Dion Birney
Andrew
John Nathan
Joe
Jeanne Kuo Chang
Wai-Tung's Secretary
Paul Chen
Guest
Chung-Wei Chou
Chef
Yun Chung
Guest
Ho-Mean Fu
Guest
Jeffrey Howard
Street Musician
Theresa Hou
Female Cashier
Hsu Yung-Teh
Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend
Jean Hu
Guest
Albert Huang
Guest
Anthony Ingoglia
Wei-Wei's Employer
Eddie Johns
Haskell
Thomas Koo
Guest
Chih Kuan
Granny Tien
Robert Larenquent
Hispanic Man
Neal Lee
Waiter
Dean Li
Director Wang
Jennifer Lin
Guest
Francis Pan
Guest
Neal Peng
Guest
Tien Pien
Old Chen
Marny Pocato
Miriam
Tonia Rowe
Simon's Nurse
Chung-Hsien Su
Studio Photographer
Hannah Sullivan
Mariane
Elizabeth Yang
Guest
Vanessa Yang
Mao Mei
Wei-Huang Ying
Guest
Yao Peide
Egg Head
Ang Lee
Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)
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