Wedding Party (Chinese: ?? ; pinyin: X? YÃÆ'n ; Wade-Giles: hsi yen ) is a 1993 romantic comedy about a Taiwanese immigrant man who married a mainland Chinese woman to calm her parents and give her a green card. His plan backfired when his parents arrived in the United States to plan his wedding party and he had to hide the truth from his partner.
The film was directed by Ang Lee and starring Winston Chao, Mei Chin, Ah-leh Cave, Sihung Lung, and Mitchell Lichtenstein. The Wedding Banquet is the first of three films made by Ang Lee featuring gay characters; the second is Brokeback Mountain and the third is Taking Woodstock . The film is a joint production between Taiwan and the United States.
Together with Encouraging Hand and Eat Drink Man Woman , all made in Taiwan, all showing Konghucu families at risk, and all starring Taiwanese actor Sihung Lung, forming what has been termed a trilogy Lee's "Best Father Knows".
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Plot
Wai-Tung Gao and Simon are happy gay couples living in Manhattan. Wai-Tung is in his late 20's, so tradition-minded parents are eager to see him marry and have children to continue the family line. When Wai-Tung's parents hire a dating service, he and Simon gain time by creating impossible demands. They demanded an opera singer and added that he must be 5'9 ", has two PhDs, and speaks five languages.This service really puts a 5'8" Chinese lady who sings western opera, speaks five languages ​​and has one PhD. She is very friendly when Wai-Tung explains her dilemma, because she also hides the relationship (with a Caucasian man). At Simon's insistence, Wai-Tung decides to marry one of his tenants, Wei-Wei, a poor artist from mainland China who needs a green card. In addition to helping Wei-Wei, Simon and Wai-Tung hope this will calm Wai-Tung's parents. Before Wai-Tung's parents arrived, Simon told Wei-Wei everything he needed to know about Wai-Tung's habits, body and lifestyle, and all three removed all homosexual content from their homes and replaced them with traditional Chinese rolls.
Mr and Mrs. Gao announced that they would be visiting from Taiwan, bringing gifts and US $ 30,000 to hold a luxury wedding for their son. Wai-Tung does not dare tell his parents the truth, because his father, a retired officer of the Chinese Nationalist Army, has just recovered from a stroke. As part of the lie, Wai-Tung introduces Simon as his landlord. The day after Wai-Tung's parents arrived, he announced that Wei-Wei and he planned to get their marriage certificate at the town hall. However, the heartbreak suffered by his mother at a courtroom wedding preparing the story to move on to the drama. The only way to make up for an embarrassing marriage is the marvelous wedding, offered by former Gao driver in the army who now owns the restaurant and reception hall. After the party, Wei-Wei had sex with a drunk Wai-Tung, and became pregnant. Simon is very angry when he finds out, and his relationship with Wai-Tung begins to deteriorate.
Not long after that, Mr. Gao suffered another stroke, and in a moment of anger, after a fight with Simon and Wei-Wei, Wai-Tung confessed his truth to his mother. He was shocked and insisted that he did not tell his father. However, Mr. The perceptive Gao has seen more than he leaves behind; he secretly tells Simon that he knows about their relationship, and, appreciates the great sacrifice he made for his biological son, taking Simon as his son as well. Simon received Hongbao from Wai-Tung's father, a symbolic recognition of their relationship. Mr. Gao seeks and accepts Simon's promise not to tell his secret because, as he points out, without a fake marriage, he will never have grandchildren.
On the way to the promise of an abortion, Wei-Wei decides to take care of her baby, and asks Simon to stay with Wai-Tung and father the two babies. In the final farewell scene, as Wai-Tung's parents prepare to fly home, Mrs Gao has formed an emotional bond with Wei-Wei's daughter-in-law. Mr. Gao accepted Simon and warmly shook his hand. In the end, the two get some happiness from the situation, and they go to board the plane, leaving an unusual family to overcome it.
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Cast
- Winston Chao (???) as Wai-Tung Gao (T: ???, S: ???, P: G? o W? itÃÆ'³ng , W: < i> Kao Wei-t'ung )
- Ah-leh Cave (???) as Mrs Gao, Wei-Tung's mother
- Sungung Lung (??) as Mr. Gao, Wei-Tung's father
- Mei Chin (????) as Wei-Wei Gu (T: ???, S: ???, P: GÃÆ'¹ W iw? i , W: Ku Wei-wei )
- Mitchell Lichtenstein as Simon (T: ??, S: ??, P: SÃÆ' imÃÆ' Â © n )
- Simon is a tall American with blue eyes and blonde hair. She speaks Mandarin Chinese but is good at cooking Asian cuisine. She is the only character in the film that accepts open prejudice for being gay.
- Vanessa Yang (???) as Mao Mei
- Dion Birney as Andrew
- Jeanne Kuo Chang as Wai-Tung's secretary
- Michael Gaston as a Peace Judge
- Ang Lee ( cameo ) as a wedding guest
Development
Neil Peng approached director Ang Lee with the idea behind The Wedding Banquet in 1986 by revealing to Lee that one of their same friends had moved to the United States and was in a same-sex relationship without the knowledge of his parents that. Lee and Peng started writing scenarios two years later and soon joined James Schamus. In the published version of the manuscript, Schamus wrote that the film was "first compiled in Chinese, then translated into English, rewritten in English, translated back into Chinese, and finally subtitles in Chinese and English and a dozen languages more. "The script won the Taiwan state film competition in 1990. About 60% of the film is Mandarin. Elisabetta Marino, author of "When East Meets West: A Sweet and Sour Encounter at Ang Lee's
Reception
The Wedding Banquet received the most positive reviews; on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 96% approval rating based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The comedy and ultimate comedy of Ang Lee revealed the skills of filmmakers in entire genre. " Alan Jones of the Radio Times said, "Quietly watching and never once crossing out fake notes, these sweet and sweet-sweet-and-sweet ribs are really delicious." Roger Ebert writes, "What makes this film work is the underlying validity of the story, the way filmmakers not only go for melodrama and laugh, but pay for these characters because of them.At the end of the movie, I'm a bit surprised how much I care about them. "
The gross gross The Wedding Banquet is $ 23.6 million. The New York Times reported a $ 750,000 budget. Considering the $ 1 million budget reported by Variety , the film was also the most profitable film financially in 1993, when considered in terms of returns ratio, while overall grosser Jurassic Park just earning a 13.8 ($ 914 million earnings with $ 60 million) budget.
Analysis
Elisabetta Marino, author of "When East Meets West: A Sweet and Sour Encounter at Ang Lee's
Accolades
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He won the Golden Space Needle at the Seattle International Film Festival and Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Adaptations
In December 1993, a novelization of the film, titled Wedding Banquet ( ??????????? , Wedingu Banketto ) and published in Japan, written by Y? ji Konno ( ??? , Konno Y? ji ) . (ISBNÃ, 4-8387-0508-5)
In 2003, the Village Theater presented a musical performance of the story. The film is directed by John Tillinger, choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, with music by Woody Pak and books and lyrics by Brian Yorkey. Yorkey, artistic director of the village association, says it's about production, "The film is successful because of Ang Lee's fine poetry, and there's no way we can replicate it or translate it into musical.So we take the story a step further, the movie ends in a highly ambiguous, musical takes place where the movie ends ". The show starred in Welly Yang as Wai Tung.
See also
- Marriage with mixed orientation
- Lavender wedding
- Submit list to the 66th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Taiwan delivery list for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
Further reading
- Gans, Andrew (July 16, 2003). " Wedding Banquet Music for Making a U.S. Premiere at Seattle's Village Theater". Playbill . Archived from the original on November 16, 2013.
- Ebert, Roger (August 27, 1993). "The Wedding Banquet". RogerEbert.com . Ebert Digital LLC.
External links
- Wedding Party at IMDb
- Wedding Party at AllMovie
- Wedding Party at Box Office Mojo
- Wedding Party at Rotten Tomatoes
- Literature, Art, and Database of Medicine, NYU
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