The Wedding Banquet
A little deception at the reception.
1993
109
minutes
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed By:
Ang Lee
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.
Language
Chinese
Release Date
March 1, 1993
Budget
$1,000,000
Revenue
$6,933,459
Berlin Film Festival Awards
Golden Bear
Cast
Gua Ah-leh
Mrs. Gao
Sihung Lung
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)
Show Full Crew
Writing
Production
Ang Lee
Producer
James Schamus
Producer
Ted Hope
Producer
Hsu Li-kong
Associate Producer
Dolly Hall
Line Producer
Feng-Chyt Jiang
Executive Producer
Sui Je Cheng
Supervising Producer
Directing
Editing
Camera
Sound
Art
Costume & Make-Up