Father of the Bride (1991 film)
| Father of the Bride | |
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| Directed by | Charles Shyer |
| Produced by | Carol Baum |
| Written by | Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett Nancy Meyers Charles Shyer |
| Starring | Steve Martin Diane Keaton Kimberly Williams Martin Short |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography | John Lindley |
| Editing by | Richard Marks |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 20, 1991 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Father of the Bride Part II |
Father of the Bride is a 1991 comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D. Wong and Kieran Culkin. It is a remake of the 1950 movie of the same name. In 1995, a theatrical sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, was released.
The film inspired a series of Hallmark commercials that featured the smiling faces of the happy couple and sneak-peeks at the backs of numerous greeting cards. This film is number 92 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".
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Plot
George Banks (Steve Martin) is an upper-middle-class owner of an athletic shoe company in San Marino, California, whose 22-year-old daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) has decided to marry a man (George Newbern) from an upper-class family from Bel-Air, despite knowing each other only three months. George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter and becomes slightly insane, although his wife (Diane Keaton) tries to make him happy for Annie. When the wedding takes place at their home, along with a foreign wedding planner named Franck (Martin Short) taking over the ceremony, George tries to handle the fact that his daughter has grown up.
Soundtrack
The movie's soundtrack was scored by Alan Silvestri and was influenced by Jazz and Christmas instrumentations. It contains the following tracks:
1. Main Title
2. Annie's Theme
3. Drive to Brunch
4. Snooping Around
5. Pool Cue
6. Annie Asleep
7. Basketball Kiss
8. The Wedding
9. Snow Scene
10. Nina at the Stairs
11. The Big Day
12. Annie at the Mirror
13. Pachelbel Canon
14. The Way You Look Tonight - Alan Silvestri, Fields, Dorothy
15. My Annie's Gone
16. The Way You Look Tonight (Reprise)
17. End Credit
The following songs are also featured in the movie:
- My Girl, by The Temptations
- (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Going to Marry, by Darlene Love
- Chapel of Love, performed by the Dixie Cups
Trivia
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- The part of Annie originally went to Phoebe Cates, but she declined due to pregnancy.
- This is the second film Steve Martin and Martin Short appeared in together. Their first film together was the 1986 film ¡Three Amigos!.
- At one point in the film George says that the wedding will leave him broke and "shuffling on the side walk in a bath robe." This is a reference to another Steve Martin film, The Jerk, in which his character ends up bankrupt and wanders the streets in a robe.
- The house used for exterior shots in the movie actually does exist; although the movie states the house is located in San Marino, it is located at 843 S El Molino Avenue in neighboring Pasadena. It is a 8 bedroom, 5 bathroom, 4,300 square foot mansion, worth somewhere between $2 million and $3 million in today's market.
External links
- Father of the Bride at the Internet Movie Database
- Father of the Bride Part II at the Internet Movie Database
- Rotten Tomatoes Page
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