The Wedding Banquet
“A little deception at the reception.”
1993•R•1h 48m•7.2•Released
ComedyDramaRomance
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.
Director
Ang Lee
Writer
Ang Lee, Neil Peng, James Schamus
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$24M
Languages
English, Mandarin
Studio
Ang Lee Productions
Cast
Gua Ah-leh
Mrs. Gao
Lung Sihung
Mr. Gao
May Chin
Gu Wei-Wei
Winston Chao Wen-hsuan
Gao Wai-Tung
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Simon
Vanessa Yang
Mao Mei
Dion Birney
Andrew
Jeanne Kuo Chang
Wai-Tung's Secretary
Michael Gaston
Justice of the Peace
Neal Huff
Steve
Mason Lee
Baby
John Nathan
Joe
Chung-Wei Chou
Chef
Paul Chen
Guest A
Yung Chung
Guest B
Production
Company
Ang Lee Productions
Company
Good Machine
Company
Central Motion Picture Corporation
Company
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Producer
James Schamus
Producer
Ang Lee
Producer
Ted Hope
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