To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
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Title: The Wedding Banquet (1993)
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Cast
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| Ah-Lei Gua | ... | Mrs. Gao (as Ah-Leh Gua) | |
| Sihung Lung | ... | Mr. Gao | |
| May Chin | ... | Wei-Wei | |
| Winston Chao | ... | Wai-Tung Gao | |
| Mitchell Lichtenstein | ... | Simon | |
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Dion Birney | ... | Andrew |
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Jeanne Kuo Chang | ... | Wai-Tung's Secretary |
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Paul Chen | ... | Guest |
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Chung-Wei Chou | ... | Chef |
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Yun Chung | ... | Guest |
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Ho-Mean Fu | ... | Guest |
| Michael Gaston | ... | Justice of the Peace | |
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Jeffrey Howard | ... | Street Musician |
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Theresa Hou | ... | Female Cashier |
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Yung-Teh Hsu | ... | Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend |
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Simon and Wei-Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan. To defer the suspicions of Wei-Tung's parents, Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and Wei-Wei, an immigrant in need of a green card. When Wei-Tung's parents come to America for the wedding, they insist upon an elaborate banquet, resulting in several complications. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>
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marriage of convenience | gay couple | gay son | marriage pressure | asian man white man relationship |Taglines:
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Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.
Justice of the Peace: "... take you, Wai Tung..."
Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.
Justice of the Peace: Okay. "To be my wedded husband... to have and to hold..."
Wei-Wei: Holding to have, husband, mine...
Justice of the Peace: "... for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer..."
Wei-Wei: Better and richer, no poorer.
Justice of the Peace: "... in sickness and in health, till death do us part."
Wei-Wei: Till sickness and death.
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This film has the highest cost-to-return ratio of 1993, earning $23.6 million from a budget of $1 million. This gave it a of 23.6 ratio, considerably higher than 1993's biggest money-maker "Jurassic Park" whose ratio was 13.8. See more »Goofs
During the small family dinner to which Simon treats the newlyweds and Wei-Tung's parents, Simon can be seen to alternately hold chopsticks, a small bowl or nothing in his left hand, depending on the camera angle. See more »Quotes
Justice of the Peace: Okay, now you: "I, Wee-Wee..."Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.
Justice of the Peace: "... take you, Wai Tung..."
Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.
Justice of the Peace: Okay. "To be my wedded husband... to have and to hold..."
Wei-Wei: Holding to have, husband, mine...
Justice of the Peace: "... for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer..."
Wei-Wei: Better and richer, no poorer.
Justice of the Peace: "... in sickness and in health, till death do us part."
Wei-Wei: Till sickness and death.
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Release Date:
4 August 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$134,870, 8 August 1993Gross USA:
$6,933,459Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$6,933,459Company Credits
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Hsi yen (The Wedding Banquet) is an enjoyable movie to watch. It does not matter if you are acquainted with Ang Lee's work. The film is about a woman wants to stay in the country gets married to a gay man. The man tries to hide being gay when his parents visit from out of the country. All of the performances are excellent in this picture.