Rent The Wedding Party / Greetings (1969)
3.1 of 5 from 6 ratings
3h 0min
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- Synopsis:
Brian De Palma had been creatively active throughout the 1960's, but it was at the turn of 1969 that he started to be really noticed, thanks to the near-simultaneous release of his third feature 'Greetings' and, belatedly, his debut 'The Wedding Party', originally made when still a student in 1963. A witty satire on social pressures surrounding a society wedding, 'The Wedding Party' was co-directed with fellow student Cynthia Munroe and their theatre studies teacher, future Tony winner Wilford Leach. In a remarkable talent-spotting display, its then unknown cast included Jill Clayburgh (An Unmarried Woman), Jennifer Salt (Sisters), William Finley (Phantom of the Paradise) and "Robert De Niro", the latter two playing subversive groomsmen determined to turn the temperature down on the husband-to-be's already decidedly cold feet. De Niro continued his collaboration with De Palma five years later in the freewheeling, highly cineliterate 'Greetings'. Often very funny indeed, it's also a remarkable time capsule of late sixties paranoia about everything from computer dating to JFK conspiracy theories, with the threat of the Vietnam draft casting a constant shadow. De Niro plays an aspiring filmmaker whose art-porn efforts helped earn the film the first ever X rating from the newly-formed MPAA. - Actors:
- Valda Setterfield, Raymond McNally, John Braswell, Charles Pfluger, Jill Clayburgh, William Finley, Robert De Niro, Judy Thomas, Jennifer Salt, Sue Ann Gilfillan, John Quinn, Richard Kolmar, Jane Odin, Penny Bridgers, Nancy Reeder, Joanna Chapin, Cynthia Munroe, Kitty Gallagher, Clara Gallagher, Vivian Muti
- Directors:
- Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach, Cynthia Munroe
- Producers:
- Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach, Cynthia Munroe, Charles Hirsch
- Writers:
- Cynthia Munroe, Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach, Charles Hirsch
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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- Release Date:
- 03/12/2018
- Run Time:
- 180 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new commentary on Greetings by Glenn Kenny, author of Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor
- Brand new appreciation of Brian De Palma and Robert De Niro's collaborations by critic and filmmaker Howard S. Berger
- Brand new interview with Charles Hirsch, writer-producer of 'Greetings' and 'Hi, Mom!'
