The Wedding Party has an interesting story behind it. It was a joint effort between Sarah Lawrence theater professor Wilford Leach and two of his students, Brian De Palma and Cynthia Monroe. Stanley Borden, owner of American Films, as well as De Palma's mentor and employer, let the young director make the movie on company time.
It was actually made in 1963, but Borden and De Palma fought over the film, as Borden believed that it was not ready for release. It came out in 1969 after the success of Greetings.
Charlie (Charles Pfluger) and Josephine (Jill Clayburgh) are getting married just in time for Charlie to start to realize that he dislikes her family as much as he loves her. They never think he's good enough and constantly treat him like trash, like how her cousins Cecil (Robert De Niro) and Alistair (William Finley) invite him to his bachelor party and don't bring him.
He decides to run and leave her behind on the wedding day - dealing with her cousin (Judy Thomas) trying to seduce him, the stress of her mother (Valda Setterfield) and the weirdness of her dad (Raymond McNally) is all too much. But how far can he go when he's trapped on an island?
Not a great or even a good movie, but it's worth seeing as it's the first credit for both De Palma and De Niro.
It was actually made in 1963, but Borden and De Palma fought over the film, as Borden believed that it was not ready for release. It came out in 1969 after the success of Greetings.
Charlie (Charles Pfluger) and Josephine (Jill Clayburgh) are getting married just in time for Charlie to start to realize that he dislikes her family as much as he loves her. They never think he's good enough and constantly treat him like trash, like how her cousins Cecil (Robert De Niro) and Alistair (William Finley) invite him to his bachelor party and don't bring him.
He decides to run and leave her behind on the wedding day - dealing with her cousin (Judy Thomas) trying to seduce him, the stress of her mother (Valda Setterfield) and the weirdness of her dad (Raymond McNally) is all too much. But how far can he go when he's trapped on an island?
Not a great or even a good movie, but it's worth seeing as it's the first credit for both De Palma and De Niro.