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The Wedding Banquet

Year:

1993

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Ang Lee

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations

Details

Country: Taiwan

Release Date: 1993-08-04

Filming Locations: Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $1,000,000

Gross: $6,933,459 (USA)$30,000,000 (Worldwide)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ya-Lei Kuei

Mrs. Gao (as Ah-Leh Gua)

Sihung Lung

Mr. Gao

May Chin

Wei-Wei

Winston Chao

Wai-Tung Gao

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Simon

Dion Birney

Andrew

Jeanne Kuo Chang

Wai-Tung's Secretary

Paul Chen

Guest

Chung-Wei Chou

Chef

Yun Chung

Guest

Ho-Mean Fu

Guest

Michael Gaston

Justice of the Peace

Jeffrey Howard

Street Musician

Theresa Hou

Female Cashier

Yung-Teh Hsu

Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend

Jean Hu

Guest

Albert Huang

Guest

Neal Huff

Steve

Anthony Ingoglia

Wei-Wei's Employer (as Anthony 'Iggy' Ingoglia)

Eddie Johns

Haskell

Thomas Koo

Guest

Chih Kuan

Granny Tien

Robert Larenquent

Hispanic Man

Neal Lee

Waiter

Mason Lee

Baby (as Mason C. Lee)

Dean Li

Director Wang

Jennifer Lin

Guest

John Nathan

Joe

Francis Pan

Guest

Neal Peng

Guest

Tien Pien

Old Chen

Marny Pocato

Miriam

Tonia Rowe

Simon's Nurse

Chung-Hsien Su

Studio Photographer

Hannah Sullivan

Mariane (as Patricia Sullivan)

Elizabeth Yang

Guest

Vanessa Yang

Mao Mei

Wei-Huang Ying

Guest

Peide Yao

Egg Head

Ang Lee

Guest at the wedding banquet (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Ang Lee wrote the film six years before it was made, and five years before his first film, Pushing Hands

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This was the most financially profitable film of 1993, earning $23.6 million from a budget of $1 million. This gave it a cost-to-return ratio of 23.6, considerably higher than 1993's biggest money-maker "Jurassic Park" whose ratio was 13.8.

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Ang Lee: a guest at the wedding banquet.

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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.

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Quotes

Wai-Tung Gao: I don't know, we should have moved you out.

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Justice of the Peace: Okay, now you: "I, Wee-Wee..."

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