{"id":70249,"date":"2021-03-07T22:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T05:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70249"},"modified":"2021-03-08T10:05:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T17:05:24","slug":"wedding-party-the-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70249","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Party, The (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;<em>Love<\/em> is nice; marriage is <em>not<\/em> nice.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Poster.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young man (Charles Pfluger) and his two groomsmen (Robert De Niro and William Finley) arrive at the island estate where Pfluger will marry his sweetheart (Jill Clayburgh) &#8212; but Pfluger soon develops cold feet, and his friends must help him figure out what to do.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brian De Palma Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Jill Clayburgh Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert De Niro Films<\/li>\n<li>Weddings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMade five years before Brian De Palma&#8217;s breakthrough success with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51587\"><em>Greetings<\/em> (1968)<\/a>, <em>The Wedding Party<\/em> was a reasonably polished student film project completed by De Palma and his classmate Cynthia Munroe with support from their professor, Wilford Leach. It&#8217;s very much an experimental product of its time, clearly influenced by the French New Wave, Mack Sennett&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keystone_Cops\">Keystone Kops<\/a>, classic romantic comedies taking place at an elaborate manor (like <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29064\"><em>The Philadelphia Story<\/em><\/a>), and other cinematic favorites (i.e., Pfluger and his pals dance to &#8220;Singin&#8217; in the Rain&#8221; at one key point). It received highly mixed reviews upon its release from mainstream critics, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/04\/10\/archives\/the-wedding-party-begins-its-run-in-cinema-village.html\">Howard Thompson of <em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a> referring to it as &#8220;fresh and funny&#8221; but <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=zMcpAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=9IsDAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=980,3392011\">Andrew Sarris of <em>The Village Voice<\/em><\/a> calling it a &#8220;broken-legged farce&#8221; that &#8220;isn&#8217;t very funny&#8221;. Unfortunately, I land closer the latter sentiment: I appreciate the earnest, cinephilic attempts at creativity and humor, but ultimately find it all tiresome. It&#8217;s notable for featuring a VERY young Jill Clayburgh and Robert De Niro in their first feature films (chronologically speaking). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Clayburgh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Clayburgh-1024x754.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Clayburgh-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Clayburgh-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Clayburgh-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Clayburgh-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Clayburgh-367x270.png 367w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Clayburgh.png 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-De-Niro2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-De-Niro2-1024x775.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-De-Niro2-1024x775.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-De-Niro2-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-De-Niro2-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-De-Niro2-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-De-Niro2-357x270.png 357w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-De-Niro2.png 1363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evidence of innovative direction and cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Obsession-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Obsession-Cinematography-1024x776.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Obsession-Cinematography-1024x776.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Obsession-Cinematography-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Obsession-Cinematography-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Obsession-Cinematography-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Obsession-Cinematography-356x270.png 356w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Obsession-Cinematography.png 1355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Cinematography2-1024x745.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Cinematography2-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Cinematography2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Cinematography2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Cinematography2-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Cinematography2-371x270.png 371w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Cinematography2.png 1423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still-1024x783.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still-1536x1175.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still-353x270.png 353w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wedding-Party-Still.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one unless you&#8217;re a De Palma completist. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0065198\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/04\/10\/archives\/the-wedding-party-begins-its-run-in-cinema-village.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mondo-digital.com\/depalma.html\">Mondo Digital Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/the-wedding-party\/\">Slant Magazine Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=zMcpAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=9IsDAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=980,3392011\">Village Voice Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Love is nice; marriage is not nice.&#8221; Synopsis: A young man (Charles Pfluger) and his two groomsmen (Robert De Niro and William Finley) arrive at the island estate where Pfluger will marry his sweetheart (Jill Clayburgh) &#8212; but Pfluger soon develops cold feet, and his friends must help him figure out what to do. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Brian De Palma Films Comedy Jill Clayburgh Films Robert De Niro Films Weddings Review: Made five years before Brian De Palma&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70249\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70249"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70268,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70249\/revisions\/70268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}