Father of the Bride (1991 film)

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Father of the Bride
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Directed by	Charles Shyer
Produced by	Carol Baum
Written by	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett Nancy Meyers Charles Shyer
Starring	Steve Martin Diane Keaton Kimberly Williams Martin Short
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	John Lindley
Editing by	Richard Marks
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	December 20, 1991
Running time	105 min.
Language	English
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Father of the Bride is a 1991 comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, George Newbern, Martin Short, and Kieran Culkin. The movie's soundtrack was scored by Alan Silvestri and was influenced by Jazz and Christmas instrumentations. The Temptations (and their performance of "My Girl") joined up with several other groups and artists to add musical numbers to the movie as well. It is a remake of the 1950 movie of the same name. In 1995, a theatrical sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, was released.

This film is number 92 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".

[edit] Plot

George Banks (Steve Martin) is an ordinary, upper-middle-class man whose 22-year-old daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) has decided to marry a man (George Newbern) from an upper-class family. George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter and becomes slightly insane, although his wife (Diane Keaton) tries to make him happy for Annie. When the wedding takes place at their home, along with a foreign wedding planner named Franck (Martin Short) taking over the ceremony, George must try to handle the fact that kids eventually grow up.

[edit] Sequel

This film spun-off a sequel, Father of the Bride Part II.

The film also inspired a semi-spin-off, in a series of Hallmark commercials that featured the smiling faces of the happy couple and sneak-peeks at the backs of numerous greeting cards.