Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Father of the Bride
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From this Saturday at 2am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 7am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movie Father of the Bride from 1991.
Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams (in her film debut), George Newbern, Martin Short, B. D. Wong, and Kieran Culkin.
It is a remake of the 1950 film of the same name.
Martin portrays George Banks, a businessman and owner of an athletic shoe company (called Side Kicks), who, when he finds out his daughter is getting married, does not want to give her away. He eventually learns to live with his new son-in-law and realizes that as long as his daughter is happy, he is happy.
The film opened to positive reviews, and became a major box office success, earning more than six times its budget.
With its success, a sequel, Father of the Bride Part II was released in 1995.
This was Nancy Meyers and Diane Keaton's second of four films together, the first being Baby Boom (1987); the others were Father of the Bride Part II (1995) and Something's Gotta Give (2003).
Directed by: Charles Shyer.
Produced by: Carol Baum, Nancy Meyers and Howard Rosenman.
Screenplay by: Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
Based on: Father of the Bride: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett: Father of the Bride: by Edward Streeter.
Starring: Steve Martinl, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams and Martin Short.
Music by: Alan Silvestri.
Cinematography: John Lindley.
Edited by: Richard Marks.
Production company: Touchstone Pictures and Sandollar Productions.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures.
Release date: 20 December, 1991.
Running time: 105 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $20 million.
Box office: $129 million.
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