A wedding to fall in love with
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A wedding to fall in love with |
| Original title | The Wedding Singer |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frank Coraci |
| script | Tim Herlihy |
| production | Jack Giarraputo , Robert Simonds |
| music | Teddy Castellucci |
| camera | Tim Suhrstedt |
| cut | Tom Lewis |
| occupation | |
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The Wedding Singer ( The Wedding Singer ) is an American film comedy of Frank Coraci played in 1998. The film stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore .
action
The action takes place in 1985. Robbie Hart - who once had ambitious goals - is now a singer who sings at weddings and bar mitzvahs. He met Julia at one of these celebrations. Robbie himself is about to marry Linda, which however leaves him on the day of the wedding.
After this event, Robbie is depressed, which also affects his work. The wedding parties he sings at turn into a nightmare for the newlyweds as Robbie takes the opportunity to vent his frustrations publicly. At one of the weddings he gives a cynical speech, after which the party ends in a fight. Julia comforts Robbie and tries to find a partner for him. But then the two fall in love, although Julia is torn between her macho fiancé Glenn and the shy wedding singer Robbie.
Julia is supposed to marry her boyfriend Glenn in Las Vegas . Robbie finds out that Glenn has cheated on Julia several times and has no plans to stop after the wedding. Julia is unsure of her feelings but decides to marry Glenn in Las Vegas. Robbie flies first class on the same plane, where he meets Billy Idol and tells him his story. From a flight attendant who complains about a rowdy passenger, he learns that Glenn and Julia are on the same plane. Billy Idol helps Robbie, who meanwhile has the crew and some passengers on his side. Robbie sings a song about his love for Julia that can be heard through the loudspeakers. When Glenn notices that Robbie is singing for Julia and then discovers him, he wants to pounce on him, but is prevented from doing so by a steward who comes towards him with his drinks cart and overwhelmed by Billy Idol and a rocker and his people. Moved, Julia accepts Robbie's marriage proposal and they kiss deeply. The film ends with the wedding of the two.
Reviews
The film received mostly positive reviews, earning a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 61 reviews. At Metacritic one could Metascore of 59, are on 21 reviews, achieved based.
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the comedy was too cute. It is neither funny nor well written. Adam Sandler seems surprisingly tame.
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on February 13, 1998 that the script looked like a collaboration between Jekyll and Hyde. The plot looks familiar. Adam Sandler is not suitable for a leading role. Ebert only praised a small supporting role by Steve Buscemi.
Awards
- Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore won the MTV Movie Award in 1998 for a kissing scene . They were nominated for the MTV Movie Award in two other categories.
- Teddy Castellucci won the BMI Film Music Award in 1998 .
- Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore were nominated for an American Comedy Award in 1999.
- Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore won the Kids' Choice Award in 1999 .
- Adam Sandler won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award in 1999 , and Drew Barrymore was nominated for the same award.
- Drew Barrymore was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award in 1999.
- The film was nominated for the Motion Picture Sound Editors Award in 1999.
backgrounds
The film was shot in Los Angeles . Its production cost about 18 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 123.3 million in cinemas worldwide, including approximately $ 80.2 million in US cinemas.
musical
In 2006, the film was implemented as a musical, which premiered on April 27, 2006 on New York's Broadway and was played until December 31, 2006. The music is by Matthew Sklar, the book is by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, who also wrote the screenplay, and the lyrics are by Chad Beguelin. There were other international productions in Sweden, Japan, England and the Philippines, among others. The German-language premiere took place on May 15, 2011 in the Theater im Neukloster in Wiener Neustadt (Austria). The German premiere of the Broadway musical A Wedding to Fall in Love took place on July 7, 2012 at the Waldbühne Kloster Oesede . Yannik Gräf plays Robbie Hart, Annika Wesselkamp plays Julia Sullivan, Dominik Gerlach can be seen as George and Bernold Kamp plays the role of Sammy and Silke Röwekamp plays Grandma Rosie.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Wedding Singer at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ The Wedding Singer at Metacritic (English)
- ↑ James Berardinelli on ReelViews
- ↑ Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times
- ^ Filming locations for The Wedding Singer, accessed May 8, 2008
- ^ The Wedding Singer (1998) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Box office / business for The Wedding Singer, accessed May 8, 2008
- ↑ IBDB entry on the musical
- ↑ Theater in the Neukloster
- ^ A performance of the Waldbühne Kloster Oesede
- ↑ A wedding to fall in love with as a musical ( memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- The Wedding Singer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Wedding Singer at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Wedding Singer at Metacritic (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions from the theatrical version to the extended version of a wedding to fall in love with on Schnittberichte.com