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Four Weddings and a Funeral is the award-winning comedy of manners and is one of the most commercially successful British films of all time. It is a tale of 8 friends, 5 priests, 11 wedding dresses, 16 parents-in-law, 2,000 champagne glasses and two people who belong together but insist on staying apart.

Charles (Hugh Grant) is a typical Englishman, witty, charming but at 32, unable to commit to any of his series of attractive girlfriends. When he attends a friend's wedding and sees Carrie (Andie MacDowell), an American and the most beautiful, unusual, sharp-witted and exclusive girl he has ever encountered. Charles tries hard not to pursue her and very hard not to fall in love with her throughout their meetings at one funeral and three weddings.

Despite the fact that one of the weddings was Carrie's own, Charles finally faces up to the idea that this is the woman with whom he wants to spend his life. Unfortunately this truth only hits him when he is standing at the altar of an English cathedral, awaiting the arrival of his own bride.

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated

Additional Information:

(1994) (UK) (4 Star)

Cast:

Hugh Grant	.... Charles
James Fleet	.... Tom
Simon Callow	.... Gareth
John Hannah	.... Matthew
Kristin Scott-Thomas	.... Fiona
David Bower	.... David

Supporting Cast:

Charlotte Coleman	.... Scarlett
Andie MacDowell	.... Carrie
Timothy Walker	.... Angus the groom
Sara Crowe	.... Laura the bride
Ronald Herdman	.... Vicar
Elspet Gray	.... Laura's Mother
Philip Voss	.... Laura's Father
Rupert Vansittart	.... George
Nicola Walker	.... Frightful Folk Duo

Directors:

Mike Newell

Writers:

Richard Curtis

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