Betsy's Wedding

Betsy's Wedding

Infobox Film
name = Betsy's Wedding


image_size = 200px
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Alan Alda
producer = Martin Bregman
Louis A. Stroller
writer = Alan Alda
starring = Molly Ringwald
Ally Sheedy
Madeline Kahn
Joe Pesci
Samuel L. Jackson
music = Bruce Broughton
cinematography = Kelvin Pike
editing = Michael E. Polakow
distributor = Buena Vista Pictures
released = flagicon|US June 22, 1990
runtime = 94 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross = $19,740,070
amg_id = 1:5155
imdb_id = 0099128

(For the novel, see Betsy's Wedding (book).)

"Betsy's Wedding" is a 1990 comedy film written and directed by Alan Alda. It co-stars Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn, Joey Bishop, Joe Pesci, Anthony LaPaglia, Burt Young and Catherine O'Hara. The plot was inspired by the marriage of Alda's youngest daughter.

While the film was not critically well-received (with comments such as "threadbare concoction" [cite news |first=Sheila |last=Benson |title=Alan Alda's Talents Spread Too Thin in 'Betsy's Wedding' |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60087302.html?dids=60087302:60087302&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+22%2C+1990&author=SHEILA+BENSON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MOVIE+REVIEW+Alan+Alda's+Talents+Spread+Too+Thin+in+%60Betsy's+Wedding' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1990-06-22 |accessdate=2008-03-18 ] , "narcissism flourishing like ragweed" and "unctuous" [cite news |first=Steven |last=Rea |title=Newcomer Is the Life of 'Betsy's Wedding' the Film Hasn't Won Raves from Critics, But Anthony LaPaglia Has Caught Their Eye |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A094FA75937F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=1990-07-01 |accessdate=2008-03-18 ] peppering the reviews), it has been cited as launching the movie career of Anthony LaPaglia. [cite news |first=Lawrence |last=Van Gelder |title=At the Movies |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6D61439F935A15757C0A967958260 |work=The New York Times |date=1991-04-26 |accessdate=2008-03-18 ]

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*imdb title|id=0099128|title=Betsy's Wedding (1990)


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