Rachel Getting Married

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Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 113
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Jonathan Demme
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Taglines:

Brace yourselves, America.

The most hilarious comedy of the year.

He's across the pond, and out of his depth

Writing by: Jenny Lumet - (written by)

Produced by: Neda Armian - producer
H.H. Cooper - co-producer
Carol Cuddy - executive producer
Jonathan Demme - producer
Elizabeth Hayes - associate producer
Ilona Herzberg - executive producer
Marc Platt - producer
Innbo Shim - associate producer
Emily Woodburne - associate producer

Cast: Sebastian Stan - Walter / Bowtie Party Guest
Roslyn Ruff - Rosa
Anne Hathaway - Kym
Bill Irwin - Paul
Anna Deavere Smith - Carol
Annaleigh Ashford - Quick Stop Cashier
Zafer Tawil - Violin Friend
Beau Sia - Wedding Czar
Innbo Shim - Wedding Planner
Eliza Simpson - Wedding P.A.
Olive - The Poodle

Music: Donald Harrison Jr. Zafer Tawil
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Plot Outline: A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Plot: "Rachel Getting Married" is a about the return of an estranged daughter to the family home for her sister's wedding. Kym's reemergence throws a wrench into the family dynamics, forcing long-simmering tensions to surface in ways both hilarious and heartbreaking.

Movie Quotes: Kym: I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
After the credits, there is one last clip of Bill Maher with his mother and sister. He tells them "I'll see you in heaven", and they laugh. His mother says "who knows," and there is a title card "In loving memory of Julie Maher, 1919-2007".

Goofs: We know about 4 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: When Kym returns from the rehearsal dinner the piece of watermelon she eats has a bite taken out of it that disappears and re-appears during the scene. The thickness of the slice also varies.

Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:
Jenny Lumet spent about 7 weeks writing the script. It was her first to be made into a film, even though it was the writer's 5th screenplay.
The dishwasher scene was based on an actual event involving Sidney Lumet and Bob Fosse.
Childhood photos of Anne Hathaway's younger brother Thomas served as photos of Ethan in the film.