Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.
Direction
Altman's roaming camera finds human comedy everywhere
Acting
Burnett and Chaplin steal scenes without stealing focus
Writing
Script was largely improvised, chaos feels authentic
Director
Robert Altman
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Dino Corelli
Carol Burnett
Tulip Brenner
Geraldine Chaplin
Rita Billingsley
Howard Duff
Dr. Jules Meecham
Mia Farrow
Buffy Brenner
Vittorio Gassman
Luigi Corelli
Lillian Gish
Nettie Sloan
Nina van Pallandt
Regina Corelli
John Cromwell
Bishop Martin
Paul Dooley
Snooks Brenner
Peggy Ann Garner
Candice Ruteledge
Lauren Hutton
Florence Farmer
Viveca Lindfors
Ingrid Hellstrom
Pat McCormick
Mackenzie Goddard
Dina Merrill
Antoinette Goddard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Altman conceived this as part of a loose trilogy with 'Nashville' and '3 Women' about American rituals.
The dead grandmother plot was inspired by a real wedding Altman attended where someone actually died mid-reception.
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