Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral was the link movie connecting The Spy Who Dumped Me and Heretic.
Linked through James Fleet and Hugh Grant.
Both James Fleet and Hugh Grant appeared in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
About Four Weddings and a Funeral
"Five good reasons to stay single."
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Directed by Mike Newell
Written by Richard Curtis
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Awards
The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Hugh Grant won the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor; the film won BAFTAs for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kristin Scott Thomas).
Soundtrack
Score by Richard Rodney Bennett
The original score was by Richard Rodney Bennett; the soundtrack featured popular songs including Wet Wet Wet's cover of The Troggs' 'Love Is All Around', which spent fifteen weeks at number one in the UK and helped the soundtrack album sell over 750,000 units.
Movie trivia
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Richard Curtis based Four Weddings and a Funeral on his own experience of attending 65 weddings in 11 years and on being propositioned at one wedding; the script took 17 drafts and the funeral theme was added on Helen Fielding's advice.
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Alex Jennings was originally cast as Charles but funding fell through in 1992; casting continued for over a year and roughly 70 actors were seen before Hugh Grant was chosen.
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Jeanne Tripplehorn was originally cast as Carrie but withdrew after her mother's death; Andie MacDowell was cast while in London, accepted a 75% pay cut (receiving $250,000 upfront) and ultimately earned around $3 million from the film.
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The film was shot on a very tight budget—final cost £2.7 million—and completed in 36 days (about six weeks); extras wore their own wedding clothes and Rowan Atkinson appears as a vicar at two weddings to avoid hiring another actor.
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Future MP Amber Rudd was credited as 'Aristocracy Coordinator' after arranging several aristocrats to appear as uncredited wedding extras, including Peregrine Cavendish (then Marquess of Hartington) and the Earl of Woolton.
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Early rough-cut screenings went disastrously according to cast and crew, but a later Santa Monica test screening was enthusiastically received; U.S. distributor Gramercy objected to explicit language and the title, prompting a reshoot of the opening swear words for the American version and suggested alternative titles.
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