Wedding Wars
| Wedding Wars | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jim Fall |
| Written by | Stephen Mazur |
| Starring | John Stamos Eric Dane Bonnie Somerville Sean Maher |
| Release date(s) | 2006 |
| Country | USA / Canada |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Wedding Wars is a 2006 LGBT romantic comedy film about gay marriage, but also family and politics. It handles a very sensitive emotional issue both lightly and seriously. It stars John Stamos as the lead character, wedding planner Shel, Eric Dane as his brother, James Brolin as the Governor of Maine, Bonnie Somerville as the Governor's daughter, a gay marriage supporter, and Sean Maher as Ted, boyfriend of Shel (Stamos). It premiered on Monday, December 11, 2006 on the A&E Network.
It was well-received by gay audiences and Stamos appeared on the cover of The Advocate to promote the film. Although it is not the first television movie to have gay themes, it is the first about gay marriage.[citation needed] The movie was filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Plot
Shel (Stamos), a gay party planner, agrees to organize the nuptials for straight brother Ben (Dane) to Maggie (Somerville), the daughter of Maine's Governor (Brolin). After Shel finds out that Ben, a campaign manager for
his future father-in-law, is behind the governor's speech against gay marriage, he decides
to go on strike for equal rights. Shel's
Themes
Cast and characters
- Eric Dane - Ben
- John Stamos - Shel
- James Brolin - Governor Welling
- Bonnie Somerville - Maggie
- Sean Maher - Ted
Prodution
Reception
External links
- Wedding Wars at the Internet Movie Database
- Wedding Wars at Rotten Tomatoes unrated as of 2007-10-10
- A&E's Official Wedding Wars Site
- SeanMaher.info: Wedding Warszh-yue:婚禮如戰場
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