Betsy's Wedding
1990 · 94 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 4,149 VOTES · DIR. Alan Alda
Overview
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he blows the ceremony up into a bank-breaking showpiece, sending his wife Lola into a financial panic.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,596 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:29 [Growling]
00:05:10 Why is Grandpa's birthday so special?
00:08:43 - So, listen. - What?
00:12:03 is some guy who owns Texas.
00:15:38 those mooses, locking horns.
00:19:07 I have an interest. You could watch over it.
00:22:57 - May I be of assistance? - Is my dad here?
00:26:29 I wouldn't tell. You know the secret?
00:30:20 and starts crying hysterically.
00:34:40 I gotta get some sleep. I got a big day tomorrow.
00:38:16 Jake checks to make sure he's eating with the right forks.
00:42:22 Oh, God! Wouldn't it be funny...
00:45:49 All this class warfare stuff.
00:49:21 Only a few more weeks. You oughta be enjoying this.
00:52:43 - [Phone Ringing] - Our side's the problem.
00:56:56 % % if you can use some exotic views% %
01:01:30 Uncle Georgie has me paying huge sums of money to these guys.
01:04:52 I have a respiration problem.
01:08:48 In there.
01:12:32 % % Goin'to the chapel of love% %
01:17:30 She's always working.
01:21:43 He'll go along with that?
01:25:40 If we had children, you probably would have eaten them.
500:00:00 That's my last offer."
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,596
Dialogue density17.0 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line500:00:00
Production Record
DirectorAlan Alda
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$19,740,070
IMDb votes4,149