The Wedding Banquet
1993 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 17,749 VOTES · DIR. Ang Lee
Overview
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,198 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:39 It's been a long time since I last wrote...
00:03:40 Sorry, but I'm late. Call me sometime.
00:08:25 Immigration showed up at work yesterday. Luckily I got there late.
00:12:05 I love you.
00:15:46 Your mom told me that when they took him in the ambulance...
00:19:10 What! What about Andre, that guy you were seeing?
00:22:51 Did you understand any of that?
00:27:31 How come you rent from Simon and don't live in your own building?
00:31:19 Not really. I bet it's not as good as Old Chang's.
00:35:45 I don't know, we should have moved you out.
00:40:06 "To have and to hold..."
00:43:36 What is this? You're an important boss now. Come on, sit.
00:46:22 Both you and Shirley are coming, right?
00:51:16 We're turning Wai Tung to you.
00:56:22 Once more!
01:02:22 Thank you very much for coming.
01:08:05 That's the way.
01:13:27 Of course not.
01:19:10 Don't call me anything. You user. You fraud.
01:23:29 and your constant matchmaking...
01:27:46 What about Wei Wei?
01:31:54 I gave up too much for a green card.
01:37:15 What happens if you want to get married one day?
05:00:00 of sexual repression.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,198
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:00:39
Final line05:00:00
Production Record
DirectorAng Lee
LanguageChinese
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue$6,933,459
IMDb votes17,749