The Wedding Singer (1998)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Frank Coraci

Writer (WGA):

Tim Herlihy (written by)

Release Date:

13 February 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Music

Tagline:

He's gonna party like it's 1985.

Plot:

Robbie, the singer and Julia, the waitress are both engaged to be married but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Waitress | Singer | Friend | Wedding Reception

Awards:

5 wins & 7 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 9	1:00 PM	VH1
Sat. July 11	9:00 PM	VH1

Cast

Adam Sandler	...	Robbie
Drew Barrymore	...	Julia
Christine Taylor	...	Holly
Allen Covert	...	Sammy
Matthew Glave	...	Glenn
Ellen Albertini Dow	...	Rosie
Angela Featherstone	...	Linda
Alexis Arquette	...	George
Christina Pickles	...	Angie
Jodi Thelen	...	Kate
Frank Sivero	...	Andy
Patrick McTavish	...	Tyler
Gemini Barnett	...	Petey
Teddy Castellucci	...	Robbie Hart Band Member
Randy Razz	...	Robbie Hart Band Member
John Vana	...	Robbie Hart Band Member
Billy Idol	...	Himself
Kevin Nealon	...	Mr. Simms
Marnie Schneider	...	Joyce, Flight Attendant
Carmen Filpi	...	Old Man in Bar
Robert Smigel	...	Andre
Todd Hurst	...	Drunk Teenager
Peter Dante	...	David's Friend
Phyllis Alia	...	Mrs. Harold Veltri
Paul Thiele	...	Mr. Harold Veltri
Jack Nisbet	...	Father of Groom
Sally Pierce	...	Grandma Molly
Earl Carroll	...	Justice of the Peace
Jenna Byrne	...	Cindy Castellucci
Jason Cottle	...	Scott Castellucci
Mark Lonow	...	Father of the Bride
Billy Elmer	...	Fat Man
Jackie R. Challet	...	Sideburns Lady
Jimmy Karz	...	Studliest Kid at Bar Mitzvah
Al Hopson	...	Grandpa at Bar Mitzvah
Michael Shuman	...	Bar Mitzvah Boy
Steven Brill	...	Glenn's Buddy
Angela Paton	...	Faye (as Angela Payton)
Mike Thompson	...	Member of Jimmy Moore's Band
Michael Jay	...	Member of Jimmy Moore's Band
John Sawoski	...	Member of Jimmy Moore's Band
Christopher Alan	...	Member of Jimmy Moore's Band
Kimberly Schwartz	...	Member of Jimmy Moore's Band
Sanetta Y. Gipson	...	Member of Jimmy Moore's Band
Tim Herlihy	...	Rudy (the Bartender) (as Timothy P. Herlihy)
Matthew Kimble	...	Drunk at Bar
Sid Newman	...	Frank
Mark Beltzman	...	Vegas Air Ticket Agent
Andrew Shaifer	...	Flight Attendant #2
Shanna Moakler	...	Flight Attendant #3
Maree Cheatham	...	Nice Lady on Plane
Al Burke	...	Large Billy Idol Fan
Robert Hackl	...	Member of David's Band (as Bob Hackl)
Gabe Veltri	...	Member of David's Band
Joshua Oppenheimer	...	Member of David's Band (as Josh Oppenheimer)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Buscemi	...	David 'Dave' Veltri (uncredited)
Zachary David Cope	...	Nephew (uncredited)
Priscilla Cory	...	Pretty Brunette Hostess (uncredited)
Dan Lemieux	...	Party Goer (uncredited)
Jon Lovitz	...	Jimmie Moore (uncredited)
Brian Posehn	...	Man at Table #9 (uncredited)
David Sean Robinson	...	Robbie (uncredited)

Directed by
Frank Coraci

Writing credits (WGA)
Tim Herlihy		(written by)

Produced by
Richard Brener	....	co-executive producer
Jack Giarraputo	....	producer
Brad Grey	....	executive producer
Michelle Holdsworth	....	associate producer
Ira Shuman	....	co-producer
Robert Simonds	....	producer
Rita Smith	....	associate producer
Sandy Wernick	....	executive producer
Brian Witten	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Teddy Castellucci

Cinematography by
Tim Suhrstedt		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tom Lewis

Casting by
Roger Mussenden

Production Design by
Perry Andelin Blake

Art Direction by
Alan Au

Set Decoration by
Lisa Robyn Deutsch		(as Lisa Deutsch)

Costume Design by
Mona May

Makeup Department
Kimberly Greene	....	makeup department head
Lana Heying	....	hair stylist
Vonda K. Morris	....	makeup artist (as Vonda Morris)
Barbara Olvera	....	hair department head
Ann Pala	....	makeup department head
Joni Powell	....	additional makeup artist
Tina Roesler Kerwin	....	additional makeup artist (as Tina K. Roesler)
Candy L. Walken	....	hair department head (as Candy Walken)

Production Management
Carla Fry	....	executive in charge of production
Robert Hackl	....	post-production supervisor
Ira Shuman	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carla Bowen	....	second second assistant director
David Cass Jr.	....	second assistant director (as David S. Cass Jr.)
James M. Freitag	....	first assistant director
David K. Riebel	....	second second assistant director (as David Riebel)

Art Department
Russell R. Anderson	....	set dresser (as Russ Anderson)
Adam J. Braff	....	lead man (as Adam Braff)
Christopher Carlson	....	set dresser (as Chris Carlson)
Bryan Duff	....	assistant property master
Matthew Gilbert	....	on-set dresser (as Matthew L. Gilbert)
Ann Harris	....	set designer
Roger Knight	....	set dresser
Paul Litteken	....	carpenter foreman
Kathy Lucas	....	shopper (as Katherine Lucas)
Charles 'Chuck' Lungren	....	paint foreman (as Charles Lungren)
Patti McNulty	....	art department coordinator (as Patricia McNulty)
Peggy McNulty	....	art department production assistant
Danilo Pajarito	....	drapery
Danilo Pajarito	....	set dresser
Mark Powell	....	construction coordinator
Edward Schiff	....	construction foreman (as Ed Schiff)
Larry J. White II	....	set dresser (as Larry White)
Pat Wright	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Pat Benedict	....	adr editor
Weldon Brown	....	adr mixer
Gail Clark Burch	....	adr editor (as Gail Burch)
Paul B. Clay	....	sound supervisor (as Paul Clay)
Clayton Collins	....	dialogue editor
Paul Coogan	....	cable operator
Michael P. Cook	....	foley editor (as Mike Cook)
Brian Dixon	....	assistant sound engineer
David C. Eichhorn	....	foley editor (as Dave Eichorn)
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sam Gemette	....	sound effects editor
Bob Goold	....	dialogue editor
Marilyn Graf	....	foley mixer
Ellen Heuer	....	foley walker
Ethan Holzman	....	sound assistant
Jimmy Hoyson	....	assistant sound engineer
Vanessa Lapato	....	sound coordinator
Brian D. Lucas	....	sound recordist (as Brian Lucas)
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ken Miller	....	sound assistant
James Moriana	....	foley walker (as Jimmy Moriana)
Kim H. Ornitz	....	sound mixer
Patrick O'Sullivan	....	dialogue editor
Michael Parnin	....	assistant sound engineer
Tally Paulos	....	adr editor
Steven M. Sax	....	sound effects editor (as Steve Sax)
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bruce Swanson	....	sound recordist
Gary A. Theard	....	boom operator (as Gary Theard)
Dan Thomas	....	dialogue editor
Scott A. Tinsley	....	sound effects editor (as Scott Tinsley)
Elmo Weber	....	sound designer
Chris Winter	....	sound assistant
Vic Radulich	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Aredas	....	second assistant camera
George Ball	....	chief lighting technician
Loren Corl	....	key grip
Andreas Crawford	....	dolly grip
John Cucura	....	rigging gaffer
Paul V. Ferrazzi	....	first assistant camera (as Paul Ferrazzi)
Daniel C. Gold	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Daniel Gold)
Loren Hillebrand	....	grip
Michael Klaskin	....	camera loader
Jamie Lagerhausen	....	grip
Cindy Lagerstrom	....	set lighting technician
Chris Lewis	....	set lighting technician
Dick Luke	....	set lighting technician
John R. Manocchia	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as John Manocchia)
Jerry Marshall	....	video assist operator
Jerry L. Marshall	....	grip
Russell McElhatton	....	camera operator (as Russ McElhatton)
Scott McGeo	....	best boy grip
Pat O'Mara	....	grip
Daniel E. Teaze	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Dan Tezae)
Kimberly Wright	....	still photographer (as Kim Wright)
James Barrett	....	electrician (uncredited)
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Mark W. Hindle	....	24 frame video operator (uncredited)
Sean Smith	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mindy Bazar	....	casting associate
Geannine Doherty	....	casting intern
Monty McKee	....	extras casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vickie Brinkford	....	assistant to costume designer (as Vikki Brinkkord)
Leslie Brown	....	set costumer
Sybil Gray	....	key set costumer
Christine Orth	....	costumer
Deahdra Scarano	....	costume supervisor (as Deahdra 'Dee Dee' Scarano)
Yana Syrkin	....	set costumer
Jerry Ross	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Phyllis Alia	....	post-production coordinator
Laura Behary	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Joe Fineman	....	executive in charge of post-production
Sandy French	....	second assistant film editor
Karen Hathaway	....	apprentice editor
Ric Keeley	....	post-production executive
Mike Mertens	....	color timer
Clarinda Wong	....	assistant film editor: avid

Music Department
Brooks Arthur	....	score producer
Chris Boardman	....	orchestrator: score
Paul Broucek	....	music executive
Francis Buckley	....	additional music mixer
Sheck Bugge	....	music assistant
Teddy Castellucci	....	musician: guitars
Peter Dante	....	playback singer
Michael Dilbeck	....	music supervisor
Toby Emmerich	....	executive in charge of music
Bob Glaub	....	musician: bass
Scott Grusin	....	music editor
Don Heffington	....	musician: drums
Don Heffington	....	musician: percussion
Hutch Hutchinson	....	musician: bass
Lori Lahman	....	music coordinator (as Lori Marlowe)
Stephen Lotwis	....	music editor (as Steve Lotwis)
Stephanie Murray	....	score stage administrator
Joe Pizzulo	....	playback singer
Mike Thompson	....	musician: horns
Mike Thompson	....	musician: keyboards
Gabe Veltri	....	music mixer (as Gabriel D. Veltri)
Gabe Veltri	....	scoring mixer (as Gabriel D. Veltri)
Adam Sandler	....	executive soundtrack producer (uncredited)
Paul Wertheimer	....	music recordist (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Walt Bebrich	....	driver
Mark Brown	....	driver
Mike Davis	....	driver
Gale Fisher	....	driver
Tony Franchi	....	driver
Michael Grooms	....	driver (as Mike Grooms)
Jeff Kidman	....	transportation office coordinator
Joe 'Stinky' Killian	....	transportation captain (as Joseph Killian)
Richard Limbaugh	....	driver
Ray McMillan	....	driver
Jeffrey L. Moore	....	driver (as Jeff Moore)
Bill Murphy	....	driver
Carter Nichols	....	driver
Steve Polon	....	driver
Christa Roberts	....	driver
Scott Sampson	....	driver
Peter Schwietzer	....	driver
Gil Talamantes	....	transportation co-captain
Felipe del Valle	....	driver (as Felipe Del Valle)
Candace Wells	....	driver
Bryce Guy Williams	....	transportation coordinator (as Bryce Williams)
Bonnie Yamahiro	....	driver

Other crew
Phyllis Alia	....	assistant: Frank Coraci
Kevin Beard	....	set production assistant
Dana Bilbao	....	assistant accountant
Judy Blinick	....	first assistant accountant
Ken Bondi	....	craft service
Sheck Bugge	....	assistant: Jack Giarraputo
Jeanne Byrd	....	script supervisor
Jessica Chavez	....	production assistant to producer
Jerome Coley	....	caterer: Gala Catering
Cindy Franke	....	assistant production coordinator (as Cynthia Jo Franke)
Fred Gabrielli	....	caterer: Gala Catering
Emily Glatter	....	in-house coordinator
Jane E. Graves	....	assistant location manager
Erik Holmberg	....	production executive
Jo Ann Kane	....	copyist
Mark Kaufman	....	clearance executive
Lisa Lynn Kearsley	....	production coordinator
Matthew Kimble	....	talent assistant
Terry Michael King	....	stand-in (as Terry M. King)
Wendi Laski	....	unit publicist
Mark Levenstein	....	production accountant (as Mark J. Levenstein)
Jolie Levine-Aller	....	production coordinator
Juventino Lim	....	production assistant
Jonathan Loughran	....	assistant: Adam Sandler
Lesli Lytle	....	first aid
Ramsey McDaniel	....	title designer
Michael Neale	....	location manager
Andrea Netze	....	key set production assistant
Thomas G. Perrigo	....	caterer: Gala Catering (as Tommy Perrigo)
Paul Prokop	....	production controller
Lisa Rae	....	stand-in
Joshua Ravetch	....	production resources (as Josh Ravetch)
Suzanne Rosencrans	....	production attorney
Bobby Schroer	....	set production assistant
Lin C. Smith	....	production office assistant (as Lin Smith)
Gwenn Stroman	....	assistant: Drew Barrymore
Dan Treinish	....	contract administrator
Lee Tucker	....	preview technical consultant
Maya Vaughan	....	production office assistant
Richard Wicklund	....	studio teacher (as L. Richard Wicklund)
Smith Wordes	....	choreographer
Marijan Zoric	....	caterer: Gala Catering (as Mario Zoric)
Sean Jordan	....	interactive media (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Juno Pix
• New Line Cinema
• Robert Simonds Productions

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (1998) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (2005) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Abbey Films (1998) (Ireland) (theatrical)
• Intersonic (1998) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Alliance Video
• Argentina Video Home (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• EDKO Film (Hong Kong)
• Image Entertainment (1998) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• New Line Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video
• Roadshow Entertainment
• Vitória Filmes (Portugal)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2001) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  color timing (as CFI)
• Loop Troop  adr voice casting
• Maverick Records  soundtrack published by
• Movie Movers  star trailers (uncredited)
• Multimedia Sound Inc.  sound editing
• Pacific Title/Mirage  titles and opticals
• Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage M  score recording (as Paramount Stage M)
• Signet Soundelux Studios  pre-recorded music mixed at (as Signet Soundelux)
• Todd-AO Studios  sound post-production
• Westlake Studios  music pre-recording

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related material and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:PG (TV rating) | Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35157) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:PG | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

43 Sierra Place, Sierra Madre, California, USA

Company:

Juno Pix

Trivia:

The butterfly jean jacket that Julia wears throughout the movie actually belongs to Drew Barrymore. The director liked her jacket and told her to wear it as part of her costume.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Julia's wedding was supposed to take place on Sunday, August 5th, 1985. But in 1985, August 5th fell on a Monday.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Robbie: All right, everybody out on the dance floor! No exceptions! Look at all the happy couples!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Best! Movies! Ever!: Weddings (#1.1)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Holiday

Not the typical Sandler movie

The Wedding Singer and Punch Drunk Love standout from typical Sandler movies is two important ways. 1) The humor is subtler in these movies, and Sandler is much more subdued. 2) Critics actually like these two movies.

The Wedding Singer is a pretty average romantic story that wins because of funny performances and the ever elusive "chemistry" between Sandler and Barrymore. This was the first movie that taught me what romantic chemistry was. While you're watching it you not only want the characters Robbie and Julia to get together, but you want Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore to get together. The chemistry is that strong. A reason people, especially guys, don't like romance movies is because often the love between the leads seem contrived and forced. Thankfully, the Wedding Singer steers clear from that, and actually allows you to have an emotional stake in the characters.

Sadly, the movie is slightly forgettable, as it merely succeeds in its goals but fails to impress. However, it's great fun while it lasts and you'll always have a fond, if somewhat faded, memory of the movie.