The Wedding Planner
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For the profession related to wedding planning see Wedding planner.
| The Wedding planner | |
 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Adam Shankman |
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| Written by | Michael Ellis & Pamela Falk |
| Starring | Jennifer Lopez Matthew McConaughey |
| Music by | Mervyn Warren Sander Selover |
| Cinematography | Julio Macat |
| Editing by | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 26, 2001 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English Italian |
The Wedding Planner is a 2001 romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.
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[edit] Plot
Lopez plays a San Francisco wedding planner, Maria 'Mary' Fiore. She is too consumed with planning others' events to worry about her own personal life until she is saved from a nasty accident by Dr. Steve Edison (McConaughey).
Mary and Steve spend a wonderful evening in the park, watching an old movie (Two Tickets To Broadway), dancing and nearly kissing before being interrupted by an untimely rain shower. After glowing to her friends that she had finally found a man that she likes, she soon learns that Edison is engaged to her biggest client Fran Donolly (Wilson).
After the revelation, Mary is reunited with a childhood friend Massimo (Chambers) who asks her to marry him; after a slight hesitation, Mary uses a Scrabble board to spell "OK". Mary reaches the altar with Massimo, but their wedding is halted by her father who knows she is not truly in love with the groom-to-be. Meanwhile, Fran and Steve's wedding fails (due to their own doubts about marriage) and Steve rushes to city hall to try to stop Mary and Massimo's wedding himself. With help from Massimo, Steve finds Mary and asks her to dance at the park where they first met and fell in love.
[edit] Cast
- Jennifer Lopez: Maria 'Mary' Fiore
- Matthew McConaughey: Dr Steven James 'Steve/Eddie' Edison
- Bridgette Wilson: Francine 'Fran' Donolly
- Justin Chambers: Massimo
- Judy Greer: Penny
- Alex Rocco: Salvatore Fiore
- Lou Myers: Burt Weinberg
- Charles Kimbrough: Mr. Donolly
- Joanna Gleason: Mrs. Donolly
- J.R. Rose: The Speech Guy
- Kathy Najimy: Geri
[edit] Details
The original actors set to play Mary and Steve were Jennifer Love Hewitt and Brendan Fraser, respectively. They were replaced with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. Both couples eventually dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, leaving Lopez and McConaughey to be the eventual stars.
The movie debuted at #1, making Lopez the first actress and singer in history to have a film (The Wedding Planner) and an album (J. Lo) at #1 in the same week.
Many of the scenes were shot in Golden Gate Park, specifically at the Music Concourse (between the old De Young Museum and the old California Academy of Sciences) and the Japanese Tea Garden.Many scenes were also filmed at The Huntington Library and Gardens.
[edit] Box office
The movie was released on January 26, 2001 debuting at number 1 at the box office with $13,510,293 on the Super Bowl weekend. It grossed $60,400,856 domestically. Worldwide tally was $94,728,529.
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| Preceded by Save the Last Dance |
Box office number-one films of 2001 (USA) January 28, 2001 – February 4, 2001 |
Succeeded by Hannibal |
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