Au cours de cinq évènements, un célibataire endurci doit tenir compte de la notion qu'il a peut-être trouvé l'amour.Au cours de cinq évènements, un célibataire endurci doit tenir compte de la notion qu'il a peut-être trouvé l'amour.Au cours de cinq évènements, un célibataire endurci doit tenir compte de la notion qu'il a peut-être trouvé l'amour.
- Nommé pour 2 oscars
- 24 victoires et 27 nominations au total
- Carrie - Wedding One
- (as Andie Macdowell)
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- AnecdotesAndie MacDowell waived a fee for appearing in this movie, taking percentage points instead. This netted her an eventual $2 million, compared with Hugh Grant's salary of $100,000.
- GaffesThe image of King Charles III is reversed. His medals are shown on his right side; however, personal medals are always worn on the left near the heart.
Those worn in someone else's honor are worn on the right.
- Citations
[at Gareth's funeral]
Matthew: Gareth used to prefer funerals to weddings. He said it was easier to get enthusiastic about a ceremony one had an outside chance of eventually being involved in. In order to prepare this speech, I rang a few people, to get a general picture of how Gareth was regarded by those who met him: 'Fat' seems to have been a word people most connected with him. 'Terribly rude' also rang a lot of bells. So very 'fat' and very 'rude' seems to have been a stranger's viewpoint. On the other hand, some of you have been kind enough to ring me and let me know that you loved him, which I know he would have been thrilled to hear. You remember his fabulous hospitality, his strange experimental cooking: the recipe for "Duck à la Banana" fortunately goes with him to his grave. Most of all, you tell me of his enormous capacity for joy. When joyful, when joyful for highly vocal drunkenness. But I hope joyful is how you will remember him, not stuck in a box in a church. Pick your favourite of his waistcoats and remember him that way. The most splendid, replete, big-hearted, weak-hearted as it turned out, and jolly bugger most of us ever met. As for me, you may ask how I will remember him, what I thought of him. Unfortunately, there I run out of words. Perhaps you will forgive me if I turn from my own feelings to the words of another splendid bugger: W.H. Auden. This is actually what I want to say: "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum, Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let the aeroplanes circle, moaning overhead, Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'. Put crepe bows 'round the white necks of the public doves, Let traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest; My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song. I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong. The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood, For nothing now can ever come to any good."
- Générique farfeluThe list of credits is presented as "Cast (almost in order of appearance)".
- Autres versionsCharles curses heavily each time he is late for a wedding. In the italian TV version he uses milder words for the first wedding, and switches to harsh language for the others.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Four Weddings and a Funeral: Production Featurette (1993)
- Bandes originalesBut Not for Me
(1930)
Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Performed by Elton John
Produced by Steve Lindsey
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
© 1993 William A. Bong Ltd.
Elton John appears courtesy of Photogram Ltd. and MCA Records, Inc.
Recorded at Ocean Way Recording Studios, Los Angeles and Metropolis, London
I now realize that's because I was an idiot at the time. Subtlety is this film's strength, and Hugh Grant's performance is impeccable in that regard. There aren't a lot of wisecracking zingers or situational craziness, but Hugh's portrayal of a cute, clueless, British playboy is something he does par excellence. Andie McDowell's portrayal of a disconnected, almost soulless enigma is equally compelling, although on first viewing I didn't understand the character.
The comedy comes through Hugh's strained reactions to the insane situations he finds himself in. Things happen that would reduce a normal human to hysterics, but Hugh is forced to ride it out with proper British decorum. For example, there's one scene where finds himself stuck at a table with EVERY ONE of his ex-girlfriends, trying to play it off as politely as possible while they take turns freaking out at him.
Something to note: Unlike films like "Harry Met Sally" and "Singles" which focus equally on the characters, this movie is essentially from Hugh's viewpoint, and Andie's character is almost peripheral. With that in mind, it's not a standard love story between two people. Instead it's about one man stumbling through the concept of romance.
If you like rom-coms that take a different approach, this is a good one for you to check out. I also recommend "Forget Paris" (about what happens to a couple AFTER 'happily ever after') and "Object of Beauty" (starring Andie McDowell & John Malkovich as a pair of dysfunctional, small-time con artists in love).
If you're a Hugh Grant fan, you'll love this film, period.
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- Four Weddings and a Funeral
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- Budget
- 4 400 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 52 700 832 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 138 486 $ US
- 13 mars 1994
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 245 700 832 $ US
- Durée1 heure 57 minutes
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1