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My big fat greek Wedding DVD 2002 Hochzeit auf Griechisch / Directed by Joel Zwick / Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin
UPC 4013549870603
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN GERMANY
AUDIO: English 5.1, German 5.1
SUBTITLES: English, German, German HOH
Total Runtime: 91 minutes
English Summary:
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with non-Greek upper middle class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ian Miller. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and, at the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos is her family's black sheep. Her staunchly proud Greek immigrant parents, Gus and Maria, have raised their daughters to follow their cultural traditions of marriage and motherhood. Her older sister Athena met her family's expectations by marrying young to another Greek and becoming, in Toula's words, "a Greek baby-breeding machine".
Toula, however, is 30 years old, unmarried, and still lives with her parents. She works at Dancing Zorba's, her family's restaurant in Chicago. She longs for an independent life away from the restaurant and her loving, but intrusive family. Frumpy and cynical, she fears her life will never change. One day at the restaurant, Toula notices a handsome customer—Ian Miller—walk in at lunchtime. She tries to chat with Ian as she takes his food order, only to embarrass herself with her social awkwardness. Ian is polite but bewildered by her behavior, and Toula thinks she's lost her chance to get to know him.
German Summary:
Toula führt ein tristes Leben. Sie ist 30 und wohnt noch bei ihren Eltern in einer traditionellen griechischen Familie in Chicago. Sie arbeitet Tag für Tag im familieneigenen Restaurant The dancing Zorba’s und sie gleicht einer grauen Maus, da sie sich unvorteilhaft kleidet. Ein Unglück für ihren Vater, der ihr seit frühester Jugend unentwegt in den Ohren liegt, sie solle endlich heiraten. Er verfügt regelrecht über sie und hofft auf eine baldige Hochzeit mit einem „anständigen“ Griechen.
Durch eine List gegenüber dem Vater erreichen die Frauen der Familie, dass Toula Weiterbildungskurse am College besuchen darf und sich nunmehr eigenverantwortlich um das familieneigene Reisebüro kümmert. Durch ihre neue Unabhängigkeit blüht sie regelrecht auf und wandelt sich zum schönen Schwan. Sie lernt Ian kennen, einen netten Lehrer, in den sie sich verliebt. Doch Ian ist kein Grieche, sondern ein „White Anglo-Saxon Protestant“, weshalb sie die Beziehung vor ihren Eltern zunächst geheim hält. Als Ian Toula aber einen Heiratsantrag macht, nimmt sie überglücklich an.
Cast / Besetzung:
- Nia Vardalos as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos
- John Corbett as Ian Miller
- Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos
- Michael Constantine as Costas "Gus" Portokalos
- Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula
- Louis Mandylor as Nikos "Nick" Portokalos
- Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki
- Gerry Mendicino as Uncle Taki
- Joey Fatone as Cousin Angelo
- Bess Meisler as Yiayia (Grandma)
- Stavroula Logothettis as Athena Portokalos
- Ian Gomez as Mike, Ian's best man; he was Vardalos's real-life husband at the time of filming
- Bruce Gray as Rodney Miller
- Fiona Reid as Harriet Miller
- Jayne Eastwood as Mrs. White
- Arielle Sugarman as Paris Miller
Directed by | Joel Zwick |
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Written by | Nia Vardalos |
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Cinematography | Jeffrey Jur |
Edited by | Mia Goldman |
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Distributed by | IFC Films |
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91 minutes |
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Language | Greek, English |