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Most Memorable Movie-Wedding Hijinks June 14, 2010 For some reason, June is a big month for weddings. Wedding movies draw big audiences  – 2002's My Big Fat Greek Wedding raked in $356 million worldwide according to imdb.com. Never mind the plot line; what we love about them is the chance that some sort of tomfoolery or drama will erupt. Blame it on wedding emotion - or maybe the booze. Let's take a look some classic wedding upsets: The Graduate (1967): There are many reasons to love this Mike Nichols masterpiece, from "Plastics" to "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me." Straight out of college, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) is finding himself and his future. Along the way, he falls in love with Elaine (Katherine Ross) and races to the church to stop her wedding to another fella. Brandishing a cross (!), Ben fights off Elaine's screaming family and runs off with Elaine. This scene raises the bar on "If anyone has any objections to this wedding, speak now or forever hold your peace." The Wedding Singer (1998): Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are great in this '80s pop-culture time capsule with a killer soundtrack. There's a great reception speech scene (an uncredited Steve Buscemi) that will make just about everything embarrassing you've done at weddings seem not so bad after all.  The Wedding Planner (2001): Jennifer Lopez plays Mary Fiore, a wedding planner whose overbearing dad stops her from marrying a man she really doesn't love. Yes, her own father (played by Alex Rocco) calls the "wedding interruptus" which changes Mary's destiny and propels her into the rightful arms of her true love, dashing doc Steve Edison (Matthew McConauaghey) Corny, but cute. The Wedding Crashers (2005): An obvious pick here, thanks to the title. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn play John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, two carousing cads who sneak into wedding parties to hit on women, throw back the booze and take advantage of the buffet. And eventually, that ol' wedding buffet includes a knuckle sandwich or two. Bride Wars (2009): Finally, a comedy that sheds some light on the control-freakiness side of weddings and the one-upping that destroys friendships (for real-life examples, see Bridezillas). The trouble starts when BFFs Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) have their weddings mistakenly scheduled for the same day at New York City's famed Plaza Hotel. Neither one of them will budge on their plans and the predictable nastiness erupts. An honorable mench for goes out to the late, great Divine in John Waters' Female Trouble (1975) for wearing the most outlandish, eye-popping wedding dress ever. I know I'm overlooking some great ones, so let's hear your favorite wedding disaster movie scenes. Or your favorite wedding scenes overall. I've never had the patience to sit through Robert Altman's A Wedding (1978) nor have I seen The Hangover yet; is either one worthwhile? – Francine Ruley

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