The Wedding (1998)
Two men. Two different worlds. One final decision.
Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.
- Date of release
- 1998-02-22
- TMDB
- 8.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 2h 41m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Charles Burnett
Casting
- Halle Berry — Shelby Coles
- Eric Thal — Meade Howell
- Lynn Whitfield — Corinne Coles
- Carl Lumbly — Lute McNeil
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste — Ellen Coles
- Cynda Williams — Liz Odis
- Peter Francis James — Isaac Coles
- Michael Warren — Clark Coles
- Shirley Knight — Gram (Miss Caroline)
- Ronn Carroll — Dr. Havermeyer
- Richard Brooks — Lincoln Odis
- Gabriel Casseus — Hannibal
Interesting facts
The Wedding is a 1998 television film directed by Charles Burnett. Based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Dorothy West and written for television by West and Lisa Jones, it stars Halle Berry, Eric Thal, and Lynn Whitfield, and was produced by Oprah Winfrey's production company, Harpo Productions. The story touches on the subjects of marriage, race, prejudice, class, and family in 1950s Martha's Vineyard.
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