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Four Weddings and a Funeral| image = Four weddings poster.jpg| alt = UK theatrical release poster| caption = Theatrical release poster

Mike Newell (director)>Mike Newell| producer = Duncan Kenworthy| writer = Richard Curtis

| music = Richard Rodney Bennett

Jon Gregory (film editor)>Jon Gregory| cinematography = Michael Coulter

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1994

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United Kingdom|df=yes}}| runtime = 117 minutes| country = United Kingdom| language = English| budget = Â£3 million($4.4 million)| gross = $245.7 millionFour Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 August 2016.}}Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It is the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to star Hugh Grant, and follows the adventures of Charles (Grant) and his circle of friends through a number of social occasions as they each encounter romance. Andie MacDowell co-stars as Charles's love interest Carrie, with Kristin Scott Thomas, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Charlotte Coleman, David Bower, Corin Redgrave, and Rowan Atkinson in supporting roles.The film was made in six weeks, cost under Â£3 million,BBC Radio 4 â€“ The Reunion â€“ Four Weddings and a Funeral, 13 April 2014 and became an unexpected success and the highest-grossing British film in history at the time, with worldwide box office total of $245.7 million, and receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Additionally, Grant won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and the film won the BAFTA Awards Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Scott Thomas. The film's success propelled Hugh Grant to international stardom, particularly in the United States.In 1999, Four Weddings and a Funeral was placed 23rd on the British Film Institute's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century. In 2016, Empire magazine ranked it 21st in their list of the 100 best British films.NEWS, The 100 Best British films, Empire (magazine), Empire,weblink 4 September 2019, A 2017 poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and critics for Time Out magazine ranked it the 74th best British film ever.WEB, 14 April 2022, The 100 best British movies,weblink 26 October 2017, Time Out (magazine), Time Out, en-GB, Curtis reunited director Newell and the surviving cast for a 25th anniversary reunion Comic Relief short entitled One Red Nose Day and a Wedding, which aired in the UK during Red Nose Day on 15 March 2019.WEB,weblink 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' Cast And Creators To Reunite After 25 Years For Red Nose Day Short Film, Andreas, Wiseman, 5 December 2018, Deadline.com, 1 March 2019,

Plot

On 1 May 1993, at the wedding of Angus and Laura in Somerset, the perpetually late best man Charles; his flatmate Scarlett; his aristocratic friend Fiona and her brother Tom; Gareth and his partner Matthew; and Charles's deaf brother David, all gather. All are unmarried. Charles forgets the rings and hastily borrows two from the congregation, which prove to be incongruous. At the reception, he makes a risquÃ© speech and is attracted to Carrie, an American woman who has been working in England. They spend the night together. In the morning, Carrie, who is returning to the U.S., laments to him that they may have "missed a great opportunity".Three months later, at the London wedding of Bernard and Lydia â€“ who met at the previous wedding â€“ Tom is best man. Charles is excited to run into Carrie, who has returned to the U.K. He is disappointed to meet Hamish, Carrie's older, wealthy Scottish fiancÃ©. A young woman named Serena is attracted to David.During the reception, Charles is humiliated by several ex-girlfriends. These include the distraught Henrietta, called 'Duckface' by Fiona and whose brother was inadvertently insulted by Charles at the first wedding. Henrietta claims that Charles is a "serial monogamist" fearful of commitment. He retreats to an empty hotel suite, from which he sees Carrie and Hamish depart by taxi. Charles becomes temporarily trapped in the room when the newlyweds stumble in to have sex. Carrie returns to the reception; she and Charles spend a second night together.A month later, Charles receives an invitation to Carrie's wedding to Hamish. While searching for a gift on London's South Bank, he runs into her. Charles helps Carrie choose a wedding dress, after which she recounts her 33 sexual partners to him; Charles, who was number 32, awkwardly confesses he loves her, and Carrie gently rebuffs him.A month later, Charles and his friends attend Carrie and Hamish's wedding in Perthshire. The flamboyant Gareth tells the group to seek potential mates; Scarlett meets Chester, a Texan. Henrietta points out to Charles her new boyfriend. As Charles watches Carrie and Hamish dance, Fiona, aware of Charles's unhappiness, tells him that she remains single because she loves him. Charles, though sympathetic, does not reciprocate her feelings. During Hamish's speech, Gareth suffers a fatal heart attack.At Gareth's funeral, Matthew recites "Funeral Blues", a poem by W. H. Auden. Carrie and Charles share a brief moment, and Charles and Tom then ponder that, despite their clique's pride in being single, Gareth and Matthew were as a "married" couple. They wonder whether seeking for "one true love" is futile.Ten months later, Charles's own wedding day arrives; he is marrying Henrietta. While seating guests, Tom meets his distant cousin, Deirdre, whom he has not seen since childhood; they are smitten with each other. Scarlett and Chester are overjoyed to meet again.Carrie arrives and tells Charles that she and Hamish have separated following a difficult marriage. Charles has an emotional crisis in a backroom of the church. After David and Matthew counsel him, he decides to proceed with the wedding. When the vicar asks whether anyone present has reason why the couple should not marry, David uses sign language to say that the groom has doubts and loves someone else. Charles confirms this by saying "I do", and a furious Henrietta knocks him out at the altar, ending the ceremony.Later that day, Charles is at his flat discussing the fiasco with his friends when Carrie arrives to apologize for causing the trouble. Charles again says he loves her and proposes a lifelong commitment without marriage, which Carrie accepts. As they kiss, a thunderbolt flashes across the sky.

In an ending photo montage, Henrietta has married an Army officer; David married Serena; Scarlett has married Chester, the Texan; Tom married Deirdre; Matthew has found a new male partner; Fiona is shown with Prince Charles; and Charles and Carrie have had their first child.

Main cast

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Hugh Grant as Charles
Andie MacDowell as Carrie
James Fleet as Tom
Simon Callow as Gareth
John Hannah as Matthew
Kristin Scott Thomas as Fiona
David Bower as David
Charlotte Coleman as Scarlett
Timothy Walker as Angus
Sara Crowe as Laura
Rowan Atkinson as Father Gerald
David Haig as Bernard Delaney
Sophie Thompson as Lydia Hibbot
Corin Redgrave as Hamish Banks
Anna Chancellor as Henrietta
Simon Kunz as John
Rupert Vansittart as George

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Production

Writing

Screenwriter Richard Curtis's own experiences as a wedding attendee inspired Four Weddings and a Funeral.NEWS, Cormier, Roger, 10 January 2016, 15 Splendid Facts About Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mentalfloss.com,weblink 30 June 2018, According to Curtis he began writing the script at age 34, after realising he had attended 65 weddings in an 11-year period. At one wedding he was propositioned by a fellow guest, but he turned her down and forever regretted it; accordingly he based the origin of Charles and Carrie's romance on that situation.It took Curtis 17 drafts to reach the final version. He has commented on director Mike Newell's influence; "I come from a school where making it funny is what matters. Mike was obsessed with keeping it real. Every character, no matter how small, has a story, not just three funny lines. It's a romantic film about love and friendship that swims in a sea of jokes."MAGAZINE,weblink 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' A Surprise Hit, Anne Thompson (film journalist), Anne, Thompson, Entertainment Weekly, 6 May 1994, 30 June 2018, Curtis chose to omit any mention of the characters' careers, because he didn't think a group of friends would realistically discuss their jobs while together at a wedding.

Casting

Curtis, Newell and the producers began the casting process for Four Weddings in early 1992. Alex Jennings was cast as Charles, but funding for the production fell through in mid-1992.WEB, Fitzherbert, Henry, 15 November 2015, Alex Jennings: I'm Dame Maggie's straight man...I love it,weblink Daily Express, Jennings would eventually go on to play a supporting role in Mindy Kaling's 2019 television miniseries adaptation of the film. The team continued holding auditions for over a year, seeing roughly 70 actors for the role of Charles before Hugh Grant.NEWS, Lamont, Tom, 26 April 2014, Four Weddings and a Funeral 20 Years On: Richard Curtis Remembers, The Guardian,weblink 30 June 2018, Grant was ready to give up acting as a career when he received the script for Four Weddings and a Funeral; he stated in 2016 that: "I wasn't really getting any work at all, and then to my great surprise this script came through the letterbox from my agent, and it was really good. And I rang on and said there must be a mistake, you've sent me a good script."VIDEO,weblink weblink 2021-11-07, live, Conversations with Hugh Grant, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, YouTube, 19 August 2016, 27 June 2018, {{cbignore}} Initially, writer Richard Curtis, who had modelled the character of Charles after himself, was opposed to casting Grant in the role, because he thought Grant was too handsome. Curtis favoured casting Alan Rickman, but Rickman refused to audition. Curtis was eventually persuaded by Newell and the producers to approve Grant's casting.WEB, Wiseman, Andreas, 14 March 2019, 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' at 25: Richard Curtis, Working Title et al Recall a Film That Transformed the UK Biz,weblink Deadline (website), Deadline, Jeanne Tripplehorn was originally cast as Carrie, but she had to drop out before filming when her mother died.NEWS, Whitworth, Melissa, 7 June 2006, How Jeanne Tripplehorn learnt to stop worrying and love polygamy, Daily Telegraph,weblink live, subscription, 30 June 2018,weblink 11 January 2022, {{cbignore}} The role was offered to Marisa Tomei, but she turned it down, because her grandfather was sick at the time.WEB, 2013-11-19, Tomei regrets not doing 'Four Weddings...',weblink DNA India, Sarah Jessica Parker was also reportedly considered. Andie MacDowell was in London doing publicity for Groundhog Day when she read the script WEB, Bland, Simon, 19 November 2019, How we made Four Weddings and a Funeral, with Andie MacDowell and Mike Newell,weblink TheGuardian.com, and was subsequently cast. MacDowell took a 75% cut in her fee to appear, receiving $250,000 upfront, but due to the success of the film, she earned around $3 million.MAGAZINE, Variety (magazine), Variety, 24 October 1994, 6, Bells still chiming for the 'Four Weddings' crew, Dawtrey, Adam, Grant's participation hit another stumbling block when his agent requested a Â£5,000 rise over the Â£35,000 salary Grant was offered. The producers initially refused because of the extremely tight budget, but eventually agreed. The supporting cast-members were paid Â£17,500 apiece.WEB, The Reunion,weblink BBC Radio 4 The Reunion, BBC, 10 July 2023,

Production

Duncan Kenworthy produced the film while on sabbatical from Jim Henson Productions. Pre-production for the movie was a long process because funding was erratic, falling through in mid-1992 and leading to much uncertainty. Finally in early 1993, Working Title Films stepped in to close the gap. Nonetheless, another $1.2 million was cut just before production began in the summer of 1993, forcing the film to be made in just 36 days with a final budget of Â£2.7 million (appr. $4.4 million in 1994). Channel Four Films contributed Â£800,000. The budget was so tight that extras had to wear their own wedding clothes, while Rowan Atkinson appeared as a vicar at two of the weddings so production wouldn't have to pay another actor.Future Home Secretary and Member of Parliament (MP) Amber Rudd was given the credit of "Aristocracy Coordinator" after she arranged for several aristocrats to make uncredited appearances as wedding extras, including Peregrine Cavendish, who was at the time Marquess of Hartington, and the Earl of Woolton, who conveniently wore their own morning suits.To make Grant look more nerdy, the producers styled him with shaggy hair, glasses, and deliberately unflattering, ill-fitting clothes.VIDEO, The Wedding Planners: Making of Four Weddings and a Funeral, dvd, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006, VIDEO,weblink weblink 2021-11-07, live, Hugh Grant Reviews His Most Iconic Movie Roles GQ, GQ, YouTube, 29 June 2018, 1 July 2018, {{cbignore}} Grant was encouraged by director Mike Newell to mess up and trip over his lines, written in "convoluted syntax" as Grant describes them, in order to give Charles a stammering, nervous quality. Grant, who struggled with hay fever throughout filming, was unsure of Newell's direction and his own performance, which he thought was "atrocious." Regarding Newell, Grant commented that: "He seemed to be giving direction against what I thought were the natural beats of the comedy. He was making a film with texture, grounding it, playing the truths rather than the gags".The film was shot mainly in London and the Home Counties, including: Hampstead, Islington where the final moments take place on Highbury Terrace, Greenwich Hospital, Betchworth in Surrey, Amersham in Buckinghamshire, St Bartholomew-the-Great (wedding number four) and West Thurrock in Essex.WEB, Bloom, Phillipa, June 1994, The Making of Four Weddings and a Funeral,weblink dead,weblink 2014-03-21, 5 June 2015, Empire (magazine), Empire, Exterior shots of guests arriving for the funeral were filmed in Thurrock, Essex overlooking the River Thames with the backdrop of the Dartford River Crossing. Stately homes in Bedfordshire (Luton Hoo for wedding two's reception) and Hampshire provided exteriors for weddings.WEB, Four Weddings and a Funeral,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20020612051508weblink">weblink June 12, 2002, 16 August 2011, movie-locations.com,

Post-production

According to Hugh Grant, the initial screening of a rough-cut of Four Weddings went very badly. {{blockquote| "I thought we'd screwed it up. When we went to watch a rough cut, all of us, me, Richard Curtis, Mike Newell, the producers, all thought this was the worst film that's ever been perpetrated. We're gonna go and emigrate to Peru when it comes out so no one can actually find us. And then they had a, a few cuts later they took it to Santa Monica for a test screening and everyone loved it. And it was a great surprise."}}Throughout production, Gramercy Pictures, the U.S. distributor for the film, sent frequent transatlantic faxes objecting to the explicit language and sexual content, fearing the final product would not be suitable for American distribution or television airings. They particularly objected to the opening scene of the movie, in which Charles and Scarlett say the word "Fuck" over and over, after an initial screening of the movie in Salt Lake City led the conservative Mormon members of the city council to walk out. Accordingly, Mike Newell and the actors agreed to reshoot the scene with the British swear word "Bugger" to be used in the American version. The executives also objected to the title, believing Four Weddings and a Funeral would turn off male viewers from the film. In its place they suggested such titles as True Love and Near Misses, Loitering in Sacred Places, Skulking Around, and Rolling in the Aisles, none of which were accepted.

Music and soundtrack

The original score was composed by British composer Richard Rodney Bennett. The movie also featured a soundtrack of popular songs, including a cover version of The Troggs' "Love Is All Around" performed by Wet Wet Wet that remained at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for fifteen weeks and was then the ninth (now twelfth) biggest selling single of all time in Britain. This song would later be adapted into "Christmas Is All Around" and sung by the character of Billy Mack in Richard Curtis' 2003 film Love Actually, in which Grant also stars. The soundtrack album sold more than 750,000 units.

Release

Four Weddings and a Funeral had its world premiere in January 1994 at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah.It opened in the United States on 11 March 1994 in five theatres. The box office receipts from the first five days of the film's general release in the United States so impressed the movie's distributor that it decided to spend lavishly on promotion, buying full-page newspaper ads and TV-spots totaling some $11 million. The movie also benefited from much free publicity because of Grant's reception in the United States, where he became an instant sex symbol and undertook a successful media tour promoting the film. Producer Duncan Kenworthy stated that "It was the most amazing luck that when Hugh went on the publicity trail he turned out to be incredibly funny, and very like the character of Charles. That doesn't ever happen." The film had a wide release in the United States on 15 April 1994.At the UK premiere in Leicester Square on 11 May 1994, Hugh Grant's then-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley garnered much publicity for the film when she wore a black Versace safety-pin dress which became a sensation in the press. The film opened in the UK on 13 May 1994.

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 134 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critics consensus states, "Hugh Grant ably snatches up the bouquet of leading man status with Four Weddings and a Funeral, a sparkling romantic comedy given real charm by its chummy ensemble and Richard Curtis' sharp-witted screenplay."{{rotten-tomatoes|four_weddings_and_a_funeral|Four Weddings and a Funeral}} Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".WEB,weblink Four Weddings and a Funeral Reviews, Metacritic, Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "delightful and sly", and directed with "light-hearted enchantment" by Newell. He praised Grant's performance, describing it as a kind of "endearing awkwardness".WEB, Ebert, Roger, Roger Ebert, March 18, 1994, Four Weddings And A Funeral,weblink 16 August 2011, RogerEbert.com, Todd McCarthy of Variety called it a "truly beguiling romantic comedy" which was "frequently hilarious without being sappily sentimental or tiresomely retrograde."MAGAZINE, McCarthy, Todd, Todd McCarthy, 19 January 1994, Four Weddings and a Funeral Review,weblink Variety, 30 June 2018, Producer Duncan Kenworthy later attributed much of the success of Four Weddings at the box office to McCarthy's review.Writing for the Chicago Reader, Jonathan Rosenbaum called the film "generic" and "standard issue", stating that the audience shouldn't "expect to remember it ten minutes later".WEB, Rosenbaum, Jonathan, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Four Weddings and a Funeral,weblink dead,weblink 2012-10-15, 2011-08-16, Chicago Reader, en-US, Time magazine writer Richard Corliss was less scathing, but agreed that it was forgettable, saying that people would "forget all about [the movie] by the time they leave the multiplex," even joking at the end of his review that he had forgotten the film's name.MAGAZINE, Corliss, Richard, Richard Corliss, March 14, 1994, Well Groomed,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070712081805weblink">weblink July 12, 2007, 16 August 2011, Time (magazine), Time,

Box office

Upon its limited release in the United States, Four Weddings and a Funeral opened with $138,486 from five theatres.Weekend Box Office Results for 11â€“13 March 1994. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 August 2011. In its wide release, the film topped the box office with $4.2 million.Weekend Box Office Results for 15â€“17 April 1994. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 August 2011. The film would go on to gross $52.7 million in the United States and Canada.In the United Kingdom, the film grossed Â£1.4 million in its opening weekend, a record for a UK production,MAGAZINE, Bean proves a runner at home, Screen International, 15 August 1997, 47, Scott, Mary, and Â£2.7 million in its opening week from 211 theatres. It was number one for nine consecutive weeks, grossing Â£27.8 million, making it the second highest-grossing film of all-time in the United Kingdom behind Jurassic Park.MAGAZINE, Variety (magazine), Variety, 14, 23 May 1994, International box office, $3,970,220; Â£1=$1.49, WEB, Top Films of All Time at the UK Box Office, April 2016, British Film Institute,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160610190146weblink">weblink 2016-06-10, live, 22 August 2016, It surpassed A Fish Called Wanda as the highest-grossing British film.MAGAZINE, UK Box Office's Weekend Record-Breaker, Screen International, 16 August 1996, 23, In France, it was number one at the box office for ten weeks, grossing $34.4 million.MAGAZINE, Variety (magazine), Variety, 14 November 1994, Exceptions are the rule in foreign B.O., 7, Klady, Leonard, It was also number one at the Australian box office for five weeks and was the second-highest-grossing film of the year, grossing $A21.4 million.MAGAZINE, Variety (magazine), Variety, 18, 13 June 1994, International box office, MAGAZINE, Variety (magazine), Variety, 14, 26 September 1994, International box office, MAGAZINE, Top 10 B.O. Films Down Under 1994, Variety (magazine), Variety, OZ8, 1 May 1995, Overall, it grossed $245.7 million worldwide, generating the highest percentage return on cost of films released in 1994.MAGAZINE, Variety (magazine), Variety, February 13, 1995, 7, World's Champs & Chumps, The success of the film cleared Working Title's past losses and generated over $50 million for Polygram, clearing most of their losses in the four years since they started producing films.

Recognition

The film was voted the 27th greatest comedy film of all time by readers of Total Film in 2000. In 2004, the same magazine named it the 34th greatest British film of all time. It is number 96 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".The Guardian, in a 20th anniversary retrospective of Four Weddings, stated that "Its influence on the British film industry, on romantic-comedy writing, on the pop charts, on funeral readings, on haircuts, was enormous."Hugh Grant commented in 2016 on the experience of the film's phenomenal success and its effect on his career: "I was making An Awfully Big Adventure at the time that Four Weddings came out, with Mike Newell again, same director, even tinier budget, in Dublin. And we'd get back from brutal days on the set, very long and no money, and the fax machines...were coming out saying that now your film Four Weddings is #5 in America, now it's #3, now it's #1 and here's an offer Hugh, for Captain Blood and they'll pay you $1 million. It was completely surreal."

Awards and accolades

Year-end lists

1st â€“ Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury NewsNEWS, Lovell, Glenn, December 25, 1994, The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly â€“ a Year Worth's of Movie Memories, San Jose Mercury News, 3, Morning Final,
2nd â€“ Sandi Davis, The OklahomanWEB, Davis, Sandi, January 1, 1995,weblink Oklahoman Movie Critics Rank Their Favorites for the Year "Forrest Gump" The Very Best, Sandi Declares, The Oklahoman, July 20, 2020,
3rd â€“ National Board of ReviewWEB,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20101125214358weblink">weblinkweblink Awards for 1994, November 25, 2010, National Board of Review, July 20, 2020,
5th â€“ Joan Vadeboncoeur, Syracuse Herald AmericanNEWS, Vadeboncoeur, Joan, January 8, 1995, Critically Acclaimed Best Movies of '94 Include Works from Tarantino, Burton, Demme, Redford, Disney and Speilberg, Syracuse Herald American, 16, Final,
5th â€“ John Hurley, Staten Island AdvanceNEWS, Hurley, John, December 30, 1994, Movie Industry Hit Highs and Lows in '94, Staten Island Advance, D11,
6th â€“ Peter Travers, Rolling StoneMAGAZINE, Travers, Peter, December 29, 1994,weblink The Best and Worst Movies of 1994, Rolling Stone, July 20, 2020,
6th â€“ Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake TribuneNEWS, P. Means, Sean, January 1, 1995, 'Pulp and Circumstance' After the Rise of Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood Would Never Be the Same, The Salt Lake Tribune, E1, Final,
7th â€“ Michael MacCambridge, Austin American-StatesmanNEWS, MacCambridge, Michael, December 22, 1994, it's a LOVE-HATE thing, Austin American-Statesman, 38, Final,
7th â€“ Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
7th â€“ Janet Maslin, The New York TimesWEB, Maslin, Janet, December 27, 1994,weblink CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; The Good, Bad and In-Between In a Year of Surprises on Film, The New York Times, July 19, 2020,
7th â€“ Todd Anthony, Miami New TimesNEWS, Anthony, Todd, January 5, 1995, Hits & Disses, Miami New Times,
7th â€“ Steve Persall, St. Petersburg TimesNEWS, Persall, Steve, December 30, 1994, Fiction': The art of filmmaking, St. Petersburg Times, 8, City,
8th â€“ James Berardinelli, ReelViewsWEB, Berardinelli, James,weblink Rewinding 1994 â€“ The Year in Film, January 2, 1995, ReelViews, July 19, 2020,
8th â€“ Mack Bates, The Milwaukee JournalNEWS, Bates, Mack, January 19, 1995, Originality of 'Hoop Dreams' makes it the movie of the year, The Milwaukee Journal, 3,
10th â€“ Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles TimesWEB, Turan, Kenneth, December 25, 1994,weblink 1994: YEAR IN REVIEW : No Weddings, No Lions, No Gumps, Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2020,
10th â€“ Douglas Armstrong, The Milwaukee JournalNEWS, Armstrong, Douglas, January 1, 1995, End-of-year slump is not a happy ending, The Milwaukee Journal, 2,
Top 7 (not ranked) â€“ Duane Dudek, Milwaukee SentinelNEWS, Dudek, Duane, December 30, 1994, 1994 was a year of slim pickings, Milwaukee Sentinel, 3,
Top 9 (not ranked) â€“ Dan Webster, The Spokesman-ReviewNEWS, Webster, Dan, January 1, 1995, In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, 2,
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) â€“ Bob Ross, The Tampa TribuneNEWS, Ross, Bob, December 30, 1994, 1994 The Year in Entertainment, The Tampa Tribune, 18, Final,
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) â€“ Eleanor Ringel, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionNEWS, The Year's Best, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 25, 1994, K/1,
Top 10 (not ranked) â€“ Howie Movshovitz, The Denver PostNEWS, Movshovitz, Howie, December 25, 1994, Memorable Movies of '94 Independents, fringes filled out a lean year, The Denver Post, E-1, Rockies,
Top 10 (not ranked) â€“ George Meyer, The LedgerNEWS, Meyer, George, December 30, 1994, The Year of the Middling Movie, The Ledger, 6TO,
Top 10 (not ranked) â€“ Bob Carlton, The Birmingham NewsNEWS, Carlton, Bob, December 29, 1994, It Was a Good Year at Movies, The Birmingham News, 12-01,
Best of the year (not ranked) - Jeffrey Lyons, Sneak PreviewsEPISODE, Lyons, Jeffrey (host), Medved, Michael (host), Best & Worst of 1994, Sneak Previews, 20, January 6, 1995, WTTW, February 20, 2024,weblink
Best "sleepers" (not ranked) â€“ Dennis King, Tulsa WorldNEWS, King, Dennis, December 25, 1994, SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact, Tulsa World, E1, Final Home,
Honorable mention â€“ Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-SentinelNEWS, Pickle, Betsy, December 30, 1994, Searching for the Top 10... Whenever They May Be, Knoxville News-Sentinel, 3,
Honorable mention â€“ William Arnold, Seattle Post-IntelligencerNEWS, Arnold, William, December 30, 1994, '94 Movies: Best and Worst, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 20, Final,
Honorable mention â€“ David Elliott, The San Diego Union-TribuneNEWS, Elliott, David, December 25, 1994, On the big screen, color it a satisfying time, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 1, 2, E=8,
Honorable mention â€“ Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain NewsNEWS, Denerstein, Robert, January 1, 1995, Perhaps It Was Best to Simply Fade to Black, Rocky Mountain News, 61A, Final,
Honorable mention â€“ Michael Mills, The Palm Beach PostNEWS, Mills, Michael, December 30, 1994, It's a Fact: 'Pulp Fiction' Year's Best, The Palm Beach Post, 7, Final,
Honorable mention â€“ Jeff Simon, The Buffalo NewsWEB, Simon, Jeff, January 1, 1995,weblink Movies: Once More, with Feeling, The Buffalo News, July 19, 2020,

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Academy Awards1995 {{!, Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences >url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995

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Academy Award for Best Picture>Best Picture| Duncan Kenworthy| {{Nominated}}

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay>Best Original Screenplay | Richard Curtis| {{Nominated}}

BAFTA AwardsFILM IN 1995 {{!, BAFTA Awards >url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1995/film

website=awards.bafta.org}}

BAFTA Award for Best Film>Best Film| Duncan Kenworthy| {{Won}}

BAFTA Award for Best Direction>Best Direction

Mike Newell (director)>Mike Newell| {{Won}}

BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay>Best Original Screenplay | Richard Curtis| {{Nominated}}

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role>Best Actor | Hugh Grant| {{Won}}

Best Supporting Actor | Simon Callow | {{Nominated}}

John Hannah (actor)>John Hannah | {{Nominated}}

Best Supporting Actress | Kristin Scott Thomas| {{Won}}

BAFTA Award for Best Editing>Best Editing

Jon Gregory (film editor)>Jon Gregory| {{Nominated}}

BAFTA Award for Best Film Music>Best Film Music | Richard Rodney Bennett| {{Nominated}}

Golden Globe AwardsWINNERS & NOMINEES 1995 >URL=HTTPS://WWW.GOLDENGLOBES.COM/WINNERS-NOMINEES/1995

WEBSITE=WWW.GOLDENGLOBES.COM

ARCHIVE-DATE=9 DECEMBER 2017

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Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture â€“ Musical or Comedy>Best Musical or Comedy| Four Weddings and a Funeral| {{Nominated}}

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor â€“ Motion Picture Musical or Comedy>Best Actor â€“ Musical or Comedy | Hugh Grant| {{Won}}

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress â€“ Motion Picture Musical or Comedy>Best Actress â€“ Musical or Comedy | Andie MacDowell| {{Nominated}}

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay>Best Screenplay | Richard Curtis| {{Nominated}}

Directors Guild of America AwardsDUTKA

DATE=1995-01-24

WORK=LOS ANGELES TIMES

ACCESS-DATE=2022-09-27,

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing â€“ Feature Film>Outstanding Directing â€“ Feature Film

Mike Newell (director)>Mike Newell| {{Nominated}}

Australian Film Institute>Australian Film Institute Awards5 NOVEMBER 1994 >TITLE=MURIEL, BUBBY SCOOP AFI POOL

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Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film>Best Foreign Film| Four Weddings and a Funeral| {{Won}}

British Comedy Awards

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LANGUAGE=EN, | Best Comedy Film| Four Weddings and a Funeral| {{Won}}

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Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1994>Chicago Film Critics Awards1994 - WINNERS OF THE 7TH ANNUAL CHICAGO FILM CRITICS AWARDS >URL=HTTPS://CHICAGOFILMCRITICS.ORG/AWARDS-BLOG/ARCHIVES

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Evening Standard British Film Awards| Best Actress| Kristin Scott Thomas| {{Won}}

London Critics' Circle Film Awards| British Film of the Year| Four Weddings and a Funeral| {{Won}}

Mike Newell (director)>Mike Newell| {{Won}}

Richard Curtis| {{Won}}

Writers Guild of America Awards1995-03-20

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay>Best Original Screenplay | {{Won}}

Writers' Guild of Great Britain>Writers' Guild of Great Britain AwardsWRITERS' GUILD AWARDS 1993 >URL=HTTPS://WRITERSGUILD.ORG.UK/WRITERS-GUILD-AWARDS-1993/

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Hulu anthology television miniseries

It was reported in November 2017 that the streaming service Hulu was developing an eponymous anthology television series based upon the film, to be written and executive produced by Mindy Kaling and Matt Warburton, with Richard Curtis also serving as an executive producer.WEB, Andreeva, Nellie, 'Four Weddings And a Funeral' Anthology Series From Mindy Kaling in Works at Hulu,weblink Deadline, 2 November 2017, 1 November 2017, In October 2018, it was announced Jessica Williams, Nikesh Patel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and John Reynolds had joined the cast.WEB,weblink 'Four Weddings and a Funeral': Jessica Williams To Star in Hulu Series, 3 Others Cast, Deadline Hollywood, Nellie, Andreeva, Denise, Petski, 26 October 2018, 26 October 2018, The miniseries premiered on 31 July 2019.

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

On 5 December 2018, it was announced that Richard Curtis had written One Red Nose Day and a Wedding,WEB,weblink One Red Nose Day and A Wedding Is a Real Thing and We Have So Many Questions, Red Nose Day USA, 1 March 2019, a 25th anniversary Comic Relief television reunion short film. The original film's director, Mike Newell, returned, along with the film's surviving cast, including Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker. It was filmed on 13â€“14 December 2018 at St James' Church, Islington, London.WEB,weblink St James Church in Islington being used for filming 'Four Weddings, It centered on the reunion of all the characters from the original film at the wedding of Charles and Carrie's daughter to Fiona's daughter.WEB,weblink 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' Cast, Lily James, Alicia Vikander Debut Rom-Com "Mini-Sequel", The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2019, The involvement of additional cast members Lily James and Alicia Vikander, who played the young lesbians getting married, was not announced until the day the film aired in the UK.WEB,weblink Lily James & Alicia Vikander Set For 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' Red Nose Day Return â€” Watch Teaser Clip, Denise, Petski, 15 March 2019, The film aired in the US on their Red Nose Day on 23 May 2019.WEB,weblink Red Nose Day Special Sets 2019 Date On NBC, Denise, Petski, 13 December 2018, Deadline.com, 1 March 2019,

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