The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer
Directed by	Frank Coraci
Produced by	Robert Simonds
Written by	Tim Herlihy
Starring	Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore Christine Taylor Allen Covert Steve Buscemi Jon Lovitz
Music by	Teddy Castellucci Cindy Wilson
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Editing by	Tom Lewis
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	February 13, 1998
Running time	95 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$21,000,000
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The Wedding Singer is a 1998 film written by Tim Herlihy and directed by Frank Coraci that stars Adam Sandler as Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, and Drew Barrymore as Julia Sullivan, the object of his affections. The movie was notable for being Sandler's first romantic comedy, and was the beginning of his shift away from the lowbrow comedic material.

The Wedding Singer was later adapted into a stage musical with the same title, debuting on Broadway in early 2006 and closing on New Year's Eve.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Soundtrack 2.1 Chart positions 3 External links

Plot

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In 1985, Robbie (Adam Sandler) is a wedding singer from the town of Ridgefield, New Jersey. Engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Linda (Angela Featherstone), he meets and befriends a waitress, Julia Sullivan (Drew Barrymore), at the reception hall where he is performing one night. Julia is also engaged, to fiancé Glenn Gulia (Matthew Glave) (Pronounced in the film "Ghoo-lia").

On his wedding day, Robbie is devastated when he is left standing at the altar. Robbie soldiers on, but his despair hinders his performances. Julia tries to cheer him up, and later asks him to help her plan her wedding. Initially reluctant, Robbie eventually agrees.

Robbie and Julia's friendship blossoms as they spend more time together and become closer.

Julia's cousin, Holly (Christine Taylor), asks to be set up on a double date with Robbie and Glenn. Julia becomes jealous when Holly throws herself at Robbie. Julia drinks to excess and when Holly takes her to the bathroom, Glenn openly admits to Robbie that he is a womanizer who has been cheating on Julia for some time and doesn't intend to stop doing so after marrying her. After Robbie rebuffs her advances, Holly figures out that he loves Julia.

Julia and Robbie are increasingly confused by their deepening feelings for each other. Robbie decides to try and get a real job to make real money to try and impress Julia, but his attempts fail as not only is he unable to get a job, but Julia becomes angry at him for assuming she's marrying Glenn because he makes a lot of money. Robbie goes to a bar to start drinking, where his best friend Sammy (Allen Covert), a limo driver and wannabe womanizer, meets him. Robbie tells him that he's in love with Julia and that Glenn cheats on her, but he doesn't want to break up her wedding. He decides that he wants be like Sammy and start sleeping with various girls for the rest of his life so he can be happy like Sammy. Sammy tells Robbie he grew up idolizing Fonzie because he got with a lot of women, but has been miserable ever since his show got cancelled and that all he really wants is to have someone to comfort him.

Robbie finally decides to confess his feelings, and heads to Julia's house. Robbie sees Julia happily admiring her reflection in the mirror and mistakenly believes that she is looking forward to marrying Glenn, when in fact she is pretending that she is married to Robbie. Heartbroken, he gets drunk and finds Glenn in the middle of his bachelor party. Robbie calls him out for cheating on Julia, and Glenn punches him in the face and insults him before continuing his bachelor party. Robbie walks home and waiting for him is Linda, who says that she wants to get back together. In the morning, Julia goes to tell Robbie how she feels about him, but she is astonished when Linda answers the door. Linda introduces herself as Robbie's fiancée to a disheartened Julia, who leaves sadly. She runs to Glenn and tells him she wants to get married right away, and he happily offers to take her to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Robbie is inspired by a 50th wedding anniversary celebration to chase after Julia. Holly tells him where Julia has gone, so he, Sammy, and Holly rush to the airport, where Robbie buys a ticket on the next plane to Las Vegas. Robbie is forced to fly first class, because the coach tickets are sold out.

On board the flight to Las Vegas, obvious signs of Glenn and Julia's incompatibility begin to manifest themselves. Meanwhile, Robbie tells his story to his fellow first class passengers, including Billy Idol (playing himself), who are sympathetic to him. When Robbie overhears a flight attendant (Shanna Moakler) complaining about a rude man in coach, he believes it might be Glen from exact comments he made earlier, so he peaks into the coach section and finds Julia and Glen there. With the help of Billy Idol and the flight crew, Robbie sings over the loudspeaker a song he has just written especially for Julia, called "Grow Old With You", based on Julia's comment that she always imagined the "right guy" as being someone she could see herself growing old with. He emerges from first class to sing to an ecstatic Julia. Glen tries to stop him, but is stopped by the flight crew, Billy Idol and a large fan of his who intervenes when Glen threatens Billy.

The movie closes as Julia and Robbie get married, as the band, with Steve Buscemi on guitar and vocals, plays the song "True".

Soundtrack

• "Somebody Kill Me"

Written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy Performed by Adam Sandler Produced by Brooks Arthur

• "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"

Written by Mike Percy (as Michael David Percy), Pete Burns (as Peter Jossepi Burns), Steve Coy (as Stephen Coy) and Tim Lever (as Timothy John Lever) Performed by Adam Sandler Courtesy of Epic Records

• "Der Kommissar"

Written by Falco Performed by After the Fire

• "Rapper's Delight"

Written by Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers and Performed by Ellen Albertini Dow (as Ellen Dow)

• "99 Luftballons"

Written by Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (as Joern-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen) and Karlo Carges (as Carlo Karges) Performed by Nena Courtesy of CBS Records, Germany

• "Til There Was You"

Written by Meredith Willson Performed by Ellen Albertini Dow (as Ellen Dow)

• "Don't Stop Believin"

Written by Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry

• "Grow Old With You"

Written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy Performed by Adam Sandler Produced by Brooks Arthur

• "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"

Written by Boy George (as George O'Dowd), Roy Hay, Mikey Craig (as Michael Craig) and Jon Moss (as Jonathan Moss) Performed by Alexis Arquette

• "White Wedding"

Written by Billy Idol Performed by Billy Idol Courtesy Chrysalis Records

• "Pass the Dutchie"

Written by Jackie Mittoo, Lloyd Ferguson and Fitzroy Simpson Performed by Musical Youth

• "Boys Don't Cry"

Written by Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst and Michael Dempsey Performed by The Cure Courtesy Elektra Entertainment Corp.

• "Holiday"

Written by Curtis Hudson (as Hudson) and Lisa Stevens (as Stevens) Performed by Adam Sandler

• "Hold Me Now"

Written by Tom Bailey (as Thomas Bailey), Joe Leeway (as Joseph Leeway) and Alannah Currie Performed by The Thompson Twins Courtesy BMG Records UK Ltd.

• "All Night Long (All Night)"

Written and Performed by Lionel Richie Courtesy Motown Records

• "It's All I Can Do"

Written by Ric Ocasek Performed by The Cars Courtesy Elektra Entertainment Corp.

• "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"

Written by Sting Performed by The Police Courtesy A&M Records Ltd.

• "Love Stinks"

Written by Peter Wolf and Seth Justman Performed by Adam Sandler

• "Too Shy"

Written by Limahl, Steve Askew (as Stephen Askew), Nick Beggs (as Nicholas Beggs), Stuart Neale and Jez Strode (as Jeremy Strode) Performed by Kajagoogoo Courtesy EMI Records

• "That's All"

Written by Alan Brandt & Bob Stanton (as Bob Haymes) Performed by Adam Sandler

• "Ladies Night"

Written by George Funky Brown (as George Brown), Robert Kool Bell (as Robert Bell), Earl Toon, Dennis D.T. Thomas (as Dennis Thomas), Claydes Smith, J.T. Taylor (as James Taylor) and Meekaaeel Muhamed Performed by Jon Lovitz

• "Everyday I Write the Book"

Written amd Performed by Elvis Costello Courtesy Rykodisc and Demon Records Ltd.

• "China Girl"

Written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop Performed by David Bowie Courtesy Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co.

• "Love My Way"

Written by John Ashton (as J. Ashton), Tim Butler (as T. Butler), Richard Butler (as R. Butler) and Vince Ely (as V. Ely) Performed by The Psychedelic Furs (as Psychedelic Furs) Courtesy Columbia Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

• "Do You Believe in Love"

Written by Robert John Lange (as R.J. Lange) Performed by Huey Lewis and the News Courtesy Chrysalis Records

• "Jam on It"

Written by M.B. Cenac Performed by Newcleus Courtesy Rhino Records

• "You Make My Dreams"

Written by Daryl Hall, John Oates and Sara Allen Performed by Hall & Oates Courtesy RCA Records

• "Blue Monday"

Written by Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris Performed by New Order Courtesy London Records Ltd.

• "Private Idaho"

Written by Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Ricky Wilson and Cindy Wilson Performed by The B-52's Courtesy Reprise Records / Island Records, Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products / PolyGram Film & TV Licensing

• "Miami Vice Theme"

Written and Performed by Jan Hammer Courtesy MCA/Universal Television

• "Money (That's What I Want)"

Written by Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy, Jr.) and Janie Bradford Performed by Flying Lizards Courtesy of Virgin Records

• "Video Killed the Radio Star"

Written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes (as Geoffrey Downes) and Bruce Woolley Performed by The Presidents of the United States of America Courtesy of Columbia Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

• "Hungry Heart"

Written and Performed by Bruce Springsteen Courtesy Columbia Records

• "How Soon Is Now"

Written by Steven Patrick Morrissey (as Steven Morrissey) and Johnny Marr (as John Marr) Performed by Steven Patrick Morrissey (as The Smiths) and Johnny Marr (as The Smiths) Courtesy Warner Music UK Ltd.

• "True"

Written by Gary Kemp Performed by Steve Buscemi

• "The Goofball Brothers Show"

Written and Performed by Sourcerer

• "Material Girl"

Written by Peter H. Brown and Robert Rans (as Robert S. Rans)

• "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"

Written by George Michael

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1998	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

Preceded by Mezzanine by Massive Attack

Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album May 10 - May 16, 1998

Succeeded by Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk by Jeff Buckley

External links

• The Wedding Singer at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Films directed by Frank Coraci Murdered Innocence (1995) • The Wedding Singer (1998) • The Waterboy (1998) • Around the World in 80 Days (2004) • Click (2006) • Demolition (2009) • Hawaiian Dick (2009)

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