My Big Fat Greek Wedding

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. Also spin off tv show called My Big Fat Greek Life based on the characters from My Big Fat Greek Wedding was made.

Greek Wedding Picture - My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Adaptation and Biopic

Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.

Release Date: April 19th, 2002

Filming Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Main Cast:

Nia Vardalos as Toula Portokalos

John Corbett as Ian Miller

Michael Constantine as Gus Portokalos

Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos

Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula

Louis Mandylor as Nick Portokalos

Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki

Jayne Eastwood as Mrs. White

My Big Fat Greek Wedding was the fifth highest grossing movie of 2002 in the USA, behind Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with $241,438,208. It was the highest-grossing film to never have been Number 1 on the weekly North American box-office charts.

It tells the love story between an American woman of Greek descent (Nia Vardalos, who also wrote the script) and a non-Greek American (played by John Corbett). It also examines the protagonist's troubled love/hate relationship with her cultural heritage and value system.

Parts were filmed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and at Ryerson Polytechnic University and other locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After a February 2002 premier, it was initially released in the USA April 19, 2002. That summer it opened in Iceland, Israel, Greece, and Canada. The following fall and winter it opened in Turkey, UK, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Norway, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Taiwan, the Philippines, Egypt, Peru, Sweden, Mexico, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Switzerland (German speaking region), France, Poland, Kuwait, Estonia, and Lithuania. It was finally released in South Korea in March 2003, and Japan in July 2003.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, who found 'Wedding' when it was a one-woman Nia Vardalos play in L.A. and believed in it so much that they got it made as a movie.

The movie inspired the brief 2003 TV series My Big Fat Greek Life, with most of the major characters played by the same actors, with the exception of Steven Eckholdt replacing John Corbett as the husband. Corbett had already signed on to the TV series Lucky. He was scheduled to appear as the best friend of his replacement's character, but the show was cancelled before he appeared.

My Big Fat Greek Life

My Big Fat Greek Life is based on the characters from the popular independent film, My Big Fat Greek Wedding! Nia and Tom return from their honeymoon and discover that when the honeymoon is over, the real fun begins. Seven episodes were made. It stars almost the entire cast from the movie – Nia Vardalos, Lainie Kazan, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin and more. Executive produced by Rita Wilson.

It seemed an obvious choice to build a sitcom around writer-star Nia Vardalos's family life after the success of the My Big Fat Greek Wedding Movie, but the comedy tv show was cancelled after half a season.

My Big Fat Greek Life didn't capture the same magic and humour and storytelling rhythm of the movie. Almost the entire acting cast returned: Andrea Martin, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Gia Carides, and Louis Mandylor. Only John Corbett, due to other obligations, was ably replaced by Steve Eckholdt as Nia's non-Greek husband.

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