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Four best men pick up their friend, the groom, outside prison. On the way to the chapel, they stop at a bank and get involved in a robbery. The bank's surrounded. FBI takes over.

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Buzz
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Teddy
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Billy
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Sol
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Jesse
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Sheriff Phillips
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Hoover
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Hope
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The Vet
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Cuervo
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Carter
Jeff Phillips ...
The Rookie
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Mayor Boar (as Biff Yaeger)
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Edie
Dee Maaske ...
Dorothy
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Guard
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Priest
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Cindy Vargas
Peter Zusman ...
Crowd Member #3
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Bank Employee
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Bank Manager
Terry Gatens ...
Gunman #2
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Gunman #3
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Male Reporter
Amy Etra ...
Woman in Crowd #1
Anne von Herrmann ...
Bank Teller
Christina Louise ...
Woman in Crowd #2
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Sheriff Baker
Caesar Luisi ...
Assistant FBI Man
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Sniper
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Teddy (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Tamra Davis

Written by

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Art Edler Brown ... (written by) &
Tracy Fraim ... (written by)

Produced by

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Art Edler Brown ... co-producer
Christopher Buchanan ... executive producer
Tracy Fraim ... co-producer
Jeff Ivers ... executive producer (as Jeffrey D. Ivers)
Bradley Jenkel ... producer
Brad Krevoy ... producer
Deborah Ridpath ... producer
Sheryl Schwartz ... co-producer
Steven Stabler ... producer
Jeanne Van Cott ... line producer

Music by

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Mark Mothersbaugh

Cinematography by

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James Glennon ... director of photography

Editing by

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Paul Trejo

Editorial Department

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Debra Gavlak ... first assistant editor (as Deborah Gavlak)
Harry Muller ... color timer

Casting By

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Kim Davis-Wagner ... (as Kim Davis)
Barbara Harris ... voice casting director

Production Design by

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Toby Corbett

Costume Design by

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Arianne Phillips

Makeup Department

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Denise Dellavalle ... assistant makeup artist
Carrie Garton ... additional makeup artist
Kim Greene ... makeup department head (as Kimberly Greene)
Kerry Mendenhall ... assistant hair stylist
Alyson Murphy ... additional hair stylist (as Alyson M. Farley)
Barbara Olvera ... hair department head
Joni Powell ... additional makeup artist (as Joni Meers Powell)

Production Management

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Eric Bergman ... post-production supervisor
Scott Niemeyer ... executive in charge of production finance (as Scott A. Niemeyer)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tony Adler ... assistant director
Laura Sylvester ... second second assistant director

Art Department

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Thomas R. Cahill ... property master
Scott Duthie ... visual development
Lori Mazuer ... art department coordinator

Sound Department

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Peter Bentley ... sound
Ed Carr ... re-recording mixer (as Edward Carr III)
Richard F.W. Davis ... sound effects editor (as Richard Davis)
Robert Deschaine ... adr mixer
Gail Ganley ... foley artist (as Gail Ganley-Steele)
Marilyn Graf ... foley mixer
Michael Hamm ... sound effects editor
Ron Harris ... adr recordist (as Ronald Harris)
Albert Edmund Lord III ... foley editor
Bruce Nazarian ... supervising sound editor (as Bruce C. Nazarian)
Richard Partlow ... foley artist (as Rick Partlow)
Dennis Patterson ... re-recording mixer
Sergio Reyes ... re-recording mixer
B. Tennyson Sebastian III ... re-recording mixer
Melissa Sewell ... sound effects editor
Tami Treadwell ... adr recordist
Robert Troy ... dialogue editor
Aaron D. Weisblatt ... adr editor
Steven D. Williams ... supervising sound editor
Lance Wiseman ... dialogue editor

Special Effects by

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Vincent Montefusco ... pyrotechnic effects
Ron Petruccione ... mechanical special effects
Beecher Tomlinson ... special effects: 2nd unit-pyro

Stunts

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Michael Adams ... stunts
Hal Burton ... stunts
Richard E. Butler ... stunts (as Dick Butler)
Hank Calia ... stunts
Eliza Coleman ... stunts (as Liza Coleman)
David D. Darling ... stunts (as Dave Darling)
Vince Deadrick Sr. ... stunts
J. Mark Donaldson ... stunts
Art Hickman ... stunts
Craig Hosking ... stunts
Loren Janes ... stunts
Rob King ... stunts (as Robert King)
Steven Lambert ... stunts (as Steve Lambert)
Terry Leonard ... stunts (as Terry J. Leonard)
Fred Lerner ... stunts
Kurt D. Lott ... stunts (as Kurt Lott)
Tom Morga ... stunts
Bobby Ore ... stunts
J.P. Romano ... stunts
Sue Runyon ... stunts
Lincoln Simonds ... stunts
Peter Stader ... stunts
Neil Summers ... stunts (as Neal Summers)
Mike Watson ... stunts
Jim Wilkey ... stunt coordinator
Terry Jackson ... stunt double: Luke Wilson (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Kenneth J. Appel ... electrical best boy (as Ken Appel)
Joseph D. Beam ... electrician
Kevin Brennan ... chief lighting technician
Rocky Buzzini ... electrician
Nick Cline ... electrician (as Nicolas Cline)
Tamra Davis ... additional camera operator: Super 8mm camera
David W. Donoho ... key grip (as David Donoho)
James Etheridge ... camera operator: "b" camera
Rick Grover ... grip
Sean C. Hise ... assistant camera: "b" camera (as Sean Hise)
Casey Hotchkiss ... camera operator
Gary Huddleston ... camera operator: "b" camera
Kevin Ivey ... film loader
Mark R. Leins ... additional first assistant camera
Philippe Meyer ... grip
Reginald Morris ... electrician
George A. Olson Jr. ... second assistant camera
David Salamone ... best boy grip
Joe Sanchez ... first assistant camera
Rico Torres ... still photographer
Ross Warren ... electrician
James D. Wickman ... dolly grip
Patrick Russo ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Peter Alwazzan ... extras casting

Location Management

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Casey Lynn De Stefano ... assistant location manager (as KC Lynn De Stefano)
Terry Gusto ... location manager (as Terry B. Gusto)
Godie 'Tracy' Hubert ... location scout (as Tracy Hubert)

Music Department

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Michael Baber ... music editor
Marcus Barone ... executive in charge of music
Kim Naves ... music editor
Karyn Rachtman ... music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Heidi Sturdevant ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Mark 'Bugsy' Albertson ... driver (as Mark Albertson)
Michael Avallon ... driver
Michael Belpedio ... driver (as Michael R. Belpedio)
Frank Calabria ... driver
Ronald Wm. Cowan ... driver
Jim DePue ... transportation captain (as James DePue)
Timothy 'Toes' Erwin ... transportation coordinator
Ronald Hooker ... driver
David Joseph ... driver
Morgan McGuinness ... driver
Randy Mellison ... driver
Chaddon E. Merrick ... driver (as Chad Merrick)
Gordie Merrick ... transportation coordinator
Guy Merrick ... driver (as Gordon C. Merrick III)
Michael Merrick ... driver
Louis Provenzano Jr. ... driver (as Louis Provenzano)

Additional Crew

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Theodore Ambrosini ... legal services provided by
Brendan Biamon ... set production assistant
Linda Brown ... unit publicist
Jennifer S. Deayton ... production office coordinator (as Jennifer Stephens)
Matthew D. Fainchtein ... office production assistant
Richard B.L. Fleming ... first assistant accountant (as Richard Fleming)
Jorge A. Gallego ... production assistant
Debra Gavlak ... first avid assistant (as Deborah Gavlak)
Paul Giorgi ... payroll accountant / payroll
Kent Hamilton ... production insurance: Truman Van Dyke Company
Joanna L. Rees Jones ... production liaison
Tali Lipa ... production accountant
Nicole McVey ... office production assistant
Scott R. Meyers ... key production assistant (as Scott Meyers)
Douglas Morton ... assistant production office coordinator (as Douglas S. Morton)
Steve Ransohoff ... completion bond: Film Finances Inc.
Amaryvis Sierra ... production assistant
Adam Wallace ... set production assistant
Holly Williamson ... production assistant
Carl Conti ... stand-in: Mitchell Whitfield (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The film opens with four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father. As the men are all known to those being robbed, this quirky comedy takes a left turn as their hostages all work to support the men. Written by John Sacksteder

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Taglines A comedy thriller about four men, a wedding and everybody's funeral. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Independence (United States)
  • Risky Bride (Japan, English title)
  • Les témoins du marié (France)
  • Bloody Wedding - Die Braut muß warten (Germany)
  • Los padrinos del novio (Spain)
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  • 90 min
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Budget $10,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Dean Cain dedicated his performance to the memory of his uncle, Lieutenant Colonel George Eynon "Buzz" Thomas, U.S. Air Force and his family. Dean's character in the movie shares the same name as his uncle. See more »
Movie Connections References Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). See more »
Soundtracks Hey Cowboy See more »
Quotes The Vet: A uniform does not make a soldier. A soldier is someone who is willing to stand up and fight for what he believes in. Be it his God, his country or his friends. And it does not matter if you are black, white, red, yellow, male, female, straight or gay. We all bleed the same.
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