My Big Fat Greek Wedding [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Joel Zwick Joel Zwick

Overview

One woman's rocky road to the altar gets played for laughs in this comedy, adapted from the one-woman off-Broadway show written by and starring Nia Vardalos. Toula (Vardalos) is a Greek-American woman who is in her early thirties and single, with no immediate prospects of changing that status any time soon. This bothers Toula a bit, but not half as much as it distresses her mother (Lainie Kazan) and father (Michael Constantine), who want to send her to Greece in hopes of finding a husband in the old country. Toula isn't interested in leaving the country to find a man, but since she works in the family business -- a Greek restaurant in Chicago called Dancing Zorba's -- she has to hear about it whether she likes it or not. One day, after seeing a handsome stranger in the restaurant and not having the courage to talk to him, Toula decides she needs a bit of self-improvement. Despite her dad's misgivings, Toula signs up for a night-school class studying computers, trades in her glasses for contact lenses, gets a different job at a travel agency, and spruces herself up with a new look and a new attitude. To her very pleasant surprise, she once again encounters the handsome stranger, who soon asks her out on a date. Schoolteacher Ian Miller (John Corbett) is seemingly perfect -- he's tall, handsome, smart, good-natured, and soon in love with Toula -- except for two little things: he's not Greek, and he's a vegetarian, both of which horrify Toula's family. When Ian pops the question (and Toula says yes), the bride-to-be has to negotiate a reasonably peaceful meeting between Ian's upper-class parents and her own working-class extended family. There's also the matter of the wedding, which Toula's mother is planning around the notion that quantity IS quality. My Big Fat Greek Wedding also features Ian Gomez (Vardalos' real-life husband), Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Fatone (from the pop group *NSYNC). Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson helped produce the film through the auspices of their production company, Playtone.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2014
UPC:	0883929444175
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG
Source:	Hbo Home Video
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Digital Theater Systems]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	9,805

Special Features

A look back at My Big Fat Greek Wedding: a 30-minute retrospective on the making of the film featuring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett; Deleted scenes; Original 2002 audio commentary with Nia Vardalos, John Corbett and Director Joel Zwick

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nia Vardalos	Toula Portokalos,Greek Chanter
John Corbett	Ian Miller
Michael Constantine	Gus Portokalos
Lainie Kazan	Maria Portokalos
Gia Carides	Nikki
Bruce Gray	Rodney Miller
Ian Gomez	Mike
Fiona Reid	Harriet
Jayne Eastwood	Mrs. White
Joey Fatone	Angelo
Bess Meisler	Yiayia
Andrea Martin	Aunt Voula
Louis Mandylor	Nick Portokalos
Gerry Mendicino	Uncle Taki
Stavroula Logothettis	Athena
Christina Eleusiniotis	Toula at 6
Marita Zouravlioff	Toula at 12
Sarah Osman	Athena at 15
John Kalangis	Greek Teacher
Anthony Kandiotis	Priest
Kaylee Vieira	Schoolgirl
Arielle Sugarman	Paris
Petra Wildgoose	Car Pool Friend
Melissa Todd	Car Pool Friend
Constantine Tsapralis	Foti
Frank Falcone	Suitor
Eugene Martel	Suitor
Joe Persechini	Suitor
Peter Xynnis	Suitor
Nick Kutsukos	Bouzouki Player
Peter Tharos	Yianni
Chrissy Paraskevopoulos	Cousin Jennie
Maria Vacratsis	Aunt Freida
Kathryn Haggis	Cousin Marianthi
Gale Zoe Garnett	Aunt Lexy
Charlene Bitzas	Aunt Nota
Chris Savides	Greek Chanter
Scott Khouri	Waiter
John Tsifliklis	Wedding Singer
Peter Chalkiopoulos	Wedding Band Member
Peter Gogos	Wedding Band Member
Spiro Milankou	Wedding Band Member
Victor Politis	Wedding Band Member
Jim Rouvas	Wedding Band Member
Alexander Janko	Composer
Chris Wilson	Composer,Composer

Technical Credits

Nia Vardalos

Joel Zwick	Director
Rita Wilson	Producer
Gary Goetzman	Producer
Tom Hanks	Producer
Norm Waitt	Executive Producer,Producer
Paul Brooks	Executive Producer,Producer
Steven Shareshian	Executive Producer,Producer
Nia Vardalos	Screenwriter
Robin D. Cook	Casting
Martin Malivoire	Special Effects
Geoffrey G. Rubay	Sound Effects
Steve Rundell	Special Effects
Paul Timothy Carden	Sound Effects
Brian Dixon	Sound Effects
Dean Drabin	Sound Effects
Kimberly Harris	Sound Effects
Donald Hauger	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Like Vardalos and Corbett, who play their roles with vibrant charm, the film, directed by Joel Zwick, is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake.