Thank God He Met Lizzie
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Thank God He Met Lizzie is a 1997 Australia
n romantic comedy film
starring Cate Blanchett
and Richard Roxburgh
. It was the directorial debut of Cherie Nowlan
. In the United States
, the film was released as The Wedding Party.
It revolves around two stories, firstly the upcoming wedding of Lizzie (Cate) and Guy (Richard) and a second story in flashback of Guy's previous relationship with Jenny (Frances O'Connor
).
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
starring Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress. She came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 biopic film Elizabeth, for which she won British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Golden Globe Awards, and earned her first Academy Award...
and Richard Roxburgh
Richard Roxburgh
Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor who has starred in many Australian films and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions, usually as villains.-Early life:...
. It was the directorial debut of Cherie Nowlan
Cherie Nowlan
Cherie Nowlan is an Australian film and television director.She is best known for directing the 1997 film Thank God He Met Lizzie starring Cate Blanchett and Frances O'Connor, her feature film directorial debut...
. In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, the film was released as The Wedding Party.
It revolves around two stories, firstly the upcoming wedding of Lizzie (Cate) and Guy (Richard) and a second story in flashback of Guy's previous relationship with Jenny (Frances O'Connor
Frances O'Connor
-Background:O'Connor was born in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England to a pianist mother and nuclear physicist father. When O'Connor was two, her family moved back to Perth, Western Australia. O'Connor was raised a Roman Catholic and attended the Mercedes College in Perth...
).
Cast
- Richard RoxburghRichard RoxburghRichard Roxburgh is an Australian actor who has starred in many Australian films and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions, usually as villains.-Early life:...
... Guy Jamieson - Cate BlanchettCate BlanchettCatherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress. She came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 biopic film Elizabeth, for which she won British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Golden Globe Awards, and earned her first Academy Award...
... Lizzie - Frances O'ConnorFrances O'Connor-Background:O'Connor was born in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England to a pianist mother and nuclear physicist father. When O'Connor was two, her family moved back to Perth, Western Australia. O'Connor was raised a Roman Catholic and attended the Mercedes College in Perth...
... Jenny - Linden WilkinsonLinden WilkinsonLinden Wilkinson is an Australian film, television and theatre actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role in soap opera Home and Away playing 'The Believers' cult leader Mumma Rose. Her other roles include appearances on Prisoner: Cell Block H, A Country Practice, Water...
... Poppy - John Gaden ... Dr. O'Hara
- Genevieve Mooy ... Mrs. Jamieson
- Michael Ross ... Mr. Jamieson
- Melissa Ippolito ... Catriona younger
- Elena Pavli ... Catriona older
- Craig Rasmus ... Dominic
- Rhett WaltonRhett WaltonRhett Walton is an Australian actor who has appeared in the soap opera Families and Paradise Beach. He is a National Institute of Dramatic Arts graduate, from the class of 1985, where he studied alongside his future wife, Sonia Todd...
... Tony - Jeanette Cronin ... Yvette
- Arthur Angel ... George
- Wadih Dona ... Angelo
- Celia IrelandCelia IrelandCelia Ireland is an Australian actress.-Biography:Ireland is best known for her work as Regina Butcher on All Saints, an Australian hospital drama...
... Cheryl