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Two summers ago, after 11 j
going nowhere, acting only as 2
York. She was working 40 hoi
mere $50 for all her time.
She had moved to New Yc
professional theatre, but no ag
"no one wants to see an actress
THOSE BRACES, however,
her her first professional actir
bride in Robert Altaian's nev
Amy said she was at work on
Lesley Rogers, called her and
Never dreaming that Bob Altn
Amy asked Lesley "Is it real
Trying to remain ladylike c
said. "I was so nervous. Evei
stood up and asked 'Want m<
After explaining that dancir
Amy what her feelings about
liked it, and that I had grown i
AFTER A short discussion v
and told her that the part was
cast Rogers as the bride
Amy said that she asked
removed during filming, but hi
add an element of realism tc
The first thing Amy did af
name. Fearing that she mi|
starred in Carrie and The Fu
name of her maternal grand
AMY HAILS from Greenvi
productions at the Greenville
Tom Sawyer, The Miracle Wc
She is quick to add "I was al
Red Haiders."
Still slightly in awe of her bi
morning when she describes tJ
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nd Carol Burnette 'ft
e from 'A Wedding'
m excite,
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David Baker
i?cock Film Critic
'ears in regional theatre, Amy Irw
i go-for for a production company
iirs every week, and she was eai
>rk in late 1976, hoping to get a
lent would sign her. "After all," si
3 who wears braces."
might just have been the thing th
ig job . . . the role of Muffin Brem
v film, A Wedding.
te morning when an actress friend <
said that Bob Altman wanted to s
lan could be Robert Altman, the di
lly that important?"
luring the audition was very hari
ryone kept looking at me, until I
b to dance?' "
ig would not be necessary, Altmai
country music were. "I told him
lp listening to it," said the petite ?
/ith his assistants, Altman turned
hers. Much to Amy's relief, Altm
's best friend.
Altman if she should have the
e said no. She said Altman felt the;
> the role.
ter winning the part was to cha
ght be confused with Amy Irvii
ry, Amy eventually settled on th<
[mother, Stryker.
lie, S.C., where she appeared in
Little Theatre. Her credits there
trker, Peter Pan, Camelot and Co
so a cheerleader for the Greenvil
g break, Amy is like a child on Chi
be people she worked with in AW
See STRYKER,
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wit
By Di
Oameco
The comedv in Roberi
I when the bride opens he
From that moment o
laugh every five minute
film may not be Altmai
work he's done since IV
In A Wedding, Altnu
style of Nashville. On
characters, he introduc
define and flesh out so r
of two hours is amazing
feel as if we had knowi
THE CHARACTERS i
relatives who come?tog
at a majestic estate in
The bride (Amy Str
"nouveau riche" South
ool (Desi Arnaz Jr.) is the a
magistracy, headed bj
'in was
in New
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ir mouth to reveal braces on folio
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n, there is at least one good thre<
s. The wildly improvisational then
n's best, but it's the funniest than
l-A-S-H, eight years ago. alrei
in returns to the panoramic soul
ly this time, instead of 24
es us to 48. How Altman can AP
nany characters in the space How
5. When the film is over, we codg
n them all. all s<
the 1
n the film are the friends and the r
ether to celebrate a wedding of th
a rather exclusive suburb of Ca
motl
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lern family, and the groom side
one of a wealthy Midwestern
r a commanding matriarch
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ring at her home for the re<
ir death, coupled with seven
to, sets up the film's most p
rill, in a terrific performan
e daughters, gathers the far
i of her mother's demise. M
the death itself is the fact
ady heard the news. Even ir
demands that she be the fami
MOTHER STANDOUT perfoi
ard Duff as the family dc
;er who is not particularly ad
)rts of hard drugs to pacify be
lypochondriacs in attendanc
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iercing scene. Dina
ce as one of Gish's
nily together to tell
ore upsetting to her
that everyone has
i times of grief, her
lly's reigning queen.
-mance comes from
?ctor. A crusty old
verse to prescribing
>th the hysterics and
e, Duff seems to be
ed by the escapades
as the bride's randy
rsued by a gargan?
from the groom's
irious performance,
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