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Pat McCormick
around' in a see
Stardc
Green i
Two summers ago, after 1
going nowhere, acting only s
York. She was working 40
mere $50 for all her time.
She had moved to New
professional theatrp hut nn
"no one wants to see an actr
THOSE BRACES, howevi
her her first professional ac
bride in Robert Altman's i
Amy said she was at work
Lesley Rogers, called her a
Never dreaming that Bob A
Amy asked Lesley "Is it r
Trying to remain ladylik
said. "I was so nervous. E
stood up and asked 'Want
After explaining that dan
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liked it, and that I had grow
AFTER A short discussioi
and told her that the part w
cast Rogers as the bri
Amy said that she aske
removed during filming, but
add an element of realism
The first thing Amy did
name. Fearing that she r
starred in Carrie and The 1
name of her maternal gra
AMY HAILS from Green
productions at the Greenvil
Tom Sawyer, The Miracle \
She is quick to add "I was
Red Haiders."
Still slightly in awe of her
morning when she describe*
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me from 'A Wedc
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By David Baker
3amecock Film Critic
.1 years in regional theatre, A
is a go-for for a production coi
hours every week, and she ^
York in late 1976, hoping t<
agent would sign her. "After
ess who wears braces."
er, might just have been the i
:ting job . . . the role of Muffi;
lew film, A Wedding.
one morning when an actress
nd said that Bob Altman wan
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eally that important?"
e during the audition was vc
veryone kept looking at me,
me to dance?' "
cing would not be necessary,
ut country music were. "I t
n up listening to it," said the
i with his assistants, Altman
as hers. Much to Amy's relie
de's best friend.
;d Altman if she should ha
t he said no. She said Altman i
to the role.
after winning the part was
night be confused with Am
Fury, Amy eventually settlec
ndmother, Stryker.
iville, S.C., where she appea
le Little Theatre. Her credit*
Worker, Peter Pan, Camelot
also a cheerleader for the G
big break, Amy is like a chiU
i the people she worked with
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The comedy ii
when the bride?
her teeth.
From that m<
laugh every five
film may not b<
work he's done
In A Weddint
style of Nashv
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cnaraciers, ne i
define and flesh
of two hours is
feel as if we ha
THE CHARA<
relatives who c<
at a majestic es
Chicago.
The bride (A
"nouveau riche
ttC \fool (Desi Arnaz Jr.
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vas earning a
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all," she said,
thing that won
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By David Baker
Gamecock Film Critic
n Robert Altaian's A Wedding beg
Dpens her mouth to reveal braces
anient on, there is at least one gc
! minutes. The wildly improvisatioi
j Altaian's best, but it's the funni
since M-A-S-H, eight years ago.
(, Altman returns to tiie panorar
ille. Only this time, instead of
ntroduces us to 48. How Altman c
out so many characters in the sp*
amazing. When the film is over,
id known them all.
^TERS in the film are the friends s
3me*together to celebrate a weddi
state in a rather exclusive suburb
my Stryker) is the daughter ol
" Southern family, and the gnx
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aded by a commanding matriai
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arriving at her home foi
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on follow, sets up the film's
Merrill, in a terrific pel
K)d three daughters, gathers
nal them of her mother's del
est than the death itself is
already heard the news,
nic soul demands that she be
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ing of the other 47 characte:
of Carol Burnett is also 01
mother, who is unexpeci
f a tuan admirer (Pat McC
om side of the family. Burnt
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lust as the wedding party is
r the reception.
h several of the events that
i most piercing scene. Dina
rformance as one of Gish's
? the family together to tell
mise. More upsetting to her
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uic i?cv uiav everyone nas
Even in times of grief, her
the family's reigning queen.
T performance comes from
mily doctor. A crusty old
ilarly adverse to prescribing
pacify both the hysterics and
:tendance, Duff seems to be
us created by the escapades
re.
i target as the bride's randy
tedly pursued by a gargantormick)
from the groom's
jtt's hilarious performance,
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