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The House of Yes (1997)
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Synopsis
A wealthy young man wants to wed a painfully ordinary girl, and a few hours with his family will convince anyone why he's doing so in this black comedy. Marty Pascal (
Josh Hamilton
) is engaged to marry Lesly (
Tori Spelling
), a dizzy blonde he met when she was working at a doughnut shop, and he bravely decides that it's time she met his family, so he brings her along for Thanksgiving dinner at his mother's house in West Virginia. Bravery is necessary because the Pascals are not an especially healthy or wholesome family. Mother (Genevieve Bujold) explains her philosophy about parenting like so: "You raise cattle; children just happen." In this environment, where refusing your child anything is all but unknown, her youngest son Anthony (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) has grown up to be an overanxious virgin eager to seduce Lesly while Marty's not paying attention. And Marty's twin sister Jackie (
Parker Posey
), malignily obsessed with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, often re-enacts the murder of JFK using spaghetti sauce for blood (when she can't get ahold of real bullets) and enjoys incestuously seducing Marty (which hardly bothers Mother, who notes that "Jackie's hand was holding Marty's penis when they came out the womb"). The House of Yes was based on the play by Wendy MacLeod; first time director Mark S. Waters (brother of screenwriter Daniel Waters) also adapted the screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Geneviève Bujold
Mrs. Pascal
Josh Hamilton
Marty
Tori Spelling
Lesly
David Love
Young Marty
Parker Posey
Jackie-O
Rachael Leigh Cook
Young Jackie-O
Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Anthony
Production Crew
Mark S. Waters
Adaptation
Andrew Cahn
Art Director
Mary Vernieu
Associate Producer
Ken Ginnaty
Boom Operator
Mary Vernieu
Casting
Michael Spiller
Cinematographer
Jeffrey L. Davidson
Co-producer
Ron Wechsler
Co-producer
Rolfe Kent
Composer (Music Score)
Edi Giguere
Costume Designer
Melanie Lewison
Costume Designer
Mark S. Waters
Director
Pamela Martin
Editor
Robert Berger
Executive Producer
Scott Silver
Executive Producer
David Sage
First Assistant Director
Michael Alperowitz
First Assistant Director
Daniel Curet
Hair Styles
Jason Rail
Hair Styles
Robert J. Ferrara
Lighting
Daniel Curet
Makeup
Jason Rail
Makeup
Wendy MacLeod
Play Author
Beau Flynn
Producer
Stefan Simchowitz
Producer
Marjorie Chodorov
Production Designer
Patrick Sherman
Production Designer
Mark S. Waters
Screenwriter
Ann Shea
Set Designer
Debra Echard
Set Designer
Jeff Rona
Songwriter
Jed M. Dodge
Sound Editor
Robert W. Vandling
Sound Editor
Dan Monahan
Sound Mixer
Jeffrey L. Davidson
Unit Production Manager
Year: 1997
Runtime: 90
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for language, perverse sex-related situations, and an image of violence
Category: Feature
Genre
Comedy
Color type
CFI Color
Sound
Dolby Digital
Produced by
Bandeira Entertainment
Miramax
© 2008 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.