Death At A Funeral (2007)


Matthew MacFadyen       Daniel
Peter Dinklage          Peter
Ewen Bremner            Justin
Rupert Graves           Robert
Alan Tudyk              Simon
Daisy Donovan           Martha
Kris Marshall           Troy
Andy Nyman              Howard
Jane Asher              Sandra
Keeley Hawes            Jane
Peter Vaughan (II)      Uncle Alfie
Peter Egan              Victor
Thomas Wheatley         The Reverend
Brendan O'Hea           Undertaker
Jeremy Booth            Mourner
Angela Curran           Sandra's Friend
Gareth Milne            Edward

Directed by:            Frank Oz
Produced by:            William Horberg, Bruce Toll, Andreas Grosch


On the morning of their father's funeral, the family and friends of the deceased each arrive with his 
or her own roiling anxieties. The son, Daniel, knows he will have to face his flirty, blow-hard, 
famous-novelist brother Robert, who's just flown in from New York--not to mention the promises of a new 
life he's made to his wife Jane. Meanwhile, Daniel's cousin Martha and her dependable new fiancé Simon 
are desperate to make a good impression on Martha's uptight father--a plan that literally goes out the 
window when Simon accidentally ingests a designer drug en route to the service, leaving him prone to 
uncontrollable bouts of delirium and nudity in front of his potential in-laws. Then comes the real 
shocker: a mysterious guest who threatens to unveil an earth-shattering family secret. As comedic 
mayhem and unfortunate mishaps ensue on every front, it is now up to the two brothers to hide the truth 
from their family and friends, and figure out how to not only bury their dearly beloved, but also the 
secret he's been keeping.

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A dignified send-off for a loved one erupts into uproarious chaos when romance, jealousy, in-laws, 
hallucinogens, dark secrets, life-long yearnings and a spot of bold blackmail all collide in the 
irreverent British comedy "Death at a Funeral." Directed by Frank Oz ("Bowfinger," "In & Out") and 
featuring a cast made up of the cream of Britain's crop, the film mischievously explores what happens 
on the day when a typically divided family is finally forced to come to terms with each other's - bad 
behavior, outrageous faults, skeletons in the closet and all. On the morning of their father's funeral, 
the family and friends of the deceased each arrive with his or her own roiling anxieties. Son Daniel 
(Matthew Macfayden) knows he will have to face his flirty, blow-hard, famous-novelist brother Robert 
(Rupert Graves) who's just flown in from New York, not to mention the promises of a new life he's made 
to his wife Jane (Keely Hawes). Meanwhile, Daniel's cousin Martha (Daisy Donovan) and her dependable 
new fiance Simon (Alan Tudyk) are desperate to make a good impression on Martha's uptight father - a 
plan that literally goes out the window when Simon accidentally ingests a designer drug en route to 
the service, leaving him prone to uncontrollable bouts of delirium and nudity in front of his potential 
in-laws. Then comes the real shocker: a mysterious guest (Peter Dinklage) who threatens to unveil an 
earth-shattering family secret. As riotous mayhem and unfortunate mishaps ensue on every front, it is 
now up to the two brothers to hide the truth from their family and friends and figure out how to not 
only bury their dearly beloved, but the secret he's been keeping.