Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents is a 1992 American independent comedy film written by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke. Glienna also directed the film; wrote the original songs "Keep Smiling" (performed by Walter Tabayoyong) and "When Philip's There" (performed by Clarke); and starred as protagonist Greg: a young man meeting his fiancée's parents for the first time who sets off a series of accidents and causes the family to fall apart.
Plot
A man and his fiancée driving out to meet her parents stop to get gas at a gas station. The man mentions his plans to the owner, who advises him against it, then begins the tale of Greg: an advertising agent who went to meet his fiancée Pam's parents, Irv and Kay Burns, for a weekend that ended disastrously.
More details
author | Greg Glienna Mary Ruth Clarke |
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contentLocation | Chicago |
director | Greg Glienna |
editor | Greg Glienna James Vincent |
genre | comedy |
keywords | advertise andy griffith aspiring singer begin drive ed mcmahon end fetch film star fishing pole frame gas station heart attack kill living room meet read search star search throwing a stick victrola want wrath |
musicBy | Scott May |
producer | Emo Philips James Vincent |
productionCompany | Post Production - VPA Teleproductions - Editor - Jack Liga |