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. Emo Philips served as an associate producer, wrote the film's title theme song (performed by Mary Louise Herrold), and made a cameo as a video store employee.
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 from Chicago who met his fiancée Pam's parents, Irv and Kay Burns, in a small town in Indiana 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 indiana kill living room meet read small town star search throwing a stick victrola want wrath |
musicBy | Scott May |
producer | Emo Philips James Vincent |
productionCompany | Post Production - VPA Teleproductions - Editor - Jack Liga |