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A Very Sordid Wedding

A Very Sordid Wedding

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A Very Sordid Wedding

"Marriage. Family. Equality. Texas"

2017

1h 49m

5.4(27 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Del Shores' follow-up to "Sordid Lives" revisits Winters, Texas for a showdown between the gradually liberalizing locals and the new fundamentalist preacher in the wake of the Supreme Court's marriage equality decision.

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Buffalo Gal Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bonnie Bedelia

Bonnie Bedelia

Latrelle Williamson

Caroline Rhea

Caroline Rhea

Noleta Nethercott

Leslie Jordan

Leslie Jordan

Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram

Dale Dickey

Dale Dickey

Sissy Hickey

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Abernatha Coleman

Newell Alexander

Newell Alexander

Wardell 'Bubba' Owens

Rosemary Alexander

Rosemary Alexander

Dr. Eve Bolinger

David Cowgill

David Cowgill

Odell Owens

Kirk Geiger

Kirk Geiger

Ty Williamson

Sarah Hunley

Sarah Hunley

Juanita Bartlett

Creative team

Directed by: Del Shores
Written by: Del Shores
Produced by: Del Shores
Emerson Collins

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