Shotgun Wedding (2013 film)

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Shotgun Wedding
Directed by Danny Roew
Written by Patrick Casey
Worm Miller
Starring Mike Damus
Kim Shaw
Joel McKinnon Miller
Elana Krausz
Production
company
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • April 1, 2013 (2013-04-01)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9.9 million [1]

Shotgun Wedding is a 2013 American black comedy film directed by Danny Roew and starring Mike Damus, Kim Shaw, and Joel McKinnon Miller. Produced by Fox Digital Studio, it premiered on Netflix on April 1, 2013. [2]

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Plot

While drunk, Robert (Mike Damus), the groom-to-be, 'accidentally' shoots the maid of honor of his fiance in the face during a skeet-shooting event, and his scheming mother does whatever needed to ensure the wedding will occur, even to conspire with her ex-husband or kidnap the maid of honor. [3]

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