The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

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The Six Wives of Henry LeFay
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DVD cover
Directed by Howard Michael Gould
Written byHoward Michael Gould
Produced byDavid Mcllvain
Holly Wiersma
Starring Tim Allen
Elisha Cuthbert
S. Epatha Merkerson
Andie MacDowell
Jenna Elfman
Paz Vega
Lindsay Sloane
Jenna Dewan
Eric Christian Olsen
CinematographyNancy Schreiber
Edited byMichael R. Miller
Music by Stephen Barton
Distributed by DFW
Eagle Films
Ledafilms
Nem
Release date
  • June 18, 2009 (2009-06-18)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, also known as My Dad's Six Wives, is a 2009 American comedy film starring Elisha Cuthbert and Tim Allen. A grieving daughter tries to arrange her father's funeral, while putting up with all of his ex-wives. Its only theatrical release was in Israel, and it was launched straight to DVD elsewhere, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Plot

Henry, an American salesman, is apparently killed in a parasailing accident in Mexico. His family cannot decide on whether Henry wanted to be cremated or buried. Henry's present wife Autumn claims all the inheritance for herself, and wants to make all the decisions regarding the funeral.

They have a closed casket funeral for Henry. Suddenly, Effa appears and introduces herself as Henry's first wife, who married him just after he dropped out of college, with the marriage lasting only 3 months. Henry got in touch with her again recently, and has been emailing her every day since.

Upon learning that the corpse has been cremated by Ophelia's orders by forging a signature to facilitate the cremation, Autumn is furious tries to run Ophelia down with a car. Autumn is further dismayed when Sarah reveals that Henry proposed to her. Barbie convinces Autumn to divide and scatter Henry's ashes in all the places he was happy at. However, Ophelia steals the ashes for herself, and a fight ensues, and the cremation urn falls to the ground and breaks, scattering the ashes all over the sidewalk.

While the funeral for Henry is ongoing, they hear someone playing the harmonica in the background. They turn around to see Henry - alive and well. Turns out that another man went parasailing on that fateful day along with Henry, and fell into the water and ended up dead. Henry left his ID there, and went drinking. He gets home and learns that there's a funeral planned for him and comes over to see it.

Barbie's boyfriend Lloyd proposes to her, but she turns him down. She has lunch with her father, and says goodbye to him, as she's moving to California. Her grandma Mae tells Barbie that her mom Kate is in the hospital. Barbie gets together with her earlier boyfriend Stevie, but realizing that to be a mistake, calls Lloyd. She finds Henry drinking and talking about his life and death, and they reconcile.

In the end, Barbie is wedded to Lloyd, when Henry dances with all his wives. Ophelia reveals that she's getting married for a third time to Henry.

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Release history

CountryDateFormat
Israel [2] June 18, 2009Movie theaters
Netherlands January 12, 2010DVD premiere
Germany October 8, 2010
United States October 19, 2010
United Kingdom February 7, 2011
WorldFebruary 8, 2011

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Fleming, Michael (August 6, 2007). "Tim Allen takes 'Six Wives'". Variety . Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay". IMDb.
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