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{"id":107,"date":"2009-06-24T23:25:57","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T06:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com\/?p=107"},"modified":"2014-02-03T22:34:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T05:34:04","slug":"romantic-comedy-beat-sheetthe-wedding-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com\/2009\/06\/romantic-comedy-beat-sheetthe-wedding-planner\/","title":{"rendered":"Romantic Comedy Beat Sheet: The Wedding Planner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a breakdown I did on The Wedding Planner<\/em>. First of all, I love this movie (love you, Shankman!). I think it\u2019s funny, romantic, really charming and well written (go, Pam and Mike!). It is also very well structured, so it\u2019s a good one to study.<\/p>\n

What is of notice is the major plot turning points, the tandem emotional plot points with the A story plot points, and the scene lengths.<\/p>\n

Only the major scenes in the movie approach or exceed three minutes in length. Their first date scene is approx. seven minutes long, and, as well, the sequence that culminates in Steve professing his love for her and his rejection is also under seven minutes long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Wedding Planner<\/h2>\n

Movie Breakdown<\/p>\n

Columbia, Intermedia, Tapestry Films, DeeGee Entertainment, IMF Production in association with PrufRock Pictures; directed by Adam Shankman; written by Pamela Falk & Mike Ellis<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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TIME<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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SCENE DESCRIPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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APPROX. LENGTH<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ACT 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1:00<\/td>\nMary as a little girl playing with Barbies. Performing a wedding. Childhood dreams. \u201cYou\u2019re the luckiest girl in the world, Barbie.\u201d The hopeless romantic.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:52<\/td>\nAdult Mary (JLo) at real wedding (the little girl has grown up). Telling bride, \u201cYou are the luckiest girl in the world.\u201d Bride has jitters. Mary comforts her, \u201cYou are exquisite. You\u2019re timeless. You\u2019re the envy of your future sister in law. But, you have more than great thighs. You have the love of a man named Tom, a man who, when he walked into rehearsal dinner said, \u2018I can\u2019t believe she picked me. I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m marrying the most beautiful woman I\u2019ve ever seen.\u2019 And that tells me that this marriage of yours is not only going to work, it\u2019s gonna last forever.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:07<\/td>\nOpening steadycam shot. Mary in business mode. Clips the girl\u2019s dress cleavage with clip from her waistband emergency pack. She instructs video cam guy. Earpiece. Tells Father to hold it. Father (Father of Bride) MIA. Finds the FOB, \u201cWho are you?\u201d Reveal: \u201cI\u2019m the wedding planner.\u201d<\/td>\n\n

3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6:06<\/td>\nFOB with daughter walk down aisle. Mary moment of satisfaction\/private romance \u2013 a job well done. 2 women in audience stare up at Mary as though she\u2019s celebrity. \u201cShe must lead such a romantic life.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:44<\/td>\n(Not.) Mary\u2019s apartment. Home alone. Cleaning fanatic. Dinner for one. Beautiful apartment: pretty but empty. Watches TV. Vacuums, folds.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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INCITING INCIDENT (B STORY\/EMOTIONAL)
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8:14<\/td>\nCommunity Center. Playing Scrabble with dad and friends. \u201cSometimes a father has to take action. I found you a man who has agreed to marry you!\u201d Woman friend says, \u201cIf her mother was alive, and she\u2019d heard that, she\u2019d wish she was dead.\u201d Massimo, the little Italian boy. Dad brings Massimo in. \u201cI look forward to our life together.\u201d Maria leaves.<\/td>\n\n

2 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:16<\/td>\nCity shot. Buys paper on street.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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INCITING INCIDENT (A STORY\/PLOT)
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10:40<\/td>\nOffice. Everyone needs her. She marches into Boss\u2019 office. Mary wants to get this new wedding, the Donnoleys (society pages). \u201cI already made contact.\u201d When she nails this account, she wants to be partner. The firm never made money until she came along. Threatens to leave unless made partner.<\/td>\n\n

2.5 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13:22<\/td>\nHallway with friend\/associate Penny. \u201cYou\u2019re going to be a partner!\u201d \u201cMary, you haven\u2019t been on a date in two years.\u201d The Italian guy waiting to marry you in lobby. Mary hides as sneaks out.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:19<\/td>\nWedding. Mary\u2019s off to the side reading the best man speech to the best man as he presents it. We meet Francine Donnoley and her parents who are there to see her work. She pitches them on a wedding. They\u2019re into it. \u201cMost grooms are NID: not into details.\u201d She pitches them.<\/td>\n\n

3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

17:24<\/td>\nStreet. Happy because she nailed the account. Three months to plan. Her shoe gets stuck in a manhole. Intercut with Chinese Taxi driver eating ice cream; drops it. He hits dumpster, and it heads straight for her. Matthew McConaughey (\u201cSteve\u201d) runs straight for her. He saves her from the runaway dumpster. She faints.<\/td>\n\n

Under 3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

20:10<\/td>\nHospital. The kids around her. Steve comes in. He\u2019s the supervising pediatrician. He\u2019s great with the kids. He brought her there to make sure she\u2019s okay.<\/td>\n\n

Under 2 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

21:57<\/td>\nHis office. She pokes through his things. Checks herself in mirror. Smooths her hair. Lip gloss. Penny arrives. Invites him to come with them to the movies.<\/td>\n\n

Under 2 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

24:37<\/td>\nPark. Penny gets out of it. They go sit on her tree. The guard (dad\u2019s friend) gives her a hard time, \u201cIt\u2019s about time you had a date.\u201d Steve says he\u2019s a doctor. Guard says he\u2019ll see her at Scrabble practice. Mary tells him her parents\u2019 backstory: the joined the Scrabble club to learn English. After mom died she started playing with her dad. He picks through M&Ms, only eats the brown ones. They watch the projected film. They dance. He takes ballroom class. \u201cOh, you\u2019re gay!\u201d Invites him to her next Scrabble match. An almost-kiss moment. Rains.<\/td>\n\n

7 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ACT 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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31:25<\/td>\nGreek wedding. Mary\u2019s clearly smitten. She\u2019s with Francine planning. Tells her about Steve. Francine says that with her help she can have him hooked within three months. After, \u201cI owe you one, Penny.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33:04<\/td>\nScrabble club meeting at Community Center. Fran there for ballroom class. Meets \u201cEddie,\u201d nickname from his last name, Edison. (He\u2019s Steve.) Mary is angry. Fran takes a phone call. Dance scene where they argue. He lied to Fran that he saved an old lady. M: You think you want to get married, but you don\u2019t. S: Mary, you have no idea what you\u2019re talking about. Steve talks in 3rd person. They flirt. S: It didn\u2019t mean anything. M: Then, why\u2019d you almost kiss me? Fran returns.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37:50<\/td>\nBuilding. Fran says that Napa is the place to get married. They\u2019re going for weekend. Mary\u2019s going with them.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38:27<\/td>\nSEQUENCEIntercut Office and Golf CourseOffice. Penny tells Mary she can\u2019t back out of the wedding, \u201cOnly if you fall in love with the groom.\u201d Mary says, \u201cNo, of course not. I never get emotionally involved.\u201d The doctor is the groom. \/\/<\/p>\n

Penny convinces her to do it: \u201cYou cannot tell me that you would sacrifice your entire career over this.\u201d \/\/<\/p>\n

P: \u201cYou will go through with this wedding. Why? Because you deserve this partnership. You\u2019ve earned it.\u201d She convinces herself to do it. \/\/<\/p>\n

M: \u201cI can treat that jackass like any other faceless groom. I am a goddamned professional.\u201d<\/td>\n

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39:19<\/td>\nIntercut with Golf Course:\u201cThe dumpster girl is your wedding planner?\u201d Steve: \u201cI\u2019m in hell.\u201d \/\/It\u2019s not a mistake to marry Fran. Fran is great. \u201cWhat if what I think is great, but it\u2019s not as great as something greater.\u201d \/\/Friend: \u201cYour feelings for her. That\u2019s not chemistry. That\u2019s anxiety. It\u2019s nature. Natural.\u201d Natural anxiety. My feelings can\u2019t be swept away in one night. \u201cWhat the hell was I thinking? I was thinking wrong. I was being a jackass.\u201d The friend asks for her number.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40:57<\/td>\nCar to Napa. Wedding songs. Fran loves the Olivia Newton John song, \u201cI love you, I honestly love you\u201d (Mary had said before that was an indicator for short marriage). Fran asks about \u2018the guy.\u2019 (Steve now knows she has a real crush on him.) Steve almost gets in accident. \u201cHe turned out to be the groom of one of the weddings I was planning.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43:22<\/td>\nNapa Winery. They survey the grounds. Massimo shows up and announces he\u2019s her fianc\u00e9. Steve upset because he thinks she was lying, too \u2013 he ribs her about it. Massimo pulls Steve off to do the \u201cmanly bonding.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45:25<\/td>\nSEQUENCEMen walking. S: \u201cHow long have you known Mary, buddy?\u201d Go to fitness center. Running competition. Steve competitive. \/ Pull ups 65Intercut with Lunch on patio. The parents arrive. \/ Garden. The dad learns that Herb Martin\u2019s daughter got married there and he proclaims, \u201cI\u2019m not following in that man\u2019s shoddy footsteps!\u201d This place is out. They see the men wrestling on grass.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47:36<\/td>\nHorseback ride in nature. Fran says that Steve always does the right thing. Mary\u2019s horse runs off. Steve runs after her, saves her.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49:58<\/td>\nHe walks with her on horse back to vineyard. They argue. She harassed him for being engaged, and now she has a fianc\u00e9. \u201cYou harpooned me for being engaged. In a zippy and unexpected twist, you yourself turn out to have a fianc\u00e9.\u201d What is her problem? He admits he was attracted to her at movie. Maybe he was unsure. \u201cBottom line: I never thought I\u2019d see you again. Bottom line: nothing happened. Bottom line: now, mnore than ever, I believe Fran is the one for me\u2026 All your theories on love sound more like the rantings of a bitter and cynical woman.\u201d Massimo appears and starts to sing to her.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52:12<\/td>\nCar ride home. Massimo follows on vespa.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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MIDPOINT (B STORY\/EMOTIONAL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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52:42<\/td>\nHer Bedroom. Dad measures her for her wedding dress. She says no. \u201cYou cannot push some guy at me.\u201d Dad admits that mother and him had an arranged marriage. The mom was upset about it b\/c dad was in love with another girl. \u201cShe said I had big eyebrows and a low IQ.\u201d He got sick and she took care of him. Appreciation grew to respect, like, love. \u201cGive Massimo a chance. Maybe you don\u2019t like him now, but maybe you might love him later.\u201d I should have told you a long time ago, maybe then you\u2019d feel differently about love. M: I don\u2019t feel anything about love.<\/td>\n\n

Under 3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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MIDPOINT (A STORY\/PLOT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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55:35<\/td>\nPark. Location scouting with Fran and Steve. Fran wants it. He doesn\u2019t. He agrees to it. She announces she needs to go East for a week for business. Fran: \u201cYou guys will do a great job. I trust you.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57:00<\/td>\nStatue garden. Steve and Mary. S: \u201cFran wants statues.\u201d He always wanted a small wedding for himself. He likes the warrior statue. He pushes it over and the penis\/balls fall off. He super glues his hand to the balls. Guard comes.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59:10<\/td>\nThe sit and she helps him with her emergency kit to remove the dick from his hand. He apologizes for Napa for calling her bitter and cynical. She apologizes for saying his marriage is doomed to fail. M: \u201cYou and Fran are going to be real happy together. Massimo and I aren\u2019t engaged anymore. It was more my dad.\u201d S: \u201cWhy would he try to do that?\u201d M: \u201cMaybe because he was so happy with my mom.\u201d She agrees with him about the small wedding.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:01:45<\/td>\nDad\u2019s apartment. Massimo there. She gets mad at him for lying about the engagement. Massimo apologizes. From now on, just friends. Dinner? He makes her mac and cheese. He remembers her mother.Mary: I thought I could control everything and I can\u2019t. I met someone who I thought was–well, he\u2019s not. Did you ever like someone but the timing is way off, you feel things you should not be feeling?Ma: You long for him the way I long for you. You need to learn the patience. Love can\u2019t always be perfect \u2013 love is just love. Mary: My mom used to say that.Ma: Your mother was a very wise woman.<\/td>\n\n

Over 3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1:05:37<\/td>\nFlower market with Steve. He tells Mary that Fran was a bookie at Berkeley, he was the bookworm and she picked him. They bump into her former fianc\u00e9 with his pregnant and wife. She tries to hide. He spots her. Mary tells Steve what happened: they were making out at the rehearsal dinner.<\/td>\n\n

Under 3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1:08:16<\/td>\nSteve escorts Mary back to her apartment. In the street, she\u2019s stumbling drunk and carrying a beer. Outside building, she collapses at door. Nobody will buzz her in. She cries that she doesn\u2019t have time for people, doesn\u2019t have time to shop. She cries. \u201cHe\u2019s married and he\u2019s having a baby.\u201d Tender moment with Steve. They get let in.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:10:46<\/td>\nHe carries her up to her apartment. She lays on couch, he sits beside her. He consoles her. She tells him the story\u00a0 that her ex ran off with his former girlfriend. \u201cI was just a stand-in.\u201d She is really broken-hearted. \u201cMost of the time, I think, I just wasn\u2019t enough.\u201d Steve says, \u201cNo, no, no, you\u2019re wrong. She\u2019s nothing but a poor man\u2019s Mary.\u201d She walks him out.(scene continues\u2026)<\/td>\n\n

Over 3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ACT 3 (B STORY\/EMOTIONAL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1:14:20<\/td>\nHe comes back to her door. He asks her if she ever thinks about that night in the park. He proclaims his love for her. He knows the curves of her face, and every fleck of gold in her eyes. \u201cThat night was the best time I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d She says, \u201cI\u2019m a magnet for unavailable men, and I\u2019m sick of it.\u201d She tells him, \u201cIt\u2019s simple. I love Fran, I respect her, and she loves you. So, besides your tux measurements, that\u2019s all I need to know. Please go away.\u201d<\/td>\n\n

Total scene over 6 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ACT 3 (A STORY\/PLOT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1:17:04<\/td>\nOffice. People need her; she can\u2019t concentrate. Fran waits for her. She has wedding jitters. F: \u201cI\u2019ve discovered something, I\u2019ve been blind. I didn\u2019t want to see it, tried to ignore the signs. I think you know what I\u2019m talking about.\u201d M: \u201cLet me explain. It\u2019s not what you think it is.\u201d F: \u201cI can\u2019t go through with this wedding.\u201d She lists Eddie\u2019s faults. \u201cI\u2019ve been with him so long, I don\u2019t even know why we\u2019re together anymore.\u201d M: \u201cYou are exquisite. You\u2019re timeless. You have the love of a man named Steve, a man who, while you were away having meetings said, I can\u2019t believe she picked me. I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m marrying the most incredible woman I\u2019ve ever met. And that tells me that this marriage of yours is not only going to work, it\u2019s gonna last forever.\u201d F: Thank you.<\/td>\n\n

3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1:20:08<\/td>\nDad\u2019s apartment. Burt\u2019s birthday, the dad\u2019s friend. Massimo proposes to Mary. Wheels out the dollhouse (with ring in it) he built her. Massimo: \u201cMary, I know I never done the right thing, I never say the right thing, I act like a fool. I know I say we\u2019ll just be buddy buddy friends, but I would not be true to my heart. So I would ask you this one question, and if you answer no, then I will leave you alone once and for all. Be my wife, Mary Fiore, and I will take care of you and be true to you. If your answer is yes, then no one will ever love you as much as I love you.\u201d She spells out OK on the Scrabble board.<\/td>\n\n

Over 3 mins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1:23:35<\/td>\nMONTAGE (with super cheesy song). Wedding invites. Fran dress. Steve\u2019s tux fitting. Mass\u2019s tux. Mary gets her promotion. Steve\u2019s invites. Mary\u2019s contract. Steve tux. Fran\u2019s dress. M\u2019s tux. Invites.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:24:54<\/td>\nLimo arrives at wedding. Steve watches her. She sees him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:25:25<\/td>\nFran tries on dress. Crowd shots. Steve sneaks in behind. They go for a walk.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:26:49<\/td>\nMary gives the wedding to Penny in catering. She passes off the emergency kit. Penny freaks.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:27:15<\/td>\nIn garden. Fran says to Steve they can talk after. He asks her, \u201cWhy do you want to marry me?\u201d She doesn\u2019t answer and then thinks he\u2019s trying to dump her. She freaks out and gets really upset. S: \u201cThe reasons we were together in college don\u2019t hold up anymore. If you really love me, I\u2019ll put this cumberbund on right now and we\u2019ll go walk down that aisle. Are you ready?\u201d F: \u201cYes, yes of course. No. I don\u2019t want to get married.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:29:25<\/td>\nMary enters City Hall. Gets into her dress. Pill box hat.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:30:12<\/td>\nSteve and Fran talk more in the garden. F: \u201cHow did we let it get this far?\u201d They\u2019re going to be okay. F: \u201cI haven\u2019t thought about what I really want in so long.\u201d S: \u201cMe, either.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:30:45<\/td>\nSteve puts her into a cab in her wedding dress. Penny freaks out as she sees Fran drive off. Penny\u2019s going to kill Mary for leaving. She went to city hall to get married. Steve runs off. Steve pops off in a cab.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:32:01<\/td>\nMary in chambers. Father walks her. Ceremony about to be performed.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:32:22<\/td>\nSteve stuck in traffic with the Chinese cabbie. He commandeers the cab.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:33:05<\/td>\nChambers. Mass and Mary stand before judge. Ceremony starts. Contract to be taken seriously. Speak now or forever hold his peace. No one speaks. Father objects. They all (the dad\u2019s friends) object.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:34:01<\/td>\nSteve in cab.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:34:06<\/td>\nFather can\u2019t let her marry this guy. It\u2019s not what she wants, it\u2019s what he wants. Mary: \u201cLove isn\u2019t like some enchanted evening, it isn\u2019t a fairy tale, or even love at first sight. That isn\u2019t real life. Massimo\u2019s a good man, don\u2019t worry, papa. I know what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m just all grown up now.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:34:58<\/td>\nCab arrives. The family all in front. Steve professes his love for Mary to her father. Steve and Fran didn\u2019t get married. Massimo says Steve is the one. She doesn\u2019t love Mass. \u201cI could never forgive myself if ever I got in the way of Mary\u2019s true love.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:36:07<\/td>\nBoys on the \u201cJust Married\u201d Vespa. Drive to the movies.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:36:43<\/td>\nSteve runs to her tree. She\u2019s throwing out the colored M&Ms. He tells her they didn\u2019t get married because she needs to find her own life. \u201cAnd, I want to dance with you.\u201d They dance and kiss. Reverse angle: wedding on screen.<\/td>\n\n

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