Chicago – Before it became a Hollywood franchise, the original “Meet the Parents” was a locally-filmed 1992 indie film co-written, directed and featuring Greg Glienna of Park Ridge, Illinois. That city’s famous Pickwick Theatre will celebrate 30 years of the film with a week long run that begins on Friday, September 20th, 2024, with an appearance at the 7pm show by Glienna, his co-writer/co-star Mary Ruth Clarke and producer Jim Vincent, with moderation by Ian Simmons of Kicking the Seat Vodcast. For ticket info and details, click Meet The Parents.
Like the 2000 version the original film centers on Greg (Greg Glienna), a young advertising agent from Chicago drives to Indiana to meet his fiancé‘s parents for the first time. Despite his best intentions and his desire to make a good impression, he inadvertently sets off mishaps and calamities which causes the weekend to end in disaster. Unlike the later version, the...
Like the 2000 version the original film centers on Greg (Greg Glienna), a young advertising agent from Chicago drives to Indiana to meet his fiancé‘s parents for the first time. Despite his best intentions and his desire to make a good impression, he inadvertently sets off mishaps and calamities which causes the weekend to end in disaster. Unlike the later version, the...
- 9/18/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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