What's Cooking?
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Cast & Crew
Gurinder Chadha
Kristy Wu
Dennis Haysbert
Estelle Harris
A Martinez
Shareen Mitchell
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Thanksgiving is celebrated by four families of different ethnic and economic backgrounds in contemporary Los Angeles. Flowing from table to table, kitchen to kitchen, each family cooks their meals and prepares for guests amidst swirling family tensions in the households of... Ronald, a spin doctor for a conservative governor, who heads the Williams, a seemingly picture-perfect American family. Anthony Avila is determined to have the whole family together for a traditional dinner even though his philandering Dad has left his mom, Elizabeth, who has begun a romance of her own. Ruth and Herb Seelig are struggling to cope with the fact that their daughter Rachel is a lesbian, home for the holidays with her "roommate" Carla. Ever since Trinh Nguyen made America her home, she feels like she's losing her kids. But finding condoms in her daughter Jenny's jacket is the least of her worries... The families all contend with similar household issues as the prepare for the onslaught of family and friends.
Director
Gurinder Chadha
Cast
Kristy Wu
Dennis Haysbert
Estelle Harris
A Martinez
Shareen Mitchell
Chad Todhunter
Maury Chaykin
François Chau
Richard Yniguez
Margie Loomis
Alexandra Castro
Chao Li Chi
Jeremy Berger
Eva Rodriguez
Julianna Margulies
Mercedes Ruehl
Lainie Kazan
Alfre Woodard
Victor Rivers
Joan Chen
Mariam Parris
Bruce Dobos
Gregory Itzin
Frank Novak
Gwendolyn Oliver
Brennan Louie
Michael Klingerman
Ann Weldon
Isidra Vega
Suzanne Carney
Kieu Chinh
Adrian Armas
Maria Carmen
Andrew Heckler
Albie Selznick
Darren O'bannon
Will Yun Lee
Charles Constant
Eric George
Douglas Spain
Ralph Manza
Brittany Jean Henry
Jimmy Pham
Elena Lopez
Scotty Nguyen
Kyra Sedgwick
Crew
David Abbitt
Scott C Adams
Athena Alexander
Carrie Angland
Marc Arceneaux
Tony Asher
Eddie Avila
Dave Azzoto
Ben Barsky
Teague Barto
Emily Baydos
Morgan Treven Bedwell
Leslie Belzberg
Jody Berges
Paul Mayeda Berges
Paul Mayeda Berges
Paul Mayeda Berges
Ronald Berges
Brian Berkel
Robert Berryhill
Stuart Blatt
Bobby Bodnar
Holly Brand
Laura Branosky
Michael Britt
Jesse Brown
Janis Mayeda Burges
Anthony M Cady
Brian Cantwell
Brian Carman
Ricardo Carrillo
Conan Castro
Eduardo Castro
Balwant Kaur Chadha
Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha
Sardar Bhajan Singh Chadha
Dorene Chavez
Jose Chavez
Sooduk Chung
James Clausman
Therese Clinton
Steve Colgrove
Patrick Connolly
Bradford Criag
Heather Cummings
Matthew Curry
Ryan Davidson
Greg Davis
Ken Day
Sterfon Demmings
Emily Dixon
Steve Dontanville
Ken Dufva
Andre Ellingson
Mark Emerson
Ronald Eng
Paul Feddersen
William M. Fiege
Eric Fierstein
Rhoda Fine
Marty Fink
Dawn Fleischman
David Forrest
Rick Franklin
James Fuller
Michael Furster
Rick Ghaly
Jerry Gilbert
Abe Glazer
Betsy Glick
David Grace
David Grace
David Grace
Kimberly Green
Greg Grgath
Michael Gublin
Brian Hahn
Janice Hampton
Kevin Haskins
Annette Hawley
Laurie White Hayball
Cathy Henderson
Guy Herman
Melissa Hibbard
Sam Hill
Gregory Hobson
Amanda Hollingworth
Matt Holloway
Marcus Hu
Sally Hunter
Ethan Hurt
Jody Hutchins
Susan Hutchinson
Doug Jackson
Alkarim Jivani
Angela Johnson
Bill Johnson
Fred Johnston
Courtney Jones
Paul Cloeka Kapellas
Laurel E Kelly
Jason Kemp
Timothy Khan
Susan King
Melissa Kinnicutt
Carol Kitinski
Dan Kneece
Steven D Kravitz
Giovanni Lampassi
Kerry Lane
Curt Larson
Julius Leflore
Melissa Levander
Stuart Lillas
Mike Locke
Rick Locke
Christian Lopez
Mike Love
Doug Maclaren
Chris Marneus
Matthew Martin
Paula Maslowski
Peter Mathus
Mato
Takashi Matsubara
Greg Mauer
Kumiko Mayeda
Toshio Mayeda
Sean Maytum
Kevin Mccown
Bruce D Mcdonald
Edward Meeker
Jose Merino
Jonathan Merrison
Ean Meving
Dana Michaelsen
Joe Michalski
Susan Micras
Steve Mitchell
Helen Monaghan
Carina Moore
Eric Moore
Basil Moore-asfouri
Ronnie Morgan
Jerry Mundy
Anthony J Nahar
Kathy Nanez
Chuck Neely
Howard Nelman
Danny Nelson
Donal Nelson
Nelson Noguera
Bruce Nyznik
Bruce Nyznik
Hugo R Ocana
Tasha Oldman
Floyd Olson
Wendy Palmer
Gay Perello
Steve Piacenza
Bill Pollina
Srdjan Popovic
Jojo Proud
Ben Pruess
Craig Pruess
Craig Pruess
Craig Pruess
Daryl Pruess
Susan Pusateri
Rebecca Quiroz
Andre Ramirez
Paul Ratajczak
David Reese
Matt Reyes
Benjamin Rivera
Beau Rogers
Michael Rogers
Joan Rowe
Lori Rozman
Manuel Ruiz
Nathaniel Rundle
Dan Russell
Garner Ryan
Karen R Sachs
Janice Sakamoto
Chris Santini
Michelle Satter
Rik Sciacca
Momita Sengupta
Michael Shea
Geoff Shotz
Charles Simons
Steve Sollars
Michael Spiatalette
Bob Spicard
Scott Steele
Erick D Steinway
Suzette Stotts
Film Details
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Co-winner of the 2001 Artios Award for Feature Film - Independent by the Casting Society of America (CSA).
Released in United States August 2000
Released in United States Fall November 17, 2000
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States November 2000
Released in United States October 2000
Released in United States on Video April 10, 2001
Released in United States on Video April 20, 2001
Shown at Dinard Festival of British Cinema October 5-8, 2000.
Shown at London Film Festival (Gala Films) November 1-16, 2000.
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City August 2-6, 2000.
American directorial debut for British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha who marked her feature directorial debut with "Bhaji on the Beach" (United Kingdom/1993).
Project developed at the Sundance Institute Screenwriters' Workshop January 1997.
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Opening Night/ Premieres) January 20-30, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video April 10, 2001
Released in United States on Video April 20, 2001
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City August 2-6, 2000.)
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at Dinard Festival of British Cinema October 5-8, 2000.)
Released in United States November 2000 (Shown at London Film Festival (Gala Films) November 1-16, 2000.)
Released in United States Fall November 17, 2000
