Father of the Bride Page #2

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George, what is it?

Well. This is-- This--

This is ridiculous.

- What?

- You're-- You're-- You're

too young to get married.

Too young? Dad, I'm 22.

If I'm not mistaken...

that's, that's a year older

than Mom was when you guys got married.

- That is absolutely not true.

- Oh, no, you-- Ha!

You're absolutely wrong.

- You were this age when I married you?

- No! I was younger.

I was this age

when she was born.

That-- That-- That doesn't matter.

Times have changed.

You mother was mature, and, uh,

22 isn't what it used to--

Matty, would you turn on

the air conditioner? It's hot in here.

I thought-- I thought you didn't

believe in marriage.

I thought that it meant

that a woman lost her identity.

I-l thought you wanted to get a job

before you settled down...

so you could earn money

and be your own person.

All right. Hold on.

I didn't think I believed

in marriage until I met Bryan.

And Bryan's not like any other guy

I've ever known.

I want to be married to him.

And I'm not gonna lose

my identity with him...

because he's not

some overpowering, macho guy.

I mean, he's like you, Dad,

except he's brilliant.

He happens to love the fact

that I want to be an architect.

He wants me to design

a house for us to live in.

He said he'd move

anywhere I got a job.

Give me a little credit, George.

I'm not gonna marry some ape

who wants me to wear...

go-go boots and an apron.

I'm telling you you'll love him.

He's a genius.

And sweet.

And l-- I love him more

than anything in the world.

- What does Bryan do?

- Who's Bryan?

- I forgot his name!

- He's an independent

communications consultant.

- Independent?

- Yes.

Yeah. That's code for "unemployed." This

is perfect. You meet an unemployed...

amazingly brilliant non-ape

that I'm going to have to support.

I suppose I'm going to have to hire him

and fire some hard-working guy...

with three kids

because my son-in-law--

the, the independent

communications consultant--

can't get a job anywhere else.

No wonder he'll move

anywhere you get a job.

You're not getting married,

and that's it, and that's final.

And I don't like you calling me George.

I mean, when did this start?

Daddy, what is wrong with you?

What? You're telling me

you're happy about this ?

George, please, will you stop

acting like a lunatic father...

and go out and talk to her

before she runs out that door...

marries this kid

and we never see her again?

All right.

"Kid." How do you know he's a kid?

He could be 45 years old.

An independent

communications consultant...

does not mean

he's an unemployable non-ape.

Bryan happens to be

a computer genius.

Companies send him all over the world

hooking up these complex systems.

Major banks and corporations

send him to, to Tokyo...

and Brazil and Geneva.

I mean, he's--

He's a genius.

You mentioned that.

How old is this genius?

Twenty-six, not forty-five.

You guys still think I can't hear you

when you're one room away.

If you love him so much,

I know I'll love him too.

- Bryan?

- Mackenzie.

Bryan MacKenzie.

- Yeah.

- I can't wait to meet him.

Good, 'cause he'll be here

in an hour to meet you.

I suppose you're not in the mood

for a little one-on-one?

- Daddy, I'm wearing heels.

- Come to the right place.

I've got sunshine

On a cloudy day

When it's cold outside

I've got the month of May

-He's got it behind the back. The crowd

is going wild. The crowd is going wild.

-I guess

- It's-- It's--

- You say

What can make me feel this way

My girl, my girl

my girl

- Talkin' 'bout my girl

- Hey!

My girl, ooh-ooh

Hey, hey, hey

- Hey, hey, hey

- Yes.

- Dad!

- Yes!

Oh, travelling!

I don't need no money

Fortune or fame

I got all the riches, baby

- This is it. Eight up.

- One man can claim.

- Go.

- Ready?

Well, I guess

- You'll say

- Hold on.

- No!

- What can make me feel this way

- Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

No, no, no, no. No!

My girl, my girl

my girl

- Talkin' 'bout my girl

- Yes!

My girl

Talkin' 'bout my girl

- I've got sunshine on a cloudy day

- All right.

With my girl

I've even got the month of May

You're not really getting married,

are you?

Dad, stop!

- So can you see him?

What does he look like?

- He just drove up.

And?

He drove too fast.

Well, wait. So, George,

you want to meet him?

Do I want to meet him?

- Oh, hello. Hi.

- Hello, I'm Brian MacKenzie.

Good. I'm Nina Banks.

Yes. Yes, I recognize you

from your picture.

- Yes, come in, please.

- The one Annie had with her in Rome.

- Yes. Oh, good. Come in.

- Okay. Hello, Mr Banks.

It was the first time I ever

hated the sound of my own name.

- Hi.

- I've heard so much about you.

It's great

to finally meet you, sir.

"Sir." Two words

now crossed my mind:

"brown" and "nose."

Annie talks about you so much,

I feel like I already know you.

- Bryan.

- Oh, Annie.

- So this is him.

- Oh, he's just-- Uh, just.

A little nervous. Just like one

of those situations you read about...

you know,

meeting the in-laws.

But you two seem great. I'm sure

I have nothing to be nervous about.

But, uh, still, l--

Let's, let's, uh, uh,

go into the, uh, uh, the, uh--

The-- uh-- Great.

- I think he's adorable.

- I don't like him.

- Oh, George, for God--

- He's wearing Nikes.

- Mom, where's Matty?

- Oh, he fell asleep watching TV.

- Oh, well, you'll meet him tomorrow.

- Okay.

- Sit down.

- So.

Um, how did you two, uh, meet?

Oh. We were the only two people

at this revival house in Rome...

for a midnight showing

of Bringing Up Baby.

- We kept hearing each other laugh.

- And at all the same places.

Yeah. When it was over,

I picked him up.

Oh, no, no, no. I went over

to you to ask directions...

and then one thing

led to another and--

And that was it.

For the next three months...

we never left

each other's sight.

We went to all these museums,

all these great concerts, the opera.

We travelled to the country. Remember

that place we stayed in Tuscany?

Oh, with the, uh--

- Uh, suffice it to say,

it was not a four-star hotel.

- No.

You have a very brave daughter.

Bryan, um, what is it exactly

that you do?

Annie was saying

something about computers.

Uh, yes, uh, I'm an independent

communications consultant.

Yeah, yeah,

that part I heard.

Sounds fake, right?

Like it's not a real job?

- No, we wouldn't say that. No.

- That's what my dad said...

when he first heard

what I was doing.

But, um, what it is,

uh, in this case:

Uh, Pacific lnternational Bank

sent me to Rome to hook up...

the X-Dot connection

to their European subsidiary.

Um-- Uh, all European computers, uh,

communicate on the Dot 25 network.

And, uh, since Pacific lnternational

is an L.A.-based firm...

they wanted to interface with standard

European protocol, so I set 'em up.

And, uh, why are you, uh, independent?

What was that?

Because no one can afford

to keep him on staff.

Well, I guess that's true,

basically, but, uh--

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