
Many years ago, the director of this movie, Benjamin Johnson, attending a wedding with his friend, actor Anthony! Ardisone. The day was joyous as an old mutual friend of theirs was getting hitched to someone he truly loved. The ceremony was simple in an extravagant setting. The reception served them excellent food and the two enjoyed themselves.
But, they were expecting more than would be delivered. They had been to many weddings before. Usually, there is a DJ who'll spin pop favorites for the inebriated or too-over-joyed-to-care remainder of the reception party and the group will dance the night away. Yet, dinner was alreay served, dessert was coming up quickly, and there was no sign of a DJ. In fact, the tables had been arranged in such a way to cover any potential room for dancing.
How can this be? A wedding reception with no possibility of dancing? Anthony! and Benjamin franticly scanned the room to see if anyone from the other tables was noticing the lack of rump shaking to be had. Alas, it seemed quite expected that once dinner was finished, so would be the evening.
Anthony! threw his napkin down and stated to Benjamin and the friends amongst them, "When I have a wedding reception, there will be dancing. And just to be sure there will be dancing, I will perform a 30 minute improvised tap-solo sans music for the entire reception party."
"You better give yourself time to learn how to tap dance before you propose," stated Benjamin.
Anthony! went on to set more outrageous parameters for his future wedding reception, such as having the entire reception party sit in silence, eyeing each other down, taking shots of tequila. However, it was the tap dancing idea that burned into Benjamin's mind for years to follow. He couldn't wait to see if Anthony!'s idea would happen. His imagination was not enough. He needed to see the ridiculousness with his own eyes.
Benjamin Johnson created and directed Les Marriage Du Tony. The movie is a spoof of art films that try too hard to find "art" out of nothing. It is Benjamin's directorial debut, and is Lisa Decker's acting debut. It was filmed in a park in La Mirada within three hours.