Word of mouth helped make My Big Fat Greek Wedding a much bigger hit than dozens of heavily advertised films.

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding started life as Vardalos' one-woman stand-up performance, based on her own life as a Greek marrying a non-Greek.

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That's what happened to IFC's "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" when it opened in April 2002 and ran all summer long, a huge hit.

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Mr Rothnie said that Stelios Haji-Ioannou would like the first film shown at the Milton Keynes complex to be My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

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Other actors taking part include Oscar-nominee Gabourey Sidibe, American Pie star Jason Biggs, the US Office star John Krasinski and My Big Fat Greek Wedding actress Nia Vardalos.

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"Twenty-three million people tuned in Monday night to see My Big Fat Greek Life, expecting, no doubt, to see a new version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, " its review said.

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Okay, we'll give Delta Air Lines (nyse: DAL - news - people ) credit for playing My Big Fat Greek Wedding on a cross-country flight we took recently.

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Living in NYC at the time, I had been encouraged by friends to perform in my own one woman show, (much like Big Fat Greek Wedding) but the details of getting such a show produced etc. was intimidating to me.

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