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If you live on the Chesapeake Bay and you’ve seen the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy Wedding Crashers , you know the local landmarks used in its filming. Much of the scenery was captured in Easton, and the Inn at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels stands in for a fancy family estate.

Then, of course, there’s the Woodwind II , the Annapolis-based cruising sailboat with a starring role. For the film’s 15th anniversary, Schooner Woodwind Sailing Cruises is holding a special “Wedding Crashers Week” of sails. Cheryl Costello steps aboard for the inspired behind-the-scenes theme week. Watch below:

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After their charter operation with Woodwind proved a success the operators returned to Scarano Boat Building five years later for a second vessel, Woodwind II.  Besides being a fast sailor, her greatest claim to fame is probably her appearance in the movie Wedding Crashers when father of the bride Christopher Walken takes her out for a sail.

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15th anniversary of ‘wedding crashers’ splashes in on schooner woodwind ii.

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Captain Jennifer Kaye, center, drove the boat in a hidden position below the camera's view while they filmed scenes. It's been 15 years since the schooner Woodwind II played a role in the movie "Wedding Crashers" and they celebrated the anniversary with a "Wedding Crashers" Wednesday sail.

Captain Jennifer Kaye steers the boat. It's been 15 years since the schooner Woodwind II played a role in the movie "Wedding Crashers" and they celebrated the anniversary with a "Wedding Crashers" Wednesday sail.

The Schooner Woodwind II is an attention-grabbing vessel that soars through the Chesapeake Bay, powered by four enormous sails stretching a combined 1,800 square feet in length. Dobkin, like many guests who have climbed abroad the cruise boat, fell in love with it, revealing his true intentions.

He was making a movie. And for three minutes of it, Schooner Woodwind II would be a star.

Dobkin’s “Wedding Crashers” was released on July 15, 2005. Based in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, the movie was an absolute hit at the box office, breaking records as the first R-rated comedy to gross $200 million domestically. It quickly became a classic.

Brett Merritt flew in from Mendota, Illinois, on Tuesday for the sole purpose of traveling abroad the Woodwind for its celebration of the film’s 15th anniversary. He’s visited all the movie’s film locations, including Easton and St. Michael’s, with the exception of Pasadena, California, where the final wedding scene was shot.

Merritt is a movie site hobbyist and huge Vince Vaughn fan. After being cooped up for months in quarantine, Merritt decided to get away to see the Woodwind, along with the creepy stairs from “The Exorcist” and the Georgetown apartments Owen Wilson’s and Vaughn’s characters lived in.

“I just think it’s really cool to see something in person that millions of people have watched on TV,” Merritt said. Growing up vacationing in Ocean City, Maryland, has always had a special place in his heart, furthering his love for “Wedding Crashers,” an “Animal House”-esque comedy.

The plot goes like this: two bachelor best friends weasel their way into weddings to pick up women but end up falling in love with the daughters of a powerful politician.

There are “rules” to crashing weddings that are repeated throughout the film, most importantly don’t leave your buddy, or “fellow crasher” behind. Wilson and Vaughn play John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, friends and divorce attorneys who grow in their friendship as their romantic relationships mature.

Along with a memorable cameo by Will Ferrell, Dobkin cast a young Rachel McAdams and Bradley Cooper for supporting roles early in their careers. McAdams is Claire, Wilson’s love interest and the daughter of Treasury Secretary Cleary, starring Christopher Walken. Cooper plays the role of “Sack Lodge” — the intense, pastel-color, polo-wearing fiance of McAdams — with expert hilarity.

The movie has a plethora of quotable lines and was aired religiously on weekend cable TV, turning comedy quirks into cult rituals.

Although the majority of the movie takes place in St. Michael’s, the Schooner Woodwind II made it a celebration of Annapolis, too.

In the movie, it’s Walken’s personal sailboat that Wilson is clueless to crew. During filming, Captain Jennifer Kaye, the real owner of the sailboat, laid on her back vertically from a large steering wheel with Walken at its helm. She placed a compass on her chest and steered the boat from the ground so Walken wouldn’t get distracted and mess up his lines.

The Woodwind is on full display in a scene that lasts three minutes and took four days to shoot, including aerial shots from a helicopter. As the movie’s 15th anniversary was approaching, it was a milestone Kaye’s family-run cruise company couldn’t afford to pass up.

In its 28 years of existence, Kaye’s sailboat cruise company — like all seasonal businesses hit especially hard by the coronavirus shutdown — has never faced a financial loss similar to the one the pandemic caused. During a normal season, around 60% of profits come from public tickets purchased by tourists and locals while the other 40% are private, corporate events that have plummeted this year.

Sails aboard the Schooner Woodwind II are typically packed with up to 48 people for an entertaining cruise, whether that’s guests sitting “cheek to cheek” getting to know one another, enjoying a beer tasting, listening to historical tours or even hearing live music on the boat, Kaye said.

But the pandemic resulted in a late start to the cruise season that opened with one restriction — customers must social distance.

“We saw the writing on the wall about being 6 feet apart,” Kaye said. So, she designed a layout to fit 22 guests in six designated “zones” on the boat for cruises that run four times a day, seven days a week.

Kaye looks to be creative with themed events to attract guests, including getting people together around a commonly enjoyed movie. Will Hart, who was supposed to be on a family vacation in Nashville on Wednesday, if not for the coronavirus, was in town on a short stay to visit friends in Annapolis. In a zone for four people, Hart said he was enjoying a relaxing day on the water.

At the front of the sailboat in a zone for two, state Sen. Stephen Hershey, an Eastern Shore Republican, drank a “Wedding Crashers”-themed IPA called “Crab Cakes and Football” by Devil’s Backbone Brewing Company. Hershey declined to comment about his trip.

As the wind guided the boat’s massive sails along the Chesapeake Bay, Wednesday’s cruise was a nice reminder of life’s pleasures during a time when common summer activities like crab feasts and oyster bars are enjoyed not in close company, but removed at a distance.

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LOA: 74′ Length on deck: 61.5′ Beam: 16′ Draft: 7′ Displacement: 52,000 lbs Designer: John Scarano Construction: West System, with fiberglass exterior, port orford cedar laminated frames, and strip planks, Alaskan cedar beams, and Douglas fir deck and sole. Year Built: 1998

“Woodwind II” was selected to be the sailing yacht of Christopher Walken’s character in the movie, “The Wedding Crashers”. The filming took place in Oxford, Cambridge, St. Michaels and on the Choptank and Miles Rivers. New Line Cinemas booked the boat for 9 days to film the scenes for the movie starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Walken. The name of the boat was kept the same for the movie.

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Annapolis schooner celebrates 10-year anniversary of ‘Wedding Crashers’

Ten years ago this week, “Wedding Crashers,” a popular romantic comedy starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken and Rachel McAdams, hit movie theater marquees.

For one particular Annapolis cruise company, that makes for a special occasion.

During seven days in the summer of 2004, filmmakers rented the Woodwind II , a 74-foot wooden schooner, to shoot scenes that would become some of the film’s most memorable. Jennifer Kaye, who captained the sailboat during the shoot, will reprise her off-screen steering role on Sunday when the sailboat celebrates the milestone with a special themed brunch cruise.

In “Wedding Crashers,” Wilson and Vaughn’s characters, John and Jeremy, show up uninvited at weddings as a sport to eat free food, party and seduce women. But things change for the partners in crime when John falls in love with a bride’s sister, Claire (Rachel McAdams), who is the daughter of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary, played by Christopher Walken.

John convinces Jeremy to tag along to an after-party at the Cleary family residence so he can spend more time with Claire.

The Woodwind II , ordinarily a sightseeing vessel for tourists, became Secretary Cleary’s luxury yacht.

Experienced sailors likely got a chuckle from those schooner scenes.

Claire: Are you OK?

John: Yeah, I’m just swinging the jib for your dad, starboard.

Claire: But starboard’s this way.

John: That’s right. What am I thinking? I’m used to sailing Down Under with the K iwis, so everything’s backward. Even the toilets, when you flush them, the water spins the opposite way. Really freaks you out the first time you see it.

But as the movie’s fans know, Rule No. 5 of wedding crashing is you’re an idiot.

Kaye, who believes she’s seen the movie a hundred times since its release, said the movie has done magical things for the business. TripAdvisor.com reviews often gush about the beautiful boat and its involvement in the movie.

“I don’t know if they’re seeking us out because it was in the movie, but I know that when they put two and two together … they get very excited,” she said. “I almost want to say it’s like credibility because it gives everybody a real clear picture of the boat.”

She’s had countless conversations that go something like this:

“We’re the sailboat in ‘Wedding Crashers.'”

Oh, you mean you look like that?

“No, no. We’re really the boat.”

John Pisani, a publicist on the film project at the time, said the director and producers chose Woodwind II for its regal look. Originally, the filmmakers were scouting boats listed for sale. But a friend of Kaye’s who worked at Annapolis Yacht Co. encouraged them to check out the schooner because of its stunning lines and ample room to accommodate a cast and crew.

When the director boarded the sailboat, he was sold. He loved the mechanical lever system with its ratcheting noises. The equipment would give the actors things to do during the sailing scenes.

“He was like a kid in a candy store,” Kaye remembers. “He was spinning all of our winches.”

The onboard footage was shot near Cambridge and Oxford, and shots getting on and off docks occurred near Kent Island. While Walken appears to be at the wheel, Kaye is actually crouched underneath the actor doing the real work.

The crew’s only disappointment with the movie was a shot that didn’t make it into the final edit. Bradley Cooper’s character, Zach Lodge, was vomiting at the house. In the bathroom window, the audience would see the schooner fly past at 101/2 knots.

“That’s the fastest we’ve ever been sailing on film,” Kaye said. “But that just stayed on the cutting-room floor.”

The crew plans to share this and other stories from the making of “Wedding Crashers” during the Sunday cruise. Participants will pay $79 apiece for food and adult beverages. Here are some clues as to what’s on the menu:

“Yeah! Crab cakes and football: That’s what Maryland does!”

“Hey, mom! The meatloaf! We want it now!”

“These bacon-wrapped scallops? Phenomenal.”

And here’s another clue about the onboard entertainment:

“Whatever, make me a bicycle, clown!”

The two-hour cruise, which departs from Annapolis Marriott Hotel, will have room for up to 35 passengers, and guests are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite characters, whether that means wearing a Purple Heart pin or quail-hunting attire.

Remember rule No. 115: Never walk away from a crasher in a funny jacket.

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The Funniest 'Wedding Crashers' Quotes

In 2005, the best  Wedding Crashers  quotes showed this was a very different kind of comedy than what audiences usually got at the time. R-rated romps weren't exactly known for being box office gold, but  Wedding Crashers  found an audience and took it all the way to the bank. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn turned out to be quite the comedic duo. The film about two friends who crash weddings and end up falling for two bridesmaids is still an enjoyable watch to this day with plenty of hilarious and famous lines that are instantly quotable. But which one of these  Wedding Crashers  quotes is the best? You get to help decide with your votes.

Which funny  Wedding Crashers  lines are your favorites? With the likes of Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, and Isla Fisher on this list, you can be certain you'll crack a smile as you vote on these quotes. 

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The Meat Loaf

Chazz Reinhold: Mom! The meat loaf! F*ck!

In The Trenches Taking Grenades

Jeremy Grey: I hope you flip your bike over and knock your two front teeth out! You selfish son of a b*tch! You leave me in the trenches taking grenades, John!

I'd Find You

Gloria Cleary: My father warned me about people like you Jeremy, I'm just another notch on your belt.

Jeremy Grey: What are you talking about? It's not like that.

Gloria Cleary:  Then what's it like Jeremy?

Jeremy Grey: No wait! I just feel very strongly that we're starting only to express ourselves in a physically sexual specifically way and I just want to play some catch-up on finding who's inside here.

Gloria Cleary: Jeremy, you're amazing.

Jeremy Grey: I think you're amazing

Gloria Cleary: Don't ever leave me.

Jeremy Grey: Ever.

Gloria Cleary: Good. Because I'd find you.

Jeremy Grey: Share that with the Dalai Lama, jacka**!

Stage Five Clinger

Jeremy Grey: I've been looking all over for you. I got to get outta here, pronto. I got a stage five clinger.

John Beckwith:  No, no, I need more time.

Jeremy Grey:  Did you hear what I just said to you. Stage five, virgin, clinger. Let's go I'm gonna start the car. I'm serious, let's go... I don't think you're appreciating the urgency here. Not only is she a virgin, she's totally off the reservation. I'm terrified of this broad.

Claire Cleary: True love is the soul's recognition of its counterpoint in another.

Janice: I've got the perfect girl for you!

Jeremy Grey:  Janice, I apologize to you if I don't seem real eager to jump into a forced awkward intimate situation that people like to call dating. I don't like the feeling. You're sitting there, you're wondering do I have food on my face, am I eating, am I talking too much, are they talking enough, am I interested, I'm not really interested, should I play like I'm interested but I'm not that interested but I think she might be interested but do I want to be interested but now she's not interested? So all of the sudden I'm getting, I'm starting to get interested... And when am I supposed to kiss her? Do I have to wait for the door cause then it's awkward, it's like well goodnight. Do you do like that a**-out hug? Where you like, you hug each other like this and your a** sticks out cause you're trying not to get too close or do you just go right in and kiss them on the lips or don't kiss them at all? It's very difficult trying to read the situation. And all the while you're just really wondering are we gonna get hopped up enough to make some bad decisions? Perhaps play a little game called "just the tip." Just for a second, just to see how it feels. Or, ouch, ouch you're on my hair.

Janice: Okay...

Jeremy Grey: Okay, can you, can you put that so he can't see it? Thank you. Hey, Janice... great talk.

William Cleary: Well, the guy wants to run for president, he thinks Moby Dick is a venereal disease.

Play Like A Champion

Jeremy Grey: How many times you gonna do this sh*t? Rule #32: You don't commit to a relative unless you're absolutely positive they have a pulse.

John Beckwith: Rule #16: Give me an up-to-date family tree. That was your mistake. You made me look like an idiot.

Jeremy Grey: Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!

Girls With Hats

John Beckwith: Don't waste your time on girls with hats. They tend to be very proper.

Jeremy Grey: Yeah? Well, the proper girl in the hat just eye-f*cked the sh*t out of me.

John Beckwith: Why don't you say it a little louder? I don't think the priest heard you.

I Call It "Celebration"

Todd Cleary: I made you a painting. I call it "Celebration." It's sexual and violent. I thought you might like it.

10 Percent Of Our Hearts

John Beckwith: You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts.

Rollin' a Fatty

Jeremy Grey: Does anyone know what this here is used for?

Little Boy: Rollin' a fatty?

Jeremy Grey: No... Not for... Where'd you learn that?

Kill Some Birds

Jeremy Grey: Wow. Mr. Environmental is also a hunter. That's got to be an interesting combination.

Sack Lodge: I hunt quail, Jeremy. They're overpopulated in this region and they're decimating the grubworm population. You got a f*cking problem with that?

Jeremy Grey: Not nearly as much as I do with the attire that you have on, or just your general point of view towards everybody. But let's go kill some birds. I'm psyched.

Call Me "Kitty Kat"

Kathleen Cleary: I just had my t*ts done. You like 'em?

John Beckwith:  Those... seem like lovely t*ts.

Kathleen Cleary: William doesn't give a sh*t about my t*ts.

John Beckwith: Well, darn him. But Mrs. Cleary, this is pretty sudden...

Kathleen Cleary: Oh, you been playing "Cat and Mouse" with me ever since you came here.

John Beckwith: Mrs. Cleary, I don't...

Kathleen Cleary: Call me Kat.

John Beckwith: Okay, Kat.

Kathleen Cleary: Call me "Kitty Kat".

John Beckwith: Okay, Kitty Kat. This feels borderline inappropriate.

Kathleen Cleary: Feel them.

John Beckwith: What?

Kathleen Cleary: I said feel them!

John Beckwith: Mrs. Cleary...

Kathleen Cleary: Kitty Kat.

John Beckwith: I'm sorry, Kitty Kat, are you out of your f*cking mind?

Kathleen Cleary: I'm not letting you out of this room until you feel them.

[John feels her boobs. Kathleen moans softly.]

John Beckwith: Wow, they feel really nice. Real orb-like. It's amazing what they can do...

[Kathleen shudders and puts her blouse back on.]

Kathleen Cleary: Pervert!

First Asian

Jeremy Grey: Completely different situation. She was a very, very family-oriented girl. And very into her grandmother.

John Beckwith: Yeah.

Jeremy Grey:  That was my first Asian!

The Painting Was a Gift

Todd Cleary: Jeremy tried to seduce me! I want my painting back!

Jeremy Grey: The painting was a gift, Todd. I'm taking it with me.

Her Boyfriend Just Died

Chazz Reinhold: Yeah, her boyfriend just died. Dude died in a hang-gliding accident! What an idiot! "Aaaahhh, I'm hang-gliding! Take a good picture, honey, I'm dead!"

Crabcakes and Football

Flip: Yeah! Crabcakes and Football. That's what Maryland does!

Faithful for Two of Them

John Beckwith: How long have you and the Secretary been married?

Kathleen Cleary: 30 years next April.

John Beckwith: That's beautiful.

Kathleen Cleary: Yeah. And we were faithful for two of them.

Touch Football

John Beckwith: What are you doing? It's a game of touch, every time I look over you're on your a** again.

Jeremy Grey: If I had an air in my lungs, I'd scream at you.

John  Beckwith:  Oh now you're going to blame me because you're not athletic enough to stay on your own two feet?

Jeremy Grey: I hate you.

Sorry I'm Late

John Beckwith: Sorry I'm late.

Jeremy Grey: No problem.

John Beckwith: I'm sorry I called you white trash.

Jeremy Grey: Apology accepted.

John Beckwith: And I'm sorry I called you hillbilly. I don't even know what that means.

Jeremy Grey: John, it's Okay. Do you mind if I get married now?

It's Not Halloween

John Beckwith:  It's the first quarter of the big game and you wanna toss up a hail Mary? I'd like to be pimps from Oakland or cowboys from Arizona but it's not Halloween. Grow up, Peter Pan! Count Chocula! Look, we've been to a million weddings and you know what? We've rocked them all.

Go Comatose

Mr. Kroeger: That's it! Go comatose for me, baby.

Love Doesn't Exist

John Beckwith: [To children] Love doesn't exist, that's what I'm trying to tell you guys. And I'm not picking on love, 'cause I don't think friendship exists either.

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• Will Ferrell's iconic cameo as Chazz Reinhold in Wedding Crashers was a last-minute addition that almost didn't happen.
• Test audiences went wild for Ferrell's surprise appearance, laughing hysterically before even knowing it was him.
• Director David Dobkin had to beg the studio not to include Ferrell's cameo in the marketing to maintain the element of surprise.

Will Ferrell briefly appears in Wedding Crashers in one of the greatest comedy movie cameos ever, but his scene almost didn't happen. Wedding Crashers stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, two friends who make a game out of going uninvited to weddings to sleep with the single women there, lying about their backgrounds and histories — until they both accidentally fall in love. A hilarious and R-rated bromance, Wedding Crashers is filled with likable characters who the audience can't help but cheer for even through their less savory moments.

While this 2005 movie is outside the Adam McKay and Judd Apatow universes which dominated comedy in the early 2000s to mid-2010s, even Wedding Crashers can't escape the inexorable pull of inserting one of the greatest comedy leading men in the story, even for a cameo, in the form of Will Ferrell. Ferrell was the undisputed king of comedy in the 2000s and 2010s , and he helmed the resurgence of R-rated comedies with Old School , Semi-Pro , and Step Brothers to name a few, and yet his appearance in Wedding Crashers almost didn't happen.

Throughout his career, Will Ferrell has played characters ranging from lovable goofballs like Buddy the Elf to loudmouthed jerks like Ron Burgundy.

Will Ferrell's Chazz Reinhold Wasn't In The Original Wedding Crashers Script

Owen wilson and the director wanted to add another funny scene at the end.

Originally, Will Ferrell and his character Chazz Reinhold weren't in the script. Chazz is the mysterious man who taught Jeremy the art of wedding crashing and towards the end of the film, John goes to see him. The Owen Wilson character is less than impressed by the middle-aged man swinging nunchucks, watching cartoons, and yelling at his mother (whom he lives with) to bring meatloaf. Chazz has even managed to outdo his own sliminess, now moving on to crashing funerals. " Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac ," he sagely tells John. Every single line out of Ferrell's mouth is hilarious.

It's a welcome surprise as Ferrell's appearance was not even hinted at in the film, and he creates incredible energy just as the story is winding down, but it almost didn't happen.

It's a welcome surprise as Ferrell's appearance was not even hinted at in the film, and he creates incredible energy just as the story is winding down, but it almost didn't happen. Director David Dobkin told EW ,

"This scene wasn’t in the movie, and there was a moment when Owen was like, 'Wouldn’t it be funny if we crashed funerals?'... and then later when I was looking for an all is lost moment I said, 'Owen, what if you go see Chazz? You mention this guy Chazz and we never see him in the movie. What if you wanted to go see this guy to get some advice and he was crashing funerals? And you think all of this sounds really dark and you’re really at your bottom, but when you go with him and you’re at the funeral, it feels all wrong and you realize you should be by your friend’s side.' And so Owen kind [sic] went and wrote that scene."

Dobkin, Wilson, and Vaughn all wanted Ferrell for the role , who starred opposite Wilson in Zoolander and Vaughn in Old School . When Dobkin finally got him on set, he had only one day to film, and his direction consisted primarily of telling Ferrell to push it further,

"I remember it was midnight the night before and we were still trying to nail Will down. He got in in the morning, he read it, and he came out with his kimono on and the nunchucks, which was Owen's idea that he have those around his neck. [Will] was like, 'You want me to wear this?!' He was very laid back in the first take and I remember looking at him and I just said, 'I think he’s a little crazier.' [Laughs] Which is bad direction by the way. He was like, 'Oh, I know what you mean,' and he did it again, and I was like, 'Maybe more?' I mean, I really believe that I directed him by just saying 'more' until he had that fifth take and that is the whole take that is in the movie. It was one of those things that you shoot and you’re like, 'Is this really going to work?' It's a pretty weird sequence."

It is a pretty weird sequence, but it's also one of the funniest cameos in a comedy movie.

Test Audiences Went Wild For Ferrell's Wedding Crashers Cameo — Before They Even Knew It Was Him

Dobkin had to beg the studio to hide the cameo in the marketing.

The first test screening let Dobkin know that his strange Will Ferrell sequence was a winner. When they showed the film, Dobkin said,

"The craziest thing happened, which is that when Will comes walking down those steps as Chazz, you cannot see him, and there is an audible reaction of people starting to laugh and have this reaction to the character before you even see that it’s Will. I can never explain it, and I remember showing it to Owen later and being like,' 'How do they know? What is it that they think is about to happen here?' I always wondered what it was the audience thought was coming down those steps, because the energy in the theater was just so crazy. And I think at that point of the movie you’ve had so much fun, it’s such a great ride that you’re just not expecting one more thing."

There is something ominous about the way Chazz is hidden in the shadows before he reveals himself and the camera pan over to him is jarring, but at the same time, he's clearly wearing a shiny bathrobe, so there's a juxtaposition of menace and absurdity that an audience can't help but laugh at . After the warm reception, Dobkin knew what he had on his hands and had to beg the studio not to use Ferrell's (uncredited) cameo in the marketing of the film.

The late Arizona Senator John McCain and CNN contributor James Carville also made cameos in Wedding Crashers as friends of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary (Christopher Walken).

Dobkin said about the surprise reveal,

"Every first trailer that they cut had him in it, and I was like, 'Guys, you can’t do that, you’re ruining the joy of a reveal. Yeah, you need to sell the movie but you’ve also got to leave an experience for people and something for them to discover. We asked all of the reviewers, 'Please don’t ever say that he’s in the movie,' and there was so much love for the film that no one leaked it. It was such a lovely thing."

Maintaining the surprise appearance of Will Ferrell does make his incredible cameo work even better. Wedding Crashers is filled with memorable and hilarious moments and saving a literal surprise reveal at the end for the best joke finishes the movie on a high note, ensuring the audience gets to the credits happy and laughing.

Wedding Crashers

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Wedding Crashers is a comedy film that follows John and Jeremy, two divorce mediators who seek hook-ups by crashing various weddings. The two find themselves at odds when, at one of the biggest wedding events of the year, John falls head over heels for a woman, threatening to break up their current way of life.

Sailing Season is Here. Join Us for a Sail!

Weddings, Rehearsal Dinners and More!

Schooner Woodwind & Woodwind II

Two identical 74-foot schooners that set sail daily from downtown, historic Annapolis.

Book a private charter for your wedding festivities. Or join us on a public sail for a pre-wedding celebration.

Small Weddings Aboard

Get married aboard the Woodwind with the gentle wind in your veil as you sail away into the sunset. Woodwind can accommodate up to 40 people comfortably for a small wedding aboard one boat. Add up to another 40 people, and charter both Woodwinds for a slightly bigger wedding or reception.

Have more than 80 people? Just invite your closest family and friends for your ceremony aboard and then have a larger reception somewhere else in downtown Annapolis after your sail.

Sailing on the Woodwind is a great way to show off Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay to your friends and family.

• Rehearsal Dinners
• After Wedding Brunches
• Bachelor/Bachelorette/Pre-Wedding Party Outings

After Wedding Brunches: Don’t want the fun of having friends and family around to end after the wedding? Invite them in the morning to go sailing in Annapolis for a terrific brunch with great food and morning cocktails.

Bachelor/Bachelorette/Pre-Wedding Party Outings : Before heading out for your late night event, relax and enjoy a fun sail. Watch your friends sail the boat, raise the sails or just relax while enjoying champagne & local microbrewed beer.

Join us on one of our public cruises. We sail up to four times daily. If you have a group of 18 or more, book a group sail with us, or book the entire boat for a private charter.

Thank you to all of the happy couples that have allowed us to use their images. We are proud to be the perfect venue for about six wedding ceremonies per year, and many receptions aboard.

 Call 410-263-1981, or email us to obtain a quote for your special event!