I know this isn’t really a wedding themed movie, but there have been thousands – and possibly millions - of weddings that have been inspired by it. I know I was.

If you’ve ever seen the movie, then you know that many father-daughter/mother-son dances have been set to Sunrise Sunset. It’s a very touching song and really appropriate for a wedding – especially parent dances.

For our wedding, I started dancing to Sunrise Sunset with my dad, and halfway thru Dave and his mom joined in. The song is appropriate for both, and we only danced to the one song, so our guests weren’t sitting down for more than a few minutes. I find that after the first few seconds of watching the parent dances the guests lose interest.

Anyway, since we’re on the topic of cultural traditions I thought this movie was appropriate for our Reel to Real series. And speaking of cultural traditions, another Jewish custom is to get married under a chuppah or wedding canopy. Some couples will have their florist create one, while others will make one from a tallis (prayer shawl).

Josey, the iVillage Love Senior Editor learned at the last minute that her chuppah had fallen through. So she and her groom decided to build one themselves. At first they were overwhelmed, but after some thought, they realized they loved the symbolism. Chuppahs symbolize the “home” the couple is building together—and, the week before their wedding, they literally built it! But first they had to figure out what supplies they would need and where to get them. Too bad Khris Cochran’s book, The DIY Bride, hadn’t come out yet.

In addition to the dozens of creative DIY projects in her book, Khris has an easy and very affordable project to create your own wedding canopy. I’ll tell you more about The DIY Bride book next week. But if you want, you can check out Khris’ site DIYBride.com to learn more.

Tomorrow’s the last day in the wedding flick series. Before I pick the movie to write about, do you have a favorite wedding film you think I should know about?