Diner (film)
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| Diner | |
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 Cover of Diner DVD |
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| Directed by | Barry Levinson |
| Produced by | Jerry Weintraub |
| Written by | Barry Levinson |
| Starring | Steve Guttenberg Daniel Stern Mickey Rourke Kevin Bacon Timothy Daly Ellen Barkin Paul Reiser |
| Music by | Bruce Brody Ivan Kral |
| Cinematography | Peter Sova |
| Editing by | Stu Linder |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | March 5, 1982 (USA) |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$5,000,000 (est.) |
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Diner (1982) is a film written and directed by Barry Levinson which along with Avalon, Tin Men, and Liberty Heights constitutes his series of "Baltimore films." Diner is the first film Levinson directed. His screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award.
Set in Baltimore in 1959, Diner tells of the story of a group of male, high school friends, now in their twenties, who reunite for the wedding of one of their group. The semi-autobiographical film explores the changing relationships among these friends as they become adults through what is mostly a series of vignettes rather than a traditional narrative. Much of the film is unscripted, Levinson preferring to use ad libbing to capture naturalistic camaraderie on the screen.
[edit] Cast
- Steve Guttenberg as Eddie Simmons
- Daniel Stern as Laurence "Shrevie" Shreiber
- Mickey Rourke as Robert "Boogie" Sheftell
- Kevin Bacon as Timothy Fenwick, Jr.
- Timothy Daly as Billy Howard
- Ellen Barkin as Beth
- Paul Reiser as Modell
- Michael Tucker as Bagel
- Kathryn Dowling as Barbara
[edit] See also
[edit] Reference
- Diner at the Internet Movie Database
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