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Diner
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Diner is a 1982 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Barry Levinson. The movie features Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, and Kevin Bacon in the cast. Jerry Weintraub produced the film, which was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix. It was filmed in Baltimore, where the narrative is also set. The production cost five million dollars, and the film has a runtime of 110 minutes.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It holds review scores of 93%, 8.4 out of 10, and 82 out of 100. The tagline describes the story as suddenly making life more than French fries, gravy, and girls. Keywords associated with the plot include new year's eve, gambling debt, and a fake accident. Ivan Král composed the score, and Stu Linder served as the film editor.
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6.8Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
Cast
- Steve Guttenberg as Edward 'Eddie' Simmons
- Daniel Stern as Laurence 'Shrevie' Schreiber
- Mickey Rourke as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
- Kevin Bacon as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
- Tim Daly as William 'Billy' Howard
- Ellen Barkin as Beth Schreiber
Themes
- new year's eve
- gambling debt
- baltimore, usa
- diner
- fake accident
- twenty something
- 1950s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Screenwriter
- Barry Levinson
- Composer
- Ivan Král
- Producer
- Jerry Weintraub
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Narrative location
- Baltimore
- Filming location
- Baltimore
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 405345
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1990-09-06
- film editor
- Stu Linder
- title
- Diner
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 5000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 82/100
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