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Diner is a 1982
1982 in film

for use in movie theaters.* Hugh Grant makes his film debut.*October 8th = Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out....
 comedy-drama
Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also called dramedy, dramatic comedy, or seriocomedy, is a style of television and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content....
 film written and directed by Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson is an Academy Award-winning United States screenwriter, film director, actor, and Film producer of film and television....
 which along with Avalon
Avalon (1990 film)

Avalon is an Academy Award-nominated feature film directed by Barry Levinson. It is a mostly autobiography story of a family of Eastern European Jewish immigration to the United States who settle in Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland, at the beginning of the 20th century....
, Tin Men
Tin Men

Tin Men is a 1987 comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and produced by Mark Johnson . It is part of Levinson's series of "Baltimore Films," set in his hometown during the 40's through the 60's....
, and Liberty Heights
Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights is a 1999 in film comedy-drama film by writer-director Barry Levinson. It is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s....
 constitutes his series of "Baltimore films". Diner is the first film Levinson directed. His screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
.

Set in Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
 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.






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Diner is a 1982
1982 in film

for use in movie theaters.* Hugh Grant makes his film debut.*October 8th = Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out....
 comedy-drama
Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also called dramedy, dramatic comedy, or seriocomedy, is a style of television and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content....
 film written and directed by Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson is an Academy Award-winning United States screenwriter, film director, actor, and Film producer of film and television....
 which along with Avalon
Avalon (1990 film)

Avalon is an Academy Award-nominated feature film directed by Barry Levinson. It is a mostly autobiography story of a family of Eastern European Jewish immigration to the United States who settle in Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland, at the beginning of the 20th century....
, Tin Men
Tin Men

Tin Men is a 1987 comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and produced by Mark Johnson . It is part of Levinson's series of "Baltimore Films," set in his hometown during the 40's through the 60's....
, and Liberty Heights
Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights is a 1999 in film comedy-drama film by writer-director Barry Levinson. It is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s....
 constitutes his series of "Baltimore films". Diner is the first film Levinson directed. His screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
.

Set in Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
 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 title refers to the Fells Point Diner, the group's regular late-night hangout. 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.

The film inspired a television pilot that aired on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 in 1983 written and directed by Levinson. Mike Binder
Mike Binder

Mike Binder is an award-winning American screenwriter, film director and actor.A native of Detroit, Mike Binder grew up in Birmingham, Michigan, one of the city's suburbs, and attended Camp Tamakwa, which formed the basis for his 1993 film Indian Summer ....
 starred as Eddie, Paul Reiser
Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser is an United States stand-up comedian, actor, author and writer....
 returned as Modell, Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen

Michael Soren Madsen is an American actor, poet, and photographer. He is particularly well known for his "tough guy" image on screen....
 took over as Boogie and James Spader
James Spader

James Todd Spader is a three time Emmy Award-winning and Satellite Award-winning American actor. He is perhaps best known for his eccentric roles in film such as Pretty in Pink; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Crash ; Stargate ; and Secretary ; as well as his portrayal of the colorful attorney Alan Shore on the television serie...
 was Fenwick.

Cast

  • Steve Guttenberg
    Steve Guttenberg

    Steven Robert "Steve" Guttenberg is an United States actor and comedian. He became known during the 1980s, after a series of starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Cocoon , Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy , and Short Circuit....
     as Edward "Eddie" Simmons
  • Daniel Stern
    Daniel Stern (actor)

    Daniel Jacob Stern is an United States actor of film and television. He is known for his roles in the Hollywood films C.H.U.D., City Slickers and the first two Home Alone films, and as the narrator for the television series The Wonder Years....
     as Laurence "Shrevie" Schreiber
  • Mickey Rourke
    Mickey Rourke

    Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. is an United States actor who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and Thriller films....
     as Robert "Boogie" Sheftell
  • Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Bacon

    Kevin Norwood Bacon is an United States film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, A Few Good Men , Stir of Echoes, Queens Logic, Wild Things, JFK , Murder in the First, Apollo 13 , Mystic River, The Woodsman, Footloose, Friday the 13th , Diner , and Balto ....
     as Timothy Fenwick, Jr.
  • Timothy Daly
    Timothy Daly

    Timothy "Tim" Daly is an Emmy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award nominated United States stage, screen and voice actor, director and producer....
     as William "Billy" Howard
  • Ellen Barkin
    Ellen Barkin

    Ellen Rona Barkin is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated United States actress....
     as Beth Schreiber
  • Paul Reiser
    Paul Reiser

    Paul Reiser is an United States stand-up comedian, actor, author and writer....
     as Modell
  • Kathryn Dowling as Barbara
  • Michael Tucker
    Michael Tucker (actor)

    Michael Tucker is an United States actor, most widely known for his role in L.A. Law, a portrayal for which he received Emmy nominations three years in a row....
     as Bagel
  • Jessica James as Mrs. Simmons


Reception

American Film Institute
American Film Institute

The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B....
 recognition
  • 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs
    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs

    Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 comedy movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 14, 2000....
     #57


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