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Diner (1982)

Director: Barry Levinson  Starring: Kevin Bacon  Ellen Barkin  Steve Guttenberg  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Warner
Format: DVD
UPC: 00012569507722
Buy.com Sku: 40131820
Item#: VK97SL
Buy.com Sales Rank: 27473
Category Keywords: Character Study  Christmas  Classic  Comedy  Coming Of Age  Drama  Essential Cinema  Friends  Nostalgic  Recommended  Theatrical Release 
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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Behind the Scenes Footage, Documentary, Original, Trailers
 
Fries with gravy, a cherry cola. Friendship, bragging rightsand does Sinatra or Mathis croon the best makeout music? Before there was the counterculture of the 60s, there was the counter culture.

From his Oscar-script, Barry Levinson makes his directing debut with this endearing slice of life about pals in transition. Film-debuting Ellen Barkin plays a neglected wife. Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly and Paul Reiser-chosen from over 600 hopefuls-play the up-all-night buddies who work out the remnants of adolescence and briefly put the future on hold during ritual grazings at a busy steel-and-vinyl diner in 1959 Baltimore.

Stars, laughs, poignancy, interlocking stories (including a marriage thats off if the bride doesnt pass a tough exam on pro football) entertainment is the daily special in Diner.
 
"...made with care and affection..."  Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"A banquet of fast food and funny talk."  Richard Corliss, Time Magazine

 


Editor's Note

Barry Levinson's (TIN MEN, AVALON) directorial debut chronicles the relationships between a group of friends living in Baltimore in 1959. The uniting factor for this group is their fear of growing up. They spend hour after hour in the local greasy-spoon diner, joking, boasting, bragging, and ultimately escaping reality. Ladies' man Boogie (Mickey Rourke), a hairdresser by day and law student by night, is also in over his head with the local bookie. Momma's boy Eddie (Steve Guttenberg) is about to get married--but only if his fiance passes a football trivia test. Shrevie (Daniel Stern) is married to Beth (Ellen Barkin) but is more comfortable hanging out with his friends and organizing his record collection. Graduate student Billy (Timothy Daly) is trying to sort out his own love life. And Fenwick (Kevin Bacon) is a poor little rich boy with a warped sense of humor and no direction. Paul Reiser rounds out the group as the nagging but funny Modell.


Plot Summary

A group of buddies hangs out in their neighborhood diner, whiling away the time joshing, bragging, and whining. But beneath the jokes runs a current of fear and disappointment over adulthood.

 

Features
Widescreen Version
French Version
English Subtitles
French Subtitles
Theatrical Trailers
Scene Access
English Version
Behind-The-Scenes Documentary
All-New Introduction with Barry Levinson And The Film's Stars
Interactive Menus
 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Warner
Release Date: 2/3/2004
Running Time: 110 minutes
Original Release Date: 1982
Catalog ID: 65077
UPC: 00012569507722
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed
Available Subtitles: English, French
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Daniel Stern
Ellen Barkin
Kevin Bacon
Mickey Rourke
Paul Reiser
Steve Guttenberg
Tim Daly
Barry Levinson - Director
Peter Sova - Director of Photography
Bruce Brody - Musical Score
Ivan Kral - Musical Score
Jerry Weintraub - Producer
Barry Levinson - Writer

 
Awards

Oscar (1983)
   Barry Levinson, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen

 
Memorable Quotes
"Who cares about what's on the flip side of the record?"----Beth (Ellen Barkin)|"I do!"----Shrevie (Daniel Stern)


 
Professional Reviews
Variety
"...[The actors are] terrific as the friends. Each etches out their individual predicament with wonderful subtlety..." 03/02/1982

New York Times
"Movies like DINER -- fresh, well-acted and energetic American movies by new directors with the courage of their convictions -- are an endangered species....The sort of small, honest, entertaining movie that should never go out of style..." 04/02/1982 p.C36

Uncut
5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t begins by lampooning masculine insecurity and bravado, and ends up by making sincere grown-up statements about them. A smart-mouthed but tender classic." 05/01/2006 p.150

Find-A-Video 8 of 10
Levinson has created one of the most charming and humorous documentations of the often awkward transition from youth to adulthood. Impeccable ensemble acting...
 

 
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