Diner (Blu-ray) R
Suddenly, life was more than French fries, gravy, and girls.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 3, 2015
- Originally Released: 1982
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin & Paul Reiser | |
Performer: | Michael Tucker | |
Directed by | Barry Levinson | |
Edited by | Stu Linder | |
Screenwriting by | Barry Levinson | |
Cinematography by | Peter Sova | |
Produced by | Jerry Weintraub | |
Executive Production by | Mark Johnson |
Entertainment Reviews:
With so much going for it, then, why doesn't 'Diner' emerge as a major statement? Mostly because of the recurring weakness of its screenplay.
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Christian Science Monitor
Rating: 76/100 --
The male quintet of friends is amusingly lampooned in Levinson's clever and cutting script, a refreshingly honest depiction of an era often bathed in sepia-toned nostalgia.
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Cinemania
Diner is a funny, affectionate film... If you're over 30, you may be surprised to remember what a drab era it was and hopeful that men will never again be as dense.
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Sojourner
All the performances are remarkable. Rourke won't stay unknown for long. But the ultimate triumph is Levinson's. He captures both the surface and the soul of an era with candor and precision.
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People Magazine
Rating: 4/5 --
This gentle, warm-hearted comedy drama about a group of young men in 1950s Baltimore was director Barry Levinson's debut feature and it remains among his finest work.
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Radio Times
Though nothing much happens this is a skilfully written comedy-drama that plays close attention to character and boasts fine performances by a quality cast.
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Film4
...[The actors are] terrific as the friends. Each etches out their individual predicament with wonderful subtlety...
Variety
Product Description:
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 fiancée 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.