- Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern, Tim Daly
- Directors: Barry Levinson
- Writers: Barry Levinson
- Producers: Jerry Weintraub, Mark Johnson
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English, French
- Subtitles: French, English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Release Date: April 18 2000
- Run Time: 110 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004RE27
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Additional Features
This version includes an all-new introduction by writer-director Barry Levinson and a new documentary with Levinson and the film's stars.
Amazon.com Essential Video
Barry Levinson's debut film as a writer-director nearly got lost in the shuffle before New York critics rescued it from oblivion. Set in his native Baltimore in 1959, it focuses on a group of pals coping with life post high school. Each of them has problems with women, it seems, whether it's Steve Guttenberg (as a guy about to get married who forces his fiancée to pass a test about the Baltimore Colts), Mickey Rourke (as the womanizing hairdresser with a gambling problem), or Daniel Stern (as the married one who makes his wife miserable with his carefully cataloged record collection). The only time these guys seem like they have it together is when they gather at the diner to sling the bull. The cast includes Ellen Barkin, Timothy Daly, Paul Reiser, and Kevin Bacon--each in a breakthrough role. --Marshall Fine
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5.0 out of 5 stars
DÎNER ... VIENS-TU DÎNER ?,
This review is from: Diner (Widescreen) (DVD)
UN VRAI FILM HUMAIN CE PASSANT DANS LES ANNÉES 50 , OU ON PEUT VOIR DES COMÉDIENS QUI ONT FAIT UN BON BOUT DE CHEMIN DEPUIS CE TEMPS LÀ ... MOI ÇA ME FAIT RAPPELÉ IL Y A PLUSIEURS ANNÉES EN ARRIÈRE ... ON SE RETROUVAIT LE PLUS SOUVENT 5 DANS UN RESTO À PRENDRE NOTRE CAFÉ ET LE FILM , ME FAIT REPENSÉ À ÇA , LES BON MOMENTS DE MA VIE.
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Are you going to eat that?",
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This review is from: Diner (Widescreen) (DVD)
The first time I saw this film was as a teenager with my mother. Kids, learn from my mistake--DO NOT watch this film with your parents. I still have nightmares about the "Popcorn Scene."I decided to watch Diner again recently, since I had little recollection of it. Given all of its critical acclaim and somewhat cult-status, I'd say I felt just a little let down. Really, I do mean a little: I think part of the reason for all of the accolades is that the film's "free-form" style was somewhat groundbreaking in 1982. It has been done better several times since then. Overall, I'd say this is a solid, entertaining film. Great? Nah.
5.0 out of 5 stars
As delicious as fries with brown gravy,
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This review is from: Diner (VHS Tape)
DINER has been receiving a lot of unkind remarks in recent years, and much of it is undeserved. Time is really what has been unkind. In 1982, after years of hippie doldrums, disco ho-hum, and punk self-destruction, Barry Levinson reached back to a different era which seemed like a simpler one. But he did so without a nostalgic eye. He presented five young men at a point in life when hard decisions have to be made. To compound this, each of the five young men are facing critical issues at this critical time. (Notice I say five men, not six. Modell [Paul Reiser] doesn't have a plot line. He's there for comic effect mostly.) Boogie (Micky Rourke), his gambling problems aside, struggles to keep his dreams but must learn to accept the responsibilities of life. The intellectual but alcohol-plagued Fenwick (Kevin Bacon) must face-down his crusty, aloof family once and for all. Shreevie (Daniel Stern) must learn to translate his love for love songs for love for his wife before his marriage completely evaporates. Mama's boy (with a twisted mama), Eddie, (Steve Guttenburg) who has no real excuse for treating his fiancee so badly, is the most desperate in need of growing up. To me, Billy (Timothy Daly) has the most poignant of all problems. He's willing to face up to his responsibility; he's willing to do the right thing. In one scene, where he decks the last opposing player of a baseball team that had ganged up on him, he essentially has put his boyhood behind him. What's standing in his way is the woman carrying his child but won't marry him. (She has good reason, by the way, for being reluctant.) But comedy is watching other people struggle with their problems, after all. To me, the more believeable the problems (and they are believeable) the more effective the comedy. Levinson squeezes so much humor out of these characters, and the actors deliver beautifully. The ease with which the cast interacts makes the viewer wonder whether they had been friends for years before making this film. Unlike other comedies of the early 80s--the infamous one-liners strung together--DINER's tangle of plot lines grows logically; it progresses as a result of the characters, not the situation. And while the film ends, according to true comic convention, with a wedding, it is the only traditional aspect of the film. It was truly unique for its time. And perhaps the time will come again when people will appreciate the value of this movie.
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