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Diner (1982) 7.2
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7.2/10 from 14,276 users
Metascore: 86/100
Reviews: 87 user | 42 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore. Director:Barry LevinsonWriter:Barry Levinson |
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Cast
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Mrs. Simmons
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Carol Heathrow
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Diane
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Tank
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David Frazer
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Claudia Cron | ... |
Jane Chisholm
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Early twenty-something Baltimoreans Eddie, Shrevie, Boogie, Billy, Fenwick and Modell have been friends since they were kids, where the center of their lives has been and still is the Fells Point Diner. It's the last week of 1959. Baltimore Colts fanatic Eddie is scheduled to get married to Elyse on New Year's Eve, but may call off the wedding if Elyse doesn't pass his Colts quiz which he will hold two days before the scheduled wedding. Inexperienced Eddie turns to the only other married one among the bunch, electronics salesman and music aficionado Shrevie, for advice, he who may not be the best person from who to ask advice on marriage since he doesn't yet realize that he probably got married to his wife Beth for the wrong reasons. Indeed, Beth, who has lost her sense of identity, is unhappy in their marriage, and contemplates having an affair with someone who provides what she believes is a sympathetic shoulder. Hairdresser and law school student Boogie is the player of the bunch, ... Written by Huggo
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 March 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
American Diner See more »Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$14,100,000 (USA)Company Credits
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MonoColor:
Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Written by Charles Underwood
Performed by Warren Smith
Courtesy of Sunn International Corp.
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Trivia
Actor Ralph Tabakin appeared in every Barry Levinson film starting with this movie right up to Liberty Heights (1999). See more »Goofs
In the wedding scene at the end, which is New Year's eve 1959-60, the bass player in the band is playing a black Fender Jazz Bass. The Fender Jazz Bass was not produced until later in 1960, and was not available in the black color shown in the movie and formally named the "Jazz Bass" until 1962. See more »Crazy Credits
The end credits run as we hear another diner conversation between the guys. See more »Soundtracks
Ubangi StompWritten by Charles Underwood
Performed by Warren Smith
Courtesy of Sunn International Corp.
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Levinson's, and IMO, many of the actors' best work. Polished dialog that never gets old with repeated viewing. The characters in this film remain permanently blazed in my memory, and the lines are worthy of memorization, as one of the minor characters in the film spouts lines from "Sweet Smell of Success." Brilliant cast at their peak. No matter what each of these actors did later, they, and I, will always have Diner.
The music, cars, clothes of the 50s never seemed more poignantly bittersweet and dreamlike to me, although I did not live through that period. Everyone should see this film. An all time classic, in my book.
All this and zero degrees of Kevin Bacon to boot!