Fries with gravy, a cherry cola. Friendship, bragging rights...and 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®-nominated* script, Barry Levinson makes his directing debut with this endearing study of 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 during ritual grazings at a busy steel-and-vinyl hangout in 1959 Baltimore. Stars, laughs, interlocking stories: entertainment is the daily special in Diner. *1982: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

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Diner (1982)

Classic/Comedy · 1h 50m · 3/5/1982

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Description

Status

Released

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$14,100,000

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Source

Part Of

In 44 lists

Cast

Steve Guttenberg

Eddie

Daniel Stern

Shrevie

Mickey Rourke

Boogie

Kevin Bacon

Fenwick

Tim Daly

Billy (as Timothy Daly)

Ellen Barkin

Beth

Paul Reiser

Modell

Kathryn Dowling

Barbara

Michael Tucker

Bagel

Jessica James

Mrs. Simmons

Colette Blonigan

Carol Heathrow

Kelle Kipp

Diane

John Aquino

Tank

Richard Pierson

David Frazer

Claudia Cron

Jane Chisholm

Tait Ruppert

Methan

Tom Tammi

Howard (as Tom V.V. Tammi)

Pam Gail

First Stripper

Lauren Zaganas

Second Stripper

Sharon Ziman

Bride

Mark Margolis

Earl Mager

Ralph Tabakin

TV Customer

Frank Stoegerer

TV Director

Nat Benchley

Technical Director

Frank Hennessy

Audio Man

Marvin Hunter

Newscaster

Steve Smith

Announcer

Lee Case

Billy's Father

Clement Fowler

Eddie's Father

Howard Silverman

Clothing Hustler (as Howard 'Chip' Silverman)

Ted Bafaloukos

George

Barney Cohen

Knocko

Bruce Kluger

Guy at Pool Hall

Bruce Elliott

Soap Opera Man (as Bruce Elliot)

Carole Copeland

Soap Opera Woman

Aryeh Cooperstock

Rabbi

Brian Costantini

Drunk at Wedding

Lorraine D. Glick

Woman at Wedding

Florence Moody

Waitress (as Florence L. Moody)

Mary Lou Vukov

Waitress

Alan Kaplan

Bagel's Friend

Donald Saiontz

Bagel's Friend

Chief Gordon

Man in Jail

Beverly Sheehan

Beautician

Dusty Clare

Salon Woman

June Allyson

Jo (archive footage)

Sandra Dee

Molly Jorgenson (archive footage)

Troy Donahue

Johnny Hunter (archive footage)

Herb Levinson

The Emerson Black & White Console Televison Customer (uncredited)

Allen Ludden

Self - Moderator - General Electric College Bowl (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nicole Marshall

Wallflower in Opening Dance Scene (uncredited)

Todd Stockman

(uncredited)

Crew

Barry Levinson

Director

Barry Levinson

Writer

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Disc Releases

Diner

(DVD, Snapper)

4/4/1999

$7.76

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(Blu-ray, Keep Case (HD Slim, Low))

2/3/2015

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