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My Dinner with Andre (1981)
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11 October 1981 (USA)
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Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant...
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2 wins
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(23 articles)
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Inside New 'Avatar' Footage: Beasts, Hometree And Sigourney Weaver
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CriterionCast – Episode 047 – Louis Malle’s My Dinner With Andre – Special Guest: Jeff Cannata
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Inside New 'Avatar' Footage: Beasts, Hometree And Sigourney Weaver
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CriterionCast – Episode 047 – Louis Malle’s My Dinner With Andre – Special Guest: Jeff Cannata
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A mighty interesting dinner
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Wallace Shawn | ... | Wally Shawn | |
| Andre Gregory | ... | Andre Gregory | |
| Jean Lenauer | ... | Waiter | |
| Roy Butler | ... | Bartender |
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The low-budget flick was shot in an abandoned hotel in Virginia - in the winter. "Since we didn't have the money to heat the hotel, (producer Beverly Karp) brought me a bit of cognac from time to time," recalls a co-producer. The crew kept warm by wearing ski clothes; the actors just had to act warm, aided by the lights and long underwear.See more »
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Continuity: The amount of wine in Wallace Shawn's glass varies in a manner not consistent with his drinking from it (or having it refilled).See more »
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Wally:The life of a playwright is tough. It's not easy as some people seem to think. You work hard writing plays and nobody puts them on. You take up other lines of work to make a living - I became an actor - and people don't hire you. So you just spend your days doing the errands of your trade.
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Wally:The life of a playwright is tough. It's not easy as some people seem to think. You work hard writing plays and nobody puts them on. You take up other lines of work to make a living - I became an actor - and people don't hire you. So you just spend your days doing the errands of your trade.
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Referenced in "Cheers: Friends, Romans, and Accountants (#1.7)" (1982)See more »
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Gymnopedie 1See more »
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Wally Shawn is about to meet a friend he has avoided for several years, Andre Gregory. He has apparently gone mad. The interesting thing is that Shawn and Gregory plays himself, they themselves wrote the script and what they say are supposedly parts of conversations they have actually had over the years.
With this in mind you should already know that you are about to encounter something out of the ordinary.
If you take away the journey to and from the restaurant, which can't have taken up more than a few minutes, all the action takes place around a table. The title says it all. This is Wally dinner with Others. The excitement lies in the words coming out of their mouths, and fortunately their conversation is extremely interesting.
At the beginning it seems like Andre is a maniac, just some crazy person babbling on about nonsense. However, at some point things are starting to make more and more sense. Threads are merged and a serious and highly relevant discussion about life and the roles we play occurs.
The film was never boring and most of what comes up is something to think about. You get this strange "tell me more" feeling, which so few other movies do, or even try to achieve. A very special film I would most warmly recommend.