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Diner (1982)

 -  Comedy | Drama  -  5 March 1982 (USA)
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A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.

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William 'Billy' Howard (as Timothy Daly)
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Mrs. Simmons
Colette Blonigan ...
Carol Heathrow
Kelle Kipp ...
Diane
John Aquino ...
Tank
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David Frazer
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Jane Chisholm
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Storyline

5 guys in their 20's spend most of their time hanging out in a Diner. It's Christmas time in 1959, and the guys all begin to think it's about time they went about their lives without the comfort of the 'diner'. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

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What they wanted most wasn't on the menu. See more »

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Comedy | Drama

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5 March 1982 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

A cena con gli amici  »

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$5,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$14,100,000 (USA)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Michael Tucker, who plays "Bagel", was born and raised in Baltimore and talks in his native accent in the film. See more »

Goofs

The movie ends 1st January 1960, however at some point before that we hear "Beyond the sea" by Bobby Darin. The song wasn't released until later in 1960. See more »

Quotes

Modell: This is why you are so nervous all the time. You have like chunks of roast beef in your heart!
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Crazy Credits

The end credits run as we hear another diner conversation between the guys. See more »

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Referenced in The Making of 'Tremors' (1998) See more »

Soundtracks

"Baltimore Colts Fight Song"
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Written by Jo Lombardi and Benjamin Klasmer
(processional march for Eddie's wedding)
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Incredibly delightful, and Funny
17 October 2002 | by (Victoria, Australia) – See all my reviews



This movie has entered my top 20 list since I seen it for the first time at the start of this month. The only thing I hated about this movie was that the channel I was watching it on had taken out the swear words so I didn't quite get all those jokes.

Apart from that I loved this movie it mostly has males in it but that didn't matter, you could just feel the friendship between these 5 guys. This film was also very funny whether it was the popcorn scene,the football quiz,the jail scene or Methan quoting his favourite film, it's all there.

Out of the five main guys in the film two of them really showed their talent; and they were Mickey Rourke and Daniel Stern. After seeing this film I decided to give it an 8 out of 10 because I think it deserves that rating.

Whoever said that this is a guy flick is terribly mistaken because I am a 15 year old girl and I really enjoyed it.


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