Dinner Time (2005)

The world-famous Kids of Widney High --a group of young adults with developmental disabilities in a unique rock band-- improvise a series of fascinating and hilarious vignettes over a two-hour dinner at a posh Beverly Hills restaurant. Topics of conversation run the gamut between earthquakes and eyebrow fetishes.

Directors:

Jesse Alba, Mathew Klickstein

Writers:

Jesse Alba, Matty Carvajal,

Stars:

Luis Fernandez, Elisa De La Torre, Cain Fonseca

Cast

Cast overview:
Luis Fernandez	...	Angry Husband
Elisa De La Torre	...	Nervous Wife
Cain Fonseca	...	Bar Tender / Waiter / Manager / Chef
Matty Carvajal	...	Blind Date Woman
Fabian Castillo	...	Blind Date Man
Tanesa Tarvin	...	Cell Phone Actress
Shelly Goodhope	...	New Filmmaker
Darrell Love	...	Street Performer

Storyline

Over a two-hour dinner at a swanky Beverly Hills restaurant, the world-famous Kids of Widney High improvise a series of interweaving vignettes. Cain takes over as the ever-present "everyman" of the restaurant, acting as Manager/Chef/Waiter/Bar Tender, seating the rest of the Kids at their tables, and tending to their needs. Peewee and Elisa argue over whether or not they'll be attending a high school reunion for Elisa, as Peewee grows more and more inebriated and apoplectic as the night progresses. Meanwhile, Fabian and Matty are on a blind date in which Matty is talkative and a bit too intimate for the taciturn and introverted Fabian. No Beverly Hills restaurant would be complete without its annoying celebrity presence, which is exactly the role Tanesa fills, as an obnoxious engenue on her cell phone, endlessly jabbering to her agent, boyfriends, other filmmakers, et al... across the table from poor Shelly who's a recent film school graduate (winner of the coveted "best film student ...

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Plot Keywords:

restaurant | kids of widney high | independent short | real time | improvisation | 

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Taglines:

Are you ready for dinner?

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Genres:

Music | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

17 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The entire film was shot in one night. At one point toward the end of shooting, the actual restaurant location began filling up with confused staff members, managers, waiters, and chefs who all sat and watched the crew finish shooting.

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Crazy Credits

Production Assistant: Joel's Wife

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Connections

References Playtime (1967)

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Soundtracks

"Act Your Age"
Kids of Widney High

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