Diner
Suddenly, life was more than French fries, gravy, and girls.
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner.The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared.But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Worldwide
- $14M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
18 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Diner returned 2.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $14M
- Release date
- Mar 5, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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