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VHS : Diner (1982) (Spec)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern, Tim Daly directed by: Barry Levinson  List Price: $14.98 Price: $3.28 You Save: $11.70 (78%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780790744544 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC ISBN: 0790744546 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: April 04, 2000 Running Time: 110 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: March 05, 1982 Sales Rank: 42451 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Barry Levinson's debut film as a writer-director nearly got lost in the shuffle before New York critics rescued it from oblivion. Set in his native Baltimore in 1959, it focuses on a group of pals coping with life post high school. Each of them has problems with women, it seems, whether it's Steve Guttenberg (as a guy about to get married who forces his fiancée to pass a test about the Baltimore Colts), Mickey Rourke (as the womanizing hairdresser with a gambling problem), or Daniel Stern (as the married one who makes his wife miserable with his carefully cataloged record collection). The only time these guys seem like they have it together is when they gather at the diner to sling the bull. The cast includes Ellen Barkin, Timothy Daly, Paul Reiser, and Kevin Bacon--each in a breakthrough role. --Marshall Fine Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "There's not that much of a story, really. What do we do? We drive around..." Kevin BaconDiner, Barry Levinson's writing and directing debut belongs to so-called "small" or "minor" movies and it indeed does not have spectacular locations, breathtaking action sequences or even dramatic story. As Kevin Bacon comments in the Behind the Scenes Documentary, "There's not that much of a story, really. What do we do? We drive around..." What the movie has is "a very honest portrayal of a group...of guys that people relate to on a very personal level." The different generations of viewers react ... Read More Rating: - A guy film girls will love tooThis is a film about a bunch of guys on the threshold of adulthood, set in 1950's Baltimore. I'm not a guy, have never been to Baltimore and don't have much in common with any of them. But I loved the film! As Barry Levinson, the director, says in the added feature, when you are really specific to time, place and character, the appeal is universal. He did a great job in making this film and one can feel the affection he has for the town and that time in his life. Each fellow has some ... Read More Rating: - DinerLevinson's vivid, heartfelt ensemble comedy provided an outstanding showcase for up-and-comers Rourke, Stern, Guttenberg, Barkin, and Bacon. The script is funny and knowing, and the natural, often overlapping flow of dialogue gives off the authentic feel of improvisation. Levinson recreates the city of his youth with loving detail. A rich human comedy with a big heart. Rating: - Theatrical History in the making!I saw this many years ago and was happy to finaly find it on DVD. This is a who's who of film history. What a cast of hopeful and promising talent. I Loved the guy perspective, something you didn't see much of back then. Mickey Rourke was looking good! Rating: - FinerSet in 1959 Baltimore, this is a tale of 6 college age friends. As the title says, it is at their favorite diner that a lot of the action takes place. It is also the one place where they can all get together at once. This is most certainly a character study, with a fine job by a talently cast of young actors(who are all older veterans now) Some of it is a little stale, but overall it is a fine movie about facing life. Browse for similar items by category:
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