My Dinner With Andre

– Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 50 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
My Dinner with Andre (1981)

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Release Date:

11 Oct 1981

Language:

English, French

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Louis Malle

Writer:

Wallace Shawn (screenplay), Andre Gregory (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler

Plot:

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant. Gregory, a theater director from New York, is the more talkative of the pair. He relates to Shawn his tales of dropping out, traveling around the world, and experiencing the variety of ways people live, such as a monk who could balance his entire weight on his fingertips. Shawn listens avidly, but questions the value of Gregory's seeming abandonment of the pragmatic aspects of life.

Awards:

2 wins.

Production:

New Yorker Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
Metacritic:
83%