My Dinner with Andre is a 1981 film directed by Candice Bergen's husband Louis Malle, and starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, both of whom also wrote the script. The film depicts a conversation between the two acquaintances in a restaurant in New York City. The film was spoofed with a sketch in episode 101 of The Jim Henson Hour, a faux movie preview for "My Dinner with Codzilla," with Louie Anderson and Codzilla having dinner.
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| - My Dinner with Andre is a 1981 film directed by Candice Bergen's husband Louis Malle, and starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, both of whom also wrote the script. The film depicts a conversation between the two acquaintances in a restaurant in New York City. The film was spoofed with a sketch in episode 101 of The Jim Henson Hour, a faux movie preview for "My Dinner with Codzilla," with Louie Anderson and Codzilla having dinner.
- Two men have dinner in a fancy restaurant and discuss life. No, really. That's the entire plot. To go into a bit more detail, My Dinner With Andre is a 1981 movie directed by Louis Malle and written by its stars. In it, Wallace (played by Wallace Shawn), a playwright and actor, goes to a restaurant to meet his old friend Andre (played by Andre Gregory), whom he hasn't seen for a while, and the film essentially follows their conversation over dinner throughout the course of the evening. It begins with Andre discussing his experiences since Wallace has last seen him, which mostly involves experimental theatre in various exotic locales, before the two men become involved in a friendly debate between Andre's spiritualistic and idealistic worldview and Wallace's down-to-earth and pragmatic huma
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| - My Dinner with Andre is a 1981 film directed by Candice Bergen's husband Louis Malle, and starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, both of whom also wrote the script. The film depicts a conversation between the two acquaintances in a restaurant in New York City. The film was spoofed with a sketch in episode 101 of The Jim Henson Hour, a faux movie preview for "My Dinner with Codzilla," with Louie Anderson and Codzilla having dinner.
- Two men have dinner in a fancy restaurant and discuss life. No, really. That's the entire plot. To go into a bit more detail, My Dinner With Andre is a 1981 movie directed by Louis Malle and written by its stars. In it, Wallace (played by Wallace Shawn), a playwright and actor, goes to a restaurant to meet his old friend Andre (played by Andre Gregory), whom he hasn't seen for a while, and the film essentially follows their conversation over dinner throughout the course of the evening. It begins with Andre discussing his experiences since Wallace has last seen him, which mostly involves experimental theatre in various exotic locales, before the two men become involved in a friendly debate between Andre's spiritualistic and idealistic worldview and Wallace's down-to-earth and pragmatic humanism. Okay, so maybe not the most exciting plot ever. But it's regarded as a cult classic among aficionados of independent cinema for its philosophical themes and minimalist presentation. It's also quite unique; whatever else can be said, there's not that many movies out there like it. And hey, it's probably one of the most easy-to-summarise movies in existence.
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