Overview
Wally, a struggling playwright and actor, reluctantly agrees to catch up with his old friend Andre, a theater director who disappeared several years prior in order to travel the world. Meeting at a posh Manhattan restaurant, the two share life stories, anecdotes and philosophical musings over the course of an evening meal.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $5.25M worldwide, about 11.1 times its $475K budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in New York City
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Setting
Set in Café des Artistes and New York City
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Music
Music by Allen Shawn
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jeri Sopanen
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Wallace ShawnWriter
- Andre GregoryWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 11, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $475K
- Revenue
- $5.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
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