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Dinner for Five (2001)

  • Jul 6, 2001
  • 5 seasons · 50 episodes

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About This Series

Dinner for Five is a comedy and talk series created by Jon Favreau. Its leading cast includes Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Kevin Smith. It premiered on July 6, 2001 on IFC. TMDB lists 5 seasons and 50 episodes so far and has ended.

Synopsis

Dinner for Five is a television program in which actor/filmmaker Jon Favreau and a revolving guest list of celebrities eat, drink and talk about life on and off the set and swap stories about projects past and present. The program seats screen legends next to a variety of personalities from film, television, music and comedy, resulting in an unpredictable free-for-all. The program aired on the Independent Film Channel with Favreau the co-Executive Producer with Peter Billingsley. The show format is a spontaneous, open forum for people in the entertainment community. The idea, originally conceived by Favreau, originated from a time when he went out to dinner with colleagues on a film location and exchanged filming anecdotes. Favreau said, "I thought it would be interesting to show people that side of the business". He did not want to present them in a "sensationalized way [that] they're presented in the press, but as normal people". The format featured Favreau and four guests from the entertainment industry in a restaurant with no other diners. They ordered actual food from real menus and were served by authentic waiters. There were no cue cards or previous research on the participants that would have allowed him to orchestrate the conversation and the guests were allowed to talk about whatever they wanted. The show used five cameras with the operators using long lenses so that they could be at least ten feet away from the table and not intrude on the conversation or make the guests self-conscious. The conversations lasted until the film ran out. A 25-minutes episode would be edited from the two-hour dinner.

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Time to finish
About 25 hours, based on 50 episodes at 30 minutes each
Ending
Finished: all episodes are out
Language
English

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Cast

  • Jon Favreau 50 episodes
  • Vince Vaughn 50 episodes
  • Kevin Smith 3 episodes
  • Richard Lewis 2 episodes
  • Mary Steenburgen 2 episodes
  • Illeana Douglas 2 episodes
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn 1 episode
  • Michael Rapaport 1 episode
  • Bonnie Hunt 1 episode
  • Seth Green 1 episode
  • Fred Willard 1 episode
  • Janeane Garofalo 1 episode
  • Jennifer Garner 1 episode
  • Sean Hayes 1 episode
  • Ron Livingston 1 episode
  • Héctor Elizondo 1 episode
  • Charles Durning 1 episode
  • George Carlin 1 episode

Seasons

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