My Dinner with Andre

My Dinner with Andre
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLouis Malle
Written by
Produced by
Starring
  • André Gregory
  • Wallace Shawn
CinematographyJeri Sopanen [fi]
Edited bySuzanne Baron
Music byAllen Shawn
Distributed byNew Yorker Films
Release date
  • October 11, 1981 (1981-10-11)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$475,000
Box office$5,250,000[2]

My Dinner with Andre is a 1981 American comedy-drama film directed by Louis Malle, and written by and starring André Gregory and Wallace Shawn as fictionalized versions of themselves sharing a conversation at Café des Artistes in Manhattan. The film's dialogue covers topics such as experimental theater, the nature of theater, and the nature of life, and contrasts Andre's spiritual experiences with Wally's modest humanism.

  1. ^ "My Dinner with Andre (A)". British Board of Film Classification. April 6, 1982. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Worldwide Boxoffice. "My Dinner With Andre". Retrieved June 11, 2022.