My Dinner with Andre
Oct 11 1981
•2h 50m
•Drama
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.
Cast
See allWallace Shawn
Wallace "Wally" Shawn
Andre Gregory
Andre
Jean Lenauer
Waiter
Roy Butler
Bartender
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