Diner

1982 film directed by Barry Levinson
Movie film Q463927
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Summary

Diner is a film[1]. Diner ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,525 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Barry Levinson[3]
  • Screenwriter: Barry Levinson[4]
  • Composer: Ivan Král[5]
  • Genre: coming-of-age film[6], comedy film[7], drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Steve Guttenberg[9], Daniel Stern[10], Mickey Rourke[11], Kevin Bacon[12], Tim Daly[13], Ellen Barkin[14], Paul Reiser[15], Michael Tucker[16], Mark Margolis[17], Clement Fowler[18]
  • Producer: Jerry Weintraub[19]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[20]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[21]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[22]
  • Review score: 93%[23], 8.4/10[24], 82/100[25]
  • Color: color[26]
  • Country of origin: United States[27]
  • Publication date: March 2, 1982[28], September 6, 1990[29]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[30], Netflix[31]
  • Narrative location: Baltimore[32]
  • Filming location: Baltimore[33]
  • Film editor: Stu Linder[34]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[35]
  • Title: Diner[36]
  • Duration: 105 minutes[37]
  • Capital cost: 5,000,000 US dollars[38]
  • Set in period: 1950s[39], 20th century[40]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[41]

Why It Matters

Diner has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Diner is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . zweitausendeins.de. zweitausendeins.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', '
    Ampas collections film id → W088448
    Sitelink count → 26
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 83833
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 2035
    Set in period → 1950s, 20th century
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  4. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1950s, 20th century
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1982-03-02T00:00:00Z, +1990-09-06T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Barry Levinson
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+105'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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