Dinner for Five (2001)

⭐ 8.25 seasonsComedy, Talk

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.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Specials13 episodes

Dinner for Five (2001)

📺 Seasons & Episodes

1. Baby Fall - Joey Lauren Adams, Peter Berg, Kevin James, Jeanne Tripplehorn

2. Charcoal Drawings - Vince Vaughn, Garry Shandling, Cheri Oteri, Peter Falk

3. Promo - Vince Vaughn, Garry Shandling, Cheri Oteri, Peter Falk

4. Airplane - Christian Slater, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Fred Willard

5. Heat of the Night - Ron Livingston, Kevin Pollack, Sarah Silverman, Rod Steiger

6. Clairmont Lounge - Andy Dick, Daryl Hannah, Marilyn Manson

7. Closing Joke - Sean Astin, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin James, Ray Romano

8. Project Greenlight - Sean Astin, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin James, Ray Romano

9. Joint - Saffron Burrows, Faizon Love, Michael Rapaport, Sarah Silverman

10. Victory - Jennifer Beals, Adam Goldberg, Seth Green, Dwight Yoakam

11. Osbournes - David Cross, Famke Janssen, Denis Leary, Martha Plimpton

12. Grand Theft Auto - Sean Combs, John Leguizamo, Juliette Lewis, Vincent Pastore

13. Horseback Riding - Sean Combs, John Leguizamo, Juliette Lewis, Vincent Pastore

1. Joey Lauren Adams, Peter Berg, Kevin James, Jeanne Tripplehorn

2. Vince Vaughn, Garry Shandling, Cheri Oteri, Peter Falk

3. Christian Slater, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Fred Willard

4. Ron Livingston, Kevin Pollack, Sarah Silverman, Rod Steiger

5. Andy Dick, Daryl Hannah, Marilyn Manson

6. Sean Astin, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin James, Ray Romano

7. Saffron Burrows, Faizon Love, Michael Rapaport, Sarah Silverman

8. Jennifer Beals, Adam Goldberg, Seth Green, Dwight Yoakum

9. David Cross, Famke Janssen, Denis Leary, Martha Plimpton

10. Sean Combs, John Leguizamo, Juliette Lewis, Vincent Pastore

1. Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Garner, Kevin Smith

2. Dom Deluise, Peter Falk, John Herzfeld, Richard Lewis

3. Peter Bogdanovich, Larry Miller, Penelope Ann Miller, Liev Schreiber

4. Ed Asner, Ed Begley, Jr., Carrie Fisher, Blair Underwood

5. David Byrne, Dave Eggers, Janeane Garofalo, Joe Pantoliano

6. Louis C.K., Illeana Douglas, Will Ferrell, Eddie Izzard

7. Vince Vaughn, Cole Hauser, Rory Cochrane, Brian Cox

8. John Landis, David Alan Grier, Leland Orser, Fran Drescher

9. Beverly D'Angelo, Rosie Perez, Cathy Moriarty, Catherine Kellner

10. James Caan, Will Ferrell, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel

11. Sean Hayes, Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt

12. Peter Berg, Judd Apatow, Famke Janssen, Paul Rudd

13. Lili Taylor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Sayles, Vanessa Martinez

1. Gina Gershon, Dennis Farina, Ron Livingston, Faizon Love

2. Kevin James, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Lewis, Burt Reynolds

3. Kevin Smith, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, Stephen Root

4. Joe Mantegna, Bob Odenkirk, Michael McKean, Jeff Garlin

5. Jeff Ross, Hector Elizando, Kevin Pollak, Laura Kightlinger

6. Laura Dern, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Ernie Hudson

7. Jennifer Esposito, Barry Pepper, Luis Guzman, Stephen Dorff

8. Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman

9. Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Charles Nelson Reilly

10. John Waters, Colin Quinn, Danny Aiello, Delroy Lindo

11. Isaac Mizrahi, Alan Cumming, Faizon Love, Amy Irving

12. David Cross, Molly Shannon, George Hickenlooper, Phillip Baker Hall

13. Michael Madsen, Richard Donner, Ray Romano, Ron Eldard

14. Neve Campbell, Henry Winkler, Dave Foley, Jeff Garlin

15. Peter Berg, Billy Bob Thornton, Brian Grazer, H.G (Buzz) Bissinger

16. Martin Scorsese

1. David Milch, Tim Olyphant, Michael Rapaport, Jay Mohr

2. Tracy Morgan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bonnie Hunt, Jason Bateman

3. Rob Zombie, Bruce Campbell, Roger Corman, Faizon Love

4. Michael De Luca, Luis Guzman, Michael Chiklis, Henry Rollins

5. David Duchovny, Dax Shepard, Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Root

6. Bill Maher, Alanis Morissette, Rosanna Arquette, Bob Odenkirk

7. Frank Darabont, Alan Cumming, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard

8. Tony Hawk, Stacy Peralta, Seth MacFarlane, Jon Heder

9. Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Stan Lee, Mark Hamill, J.J. Abrams

10. Adam Goldberg, Christina Ricci, Giovanni Ribisi, Steven Drozd

1. Peter Billingsley, Justin Long, Keir O'Donnell, Vince Vaughn

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