DINER ('82) was the first credited feature film role for Tim Daly who shares what that experience was like with the #TCMFF crowd at the The Hollywood Legion Theater. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Diner 1982 with Levinson-Guttenberg-Stern-Rourke-Reiser-Bacon-Daly & Barkin Diner is a 1982 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson. It is Levinson's screen-directing debut, and the first of his tetralogy, "Baltimore Films", set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Tin Men (1987), Avalon (1990), and Liberty Heights (1999) are the other three. It stars Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Paul Reiser, Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly and Ellen Barkin an

Director Barry Levinson auditioned about 600 actors for the five lead roles in DINER. The cast spent a week together to build the camaraderie needed for the ensemble. All the diner scenes were shot at the end of production when the bond between the actors was at its strongest. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM