IFC • 2001–2008·Comedy·Talk
Dinner for Five
Created by Jon Favreau
Rating
8.3
12 votes
Overview
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
10 episodes • 2001
Joey Lauren Adams, Peter Berg, Kevin James, Jeanne Tripplehorn
30m · 2001-07-06
Vince Vaughn, Garry Shandling, Cheri Oteri, Peter Falk
30m · 2001-11-22
Christian Slater, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Fred Willard
30m · 2002-04-22
Ron Livingston, Kevin Pollack, Sarah Silverman, Rod Steiger
30m · 2002-04-29
Andy Dick, Daryl Hannah, Marilyn Manson
30m · 2002-05-06
Sean Astin, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin James, Ray Romano
30m · 2002-05-13
Saffron Burrows, Faizon Love, Michael Rapaport, Sarah Silverman
30m · 2002-05-27
Jennifer Beals, Adam Goldberg, Seth Green, Dwight Yoakum
30m · 2002-06-03
David Cross, Famke Janssen, Denis Leary, Martha Plimpton
30m · 2002-09-30
Sean Combs, John Leguizamo, Juliette Lewis, Vincent Pastore
30m · 2002-10-07
13 episodes • 2003
16 episodes • 2004
10 episodes • 2005
1 episodes • 2008
Cast
Jon Favreau
Vince Vaughn
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