Dinner for Five (2001)
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.
Watch Providers
Casting arrow_drop_down
Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Episodes season 0
-
0x1
Baby fall - joey lauren adams, peter berg, kevin james, jeanne tripplehorn
-
0x2
Charcoal drawings - vince vaughn, garry shandling, cheri oteri, peter falk
-
0x3
Promo - vince vaughn, garry shandling, cheri oteri, peter falk
-
0x4
Airplane - christian slater, illeana douglas, jeff goldblum, fred willard
-
0x5
Heat of the night - ron livingston, kevin pollack, sarah silverman, rod steiger
-
0x6
Clairmont lounge - andy dick, daryl hannah, marilyn manson
-
0x7
Closing joke - sean astin, bonnie hunt, kevin james, ray romano
-
0x8
Project greenlight - sean astin, bonnie hunt, kevin james, ray romano
-
0x9
Joint - saffron burrows, faizon love, michael rapaport, sarah silverman
-
0x10
Victory - jennifer beals, adam goldberg, seth green, dwight yoakam
-
0x11
Osbournes - david cross, famke janssen, denis leary, martha plimpton
-
0x12
Grand theft auto - sean combs, john leguizamo, juliette lewis, vincent pastore
-
0x13
Horseback riding - sean combs, john leguizamo, juliette lewis, vincent pastore
Episodes season 1
-
1x1
Joey lauren adams, peter berg, kevin james, jeanne tripplehorn
-
1x2
Vince vaughn, garry shandling, cheri oteri, peter falk
-
1x3
Christian slater, illeana douglas, jeff goldblum, fred willard
-
1x4
Ron livingston, kevin pollack, sarah silverman, rod steiger
-
1x5
Andy dick, daryl hannah, marilyn manson
-
1x6
Sean astin, bonnie hunt, kevin james, ray romano
-
1x7
Saffron burrows, faizon love, michael rapaport, sarah silverman
-
1x8
Jennifer beals, adam goldberg, seth green, dwight yoakum
-
1x9
David cross, famke janssen, denis leary, martha plimpton
-
1x10
Sean combs, john leguizamo, juliette lewis, vincent pastore
Episodes season 2
-
2x1
Ben affleck, colin farrell, jennifer garner, kevin smith
-
2x2
Dom deluise, peter falk, john herzfeld, richard lewis
-
2x3
Peter bogdanovich, larry miller, penelope ann miller, liev schreiber
-
2x4
Ed asner, ed begley, jr., carrie fisher, blair underwood
-
2x5
David byrne, dave eggers, janeane garofalo, joe pantoliano
-
2x6
Louis c.k., illeana douglas, will ferrell, eddie izzard
-
2x7
Vince vaughn, cole hauser, rory cochrane, brian cox
-
2x8
John landis, david alan grier, leland orser, fran drescher
-
2x9
Beverly d'angelo, rosie perez, cathy moriarty, catherine kellner
-
2x10
James caan, will ferrell, mary steenburgen, zooey deschanel
-
2x11
Sean hayes, katie holmes, patricia clarkson, oliver platt
-
2x12
Peter berg, judd apatow, famke janssen, paul rudd
-
2x13
Lili taylor, maggie gyllenhaal, john sayles, vanessa martinez
Episodes season 3
-
3x1
Gina gershon, dennis farina, ron livingston, faizon love
-
3x2
Kevin james, tony shalhoub, richard lewis, burt reynolds
-
3x3
Kevin smith, george carlin, jason biggs, stephen root
-
3x4
Joe mantegna, bob odenkirk, michael mckean, jeff garlin
-
3x5
Jeff ross, hector elizando, kevin pollak, laura kightlinger
-
3x6
Laura dern, ted danson, mary steenburgen, ernie hudson
-
3x7
Jennifer esposito, barry pepper, luis guzman, stephen dorff
-
3x8
Alec baldwin, peter dinklage, carrie fisher, tracey ullman
-
3x9
Dom deluise, burt reynolds, charles durning, charles nelson reilly
-
3x10
John waters, colin quinn, danny aiello, delroy lindo
-
3x11
Isaac mizrahi, alan cumming, faizon love, amy irving
-
3x12
David cross, molly shannon, george hickenlooper, phillip baker hall
-
3x13
Michael madsen, richard donner, ray romano, ron eldard
-
3x14
Neve campbell, henry winkler, dave foley, jeff garlin
-
3x15
Peter berg, billy bob thornton, brian grazer, h.g (buzz) bissinger
-
3x16
Martin scorsese
Episodes season 4
-
4x1
David milch, tim olyphant, michael rapaport, jay mohr
-
4x2
Tracy morgan, jeffrey tambor, bonnie hunt, jason bateman
-
4x3
Rob zombie, bruce campbell, roger corman, faizon love
-
4x4
Michael de luca, luis guzman, michael chiklis, henry rollins
-
4x5
David duchovny, dax shepard, tim blake nelson, stephen root
-
4x6
Bill maher, alanis morissette, rosanna arquette, bob odenkirk
-
4x7
Frank darabont, alan cumming, harry shearer, fred willard
-
4x8
Tony hawk, stacy peralta, seth macfarlane, jon heder
-
4x9
Kevin smith, jason lee, stan lee, mark hamill, j.j. abrams
-
4x10
Adam goldberg, christina ricci, giovanni ribisi, steven drozd
Episodes season 5
-
5x1
Peter billingsley, justin long, keir o'donnell, vince vaughn
