| Dinner Rush | 
 enlarge | Director: Bob Giraldi
Actors: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, John Rothman, Frank Bongiorno, Lexie Sperduto
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (56 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9422
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 99 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN6105D
ISBN: 0780640896
UPC: 794043610523
EAN: 9780780640894
ASIN: B00007G1YP
Release Date: January 21, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
During the course of one frenzied evening, a restaurant owner and bookmaker deals with a potential hostile takeover, a snooty critic, and his attraction to his dead partner's widow. Danny Aiello and John Corbett bring the behind-the-scenes drama of a NYC Italian restaurant to life through an exciting tale of gangsters and gourmet food.
Amazon.com
Dinner Rush is gourmet cinema, served with a generous helping of culinary panache. After countless commercials, music videos (including Michael Jackson's "Beat It"), and a few obscure features, director and restaurateur Bob Giraldi casts his own New York eatery as a TriBeCa hot spot where the owner (Danny Aiello) presides over a busy night of fine dining and mob entanglements. He's been a bookmaker for 25 years but he's going legit; his son (Edoardo Ballerini) is a nuovo cuisine genius, eager to inherit the business; the sous-chef (Kirk Acevedo) is deeply in debt to mafia thugs; an art-dealer snob (Mark Margolis) is antagonizing his waitress (Summer Phoenix); a charming stranger (John Corbett) harbors a climactic surprise; and a powerful food critic (Sandra Bernhard) is ready to pounce on any wrong move. In perfect control of this bustling environment, Giraldi directs like a great chef cooks: with Altmanesque delicacy, confident that every ingredient is vital to the success of his creation. It's utterly delicious. --Jeff Shannon
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 Great Movie June 17, 2009
It is an interesting look at a night in a busy and popular New York restaurant. Everything goes right and wrong at the same time. The acting is top notch.
A feast of a movie May 13, 2009
A sumptuous tasty dish of a small movie---good to look at, clever script, perfect casting. Aeillo is superb as a demurring wise guy, owner of a chic Manhattan nouveau cuisine Italian restaurant---at odds with his demanding chef (his eldest son) but protective of his gambling younger son. The movie consists of one busy night at the restaurant as two Brooklyn bookies attempt to muscle Aiello for a piece of the restaurant in return for his son's debt. John Corbett plays a delightfully unexpected role. Wonderful ensemble. Recommended for all foodies.
Love this movie May 7, 2009
I saw this movie on cable and didn't get to see it in its entirety, so I bought it. Money well spent. I love Danny Aiello. The story is strong and the food is awesome, But the ending is total Soprano. This movie is a great addition to any DVDcollection.
BEST SLEEPER April 11, 2009
Can't believe a lot of people never heard of this one.
Will watch anything Danny Aiello is in. He's just too cool.
Anyone in the restaurant business will really appreciate how true to life the "behind the scenes" it is.
Everyone I loaned my DVD to went out and bought their own copy...
No Rush for this Dinner March 17, 2009
I'd like to eat at that restaurant. I'd like to be a part of the experience, but I'd be careful to use the facilities early on. Excellent cast, and a well balance of food preparation and annoying customers. Buy it for someone who likes good dialogue.
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