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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.

  1. Jon Favreau

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Jon Favreau as

    Jon Favreau

    50 Episodes

  2. Vince Vaughn as

    Vince Vaughn

    50 Episodes

  3. Kevin Smith as

    Kevin Smith

    3 Episodes

  4. Richard Lewis as

    Richard Lewis

    2 Episodes

  5. Mary Steenburgen as

    Mary Steenburgen

    2 Episodes

  6. Illeana Douglas as

    Illeana Douglas

    2 Episodes

  7. Jeanne Tripplehorn as

    Jeanne Tripplehorn

    1 Episode

  8. Michael Rapaport as

    Michael Rapaport

    1 Episode

  9. Bonnie Hunt as

    Bonnie Hunt

    1 Episode

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Last Season

Season 5

2008 • 1 Episode

Season 5 of Dinner for Five premiered on February 1, 2008.

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

(5x1, February 1, 2008) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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