Restaurant movie storyline. A Hoboken restaurant within sight of NYC and all of its promise is staffed with many aspiring artists of different races, who generally get along well. Chris Calloway, the bartender, is about to mount his first play, based on the fallout of a failed relationship.
He strikes up a new relationship with the latest addition to the staff, a singer named Jeanine. The reemergence of his previous girlfriend Leslie, as well as the casting of Kenny, the man whom she cheated on Chris with, along with increasing racial aggression between certain employees, begins to take a toll on Chris.
Restaurant is a 1998 independent film starring Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, David Moscow and Simon Baker. Written by Tom Cudworth and directed by Eric Bross, Restaurant was the follow-up to this writing–directing duo’s first film, TenBenny, which also starred Adrien Brody. Restaurant premiered at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival on April 17, 1998, and garnered Adrien Brody an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead. Set in Hoboken, New Jersey, Restaurant is a romantic comedy about young waiters with big dreams, but few chances to actually succeed. This is Grammy Award-winning hip hop artist Lauryn Hill’s last movie to date.
Restaurant (1998)
Directed by: Eric Bross
Starring: Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, Lauryn Hill, Sybil Temtchine, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, David Moscow, Simon Baker, Catherine Kellner, Jesse L. Martin, Lori Heuring
Screenplay by: Tom Cudworth
Production Design by: Stephen McCabe
Cinematography by: Horacio Marquínez
Film Editing by: Keith Reamer
Costume Design by: Elizabeth Shelton
Set Decoration by: Nick Evans
Art Direction by: Shawn Carroll
Music by: Theodore Shapiro
MPAA Rating: R for sexuality, language and drug use.
Distributed by: York Entertainment
Release Date: April 17, 1998
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