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{{short description|1991 film by W. D. Richter}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Late for Dinner
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| studio = [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]<br />[[New Line Cinema]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{film date|1991|9|20}}<ref name="mojo" />
| runtime = 99 minutes<ref name="mojo" />
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $14 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58928-LATE-FORDINNER|title=AFI|Catalog|website=Catalog.afi.com|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref>
| gross = $8,906,823<ref name="mojo" />
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'''''Late for Dinner''''' is a 1991 American [[science fiction film|science fiction]] [[drama (film and television)|drama]] film directed by [[W. D. Richter]] and starring [[Peter Berg]], [[Brian Wimmer]] and [[Marcia Gay Harden]]. The supporting cast features [[Peter Gallagher]] and [[Richard Steinmetz]], along with [[Janeane Garofalo]]'s first film appearance, briefly playing a cashier during a comical sequence in a burger joint.
==Plot==
In 1962, best friends and brothers-in-law Willie Husband and simple-minded Frank Lovegren are running from the police because Willie shot and killed a man. It was self-defense, but a witness intends to frame them both for kidnapping and murder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Late For Dinner movie review &
Frank explains what happened: Willie, his wife Joy, and little daughter Jess live
On the drive home, Willie discovers Frank "borrowed" Freeman's little boy, Donald, because Frank realized
Once they are face to face, Freeman produces an envelope filled with $15,000, intending to make this look like a ransom exchange. Freeman and his henchman then both pull guns
After escaping for hours through the desert, they come across Dr. Dan Chilblains in [[Pomona, California]]. Willie has passed out, but the doctor fixes up his wound,
Twenty-nine years later, in 1991, a truck
They
Willie and Jess leave Frank at her house
Finally,
==Cast==
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*Donald Hotton as Dr. Chris Underwood
*[[Kyle Secor]] as Leland Shakes
* [[Pat Finn-Lee]] as Susan
*[[Billy Vera]] as the Male Radio D.J. (voice)
*Jeremy Roberts as the Truck Driver
*[[Janeane Garofalo]] as the Counter Girl
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==Release==
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===Critical reception===
===Box office===
The film was released on September 20, 1991, and
===Home media===
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It was re-released on VHS on June 23, 1998 by [[MGM Home Entertainment]] under the Movie Time Label.
The film was re-released on DVD on January 15, 2011 by Willette Acquisition Corp.<ref name="allmovie" />
It was released on Blu-ray from [[Kino Lorber]] on April 14, 2015.<ref name="allmovie">{{cite web |title=Late For Dinner (1991) - W.D. Richter {{!}} Releases {{!}} AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/late-for-dinner-vm426171/releases |website=[[AllMovie]] |access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0102279}}
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* {{Mojo title|latefordinner}}
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[[Category:American science fiction comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1990s science fiction comedy-drama films]]
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[[Category:Castle Rock Entertainment films]]
[[Category:Columbia Pictures films]]
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[[Category:1990s English-language films]]
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[[Category:1991 science fiction films]]
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