{"product_id":"melvin-goes-to-dinner","title":"Melvin Goes to Dinner","description":"Amazon.com\n\nA brisk, funny talkfest. Accidental meetings result in four people sharing dinner in a bistro, an encounter that becomes a bluntly honest discussion of sex, religion, and sex. Cutaways to other aspects of their lives bring visual variety (and afford opportunities for cameos by Jack Black and David Cross), but the meat of the meal is in how four people talk to, at, and against each other. The quartet is sharp and comic: screenwriter Michael Blieden and Matt Price play friends who haven't seen each other in a while, and Annabelle Gurwitch and Stephanie Courtney are the women they bump into. Their patter contains a couple of neat surprises, and ranges over a long menu of relationship issues. It's directed by comedian Bob Odenkirk (of Mr. Show fame), and he has two distinct directorial gifts: getting actors into a strong, naturalistic flow, and knowing where the jokes are. --Robert Horton\n\nProduct Description\n\nMelvin goes to dinner with three almost complete strangers. The frequency funny, bit also heartfelt conversation goes from dating to sex, top religion, to fetishes, to ghosts and everything else in between. The film is written and co-stars Michael Blieden, who adapted his stage play \"Phyro-Giants!\" The film marks the directorial debut of Bob Odenkirk, co-host of \"Mr. Show\" and the Emmy-award winning writer for \"Saturday Night Live,\" \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien,\" and \"The Ben Stiller Show.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0000DI87U\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0000DI87U.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Armisen, Fred|Asiani, Feridoon|Blieden, Michael|Courtney, Stephanie|Cross (II), David|Dollard, Jen|Fischer, Jenna|Fitzgerald, Sterling|Gunn (II), James|Gurwitch, Annabelle|Heinze, Jacqueline|Kightlinger, Laura|Minor, Jerry|Porter, BJ|Price, Matt|Roll, Kathleen|Smallwood, Tucker|Tierney, Maura|Wachtel, Mary\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499018788922,"sku":"DBV.B0000DI87U.G","price":5.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0000DI87U-0.jpg?v=1783016440","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/melvin-goes-to-dinner","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}