October 11, 1981 –
The surprise art-house hit, My Dinner With Andre, starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory (sitting around, eating and talking,) opened on this date.
The low-budget flick was shot in an abandoned hotel in Virginia – in the winter. “Since we didn’t have the money to heat the hotel, (producer Beverly Karp) brought me a bit of cognac from time to time,” recalls a co-producer. The crew kept warm by wearing ski clothes; the actors just had to act warm, aided by the lights and long underwear.
The Haus of Dcaligari 