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Mar 29, 2002 · Dinner Rush: Directed by Bob Giraldi. With Danny Aiello, John Rothman, Frank Bongiorno, Lexie Sperduto. At a popular NYC Italian restaurant on a dramatic, busy evening, there are 2 gangsters, cop detective, food-critic, ex bookmaker owner, his chef son, indebted gambler sous-chef etc.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Bob Giraldi
- 2002-03-29
Dinner Rush is a 2000 American independent feature film, written by Brian S. Kalata and Rick Shaughnessy, and directed by Bob Giraldi. It stars Danny Aiello as a restaurateur- bookmaker in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood and Edoardo Ballerini as his son, the restaurant's star chef.
The film stars Danny Aiello (Do The Right Thing), Mike McGlone (The Brothers McMullen) and John Corbett (Sex and the City). Set in the fast paced New York Italian restaurant "Gigino", we follow a restaurant owner (Aiello) and his son, the head chef, on a busy Friday night.
Dec 28, 2001 · Danny Aiello, who plays the owner, Louis, looks like a good restaurateur. He's big enough to throw people out, hefty enough not to serve small portions and straightforward enough not to...
- Movie Critic
Jan 18, 2002 · He owns the restaurant, which in real life is named Giraldi's. His center of gravity is supplied by Louis, who plays his cards close to his vest--closer than we suspect--and like a man who has been dealing with drunks for a very, very long time, doesn't get worked up over every little thing.
Sep 23, 2008 · In the dining room are the watchful restaurant owner, Danny Aiello, an entertainingly encyclopedic bartender, and, oh, a few of the art world's top critics. But that's just half the action.
Aiello played the pizzeria owner Sal in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989). At the time of the film's release, in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, he called the role his "first focal part". He further identified the film as a very collaborative effort, during which Spike Lee at one point told him, "Whatever you wanna do, you do."
