Plot
'My Dinner with Hervé' is a film based on the incredible real story of Hervé Villechaize y Danny Tate. Villechaize (played by Peter Dinklage) was a French actor who suffered from dwarfism and starred the famous series from the seventies 'Fantasy Island'. One night, Villechaize had an encounter with a journalist called Tate (played by Jamie Dornan) and, from that moment, their lives will change forever. The film will take us through the unlikely friendship will born between both of them. This new HBO production is written and directed ny Sacha Gervasi (writer of Steven Spierlberg's 'The Terminal' and director of 'Hitchcock' starring Anthony Hopkins). We will also see Andy García and Oona Chaplin in the cast, as well.
Cast
Director:
Hervé Villechaize
Danny Tate
Ricardo Montalban
Kathy Self
Katie
Britt Ekland
Baskin
Videos
Spanish subtitled trailer 'My Dinner with Hervé'
September 26 2018
Trailer 'My Dinner with Hervé'
September 26 2018
Photos
Trivia
Billy Barty
In 1957, Billy Barty founded the Little People of America organization to help people with dwarfism. In 2017, Mark Povinelli was elected President of that organization. In this film, Povinelli plays Barty.
Team work
Director Sacha Gervasi once conducted a lengthy interview with Hervé Villechaize just prior to the latter's death. He found a fellow admirer in Peter Dinklage, and they worked together on a screenplay for several years before HBO greenlit the movie, with Dinklage starring and Gervasi directing.
A great inspiration
Peter Dinklage has said for years that Hervé Villechaize has been a great inspiration because he algo had to work hard to find a job without being typecast.
Recommended movies and tv shows My Dinner with Hervé
2014
8.1
2018
7.9
2015
8.3
2015
7.3
2013
7.8
2016 - Act
8.1
2018
7.5
2014
8
2016
8.3
2013
8