Who directed a film where the actor who played Vizzini in The Princess Bride plays a fictionalized version of himself at Café des Artistes in Manhattan
My Dinner with Andre My Dinner with Andre is a 1981 American comedy-drama film directed by Louis Malle, and written by and starring Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn. The actors play fictionalized versions of themselves sharing a conversation at Café des Artistes in Manhattan. The film's dialogue covers such things as experimental theatre, the nature of theatre, and the nature of life, and contrasts Shawn's modest humanism with Gregory's spiritual experiences.
That Night in Varennes That Night in Varennes (Italian: Il mondo nuovo ; French: La Nuit de Varennes ) is a 1982 Italian and French drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It is based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting between Restif de la Bretonne, Giacomo Casanova, Thomas Paine and Sophie de la Borde (a lady in waiting to the Queen). They are all traveling together in a coach that is a few hours behind the one that is carrying King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in their flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.