Three films from Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn. Criterion Collection Year 2015 Video Release 2015 06 16 Studio Criterion Collection Genre Drama MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 138 Animated Live Action Full Synopsis When Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn theater directors, writers, actors, and longtime friends sat down for a stimulating meal in 1981's My Dinner with Andre, they not only ended up with one of cinema's unlikeliest iconic scenarios but launched a film collaboration that would continue to pay creative dividends for decades. The subsequent projects they made together for the screen 1994's Vanya on 42nd Street, a passionate read through of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, and 2014's striking Henrik Ibsen interpretation A Master Builder are penetrating works that exist on the boundary between theater and film, and that both emerged out of many years of rehearsals with loyal troupes of actors. Gregory and Shawn's unique contributions to the cinematic landscape are shape shifting, challenging, and entertaining works about the process of creation.