Waitress!

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Waitress!
Waitress! 1981 Movie Poster.jpg
Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
Michael Herz
Written byCharles Kaufman
Michael Stone
Produced byLloyd Kaufman
Michael Herz
Tony Gittleson
Ira Kanarick
Lloyd Kaufman
StarringJim Harris
Carol Drake
Carol Bevar
Renata Majer
Hunt Block
CinematographyLloyd Kaufman
Edited byDan Lowenthal
Distributed by Troma Entertainment
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400,000 [1]
Box office$5.15 million [2]

Waitress! is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment. It was the second in Troma's line of "sexy comedies", preceded by the 1979's Squeeze Play! and followed by 1982's Stuck on You! and 1983's The First Turn-On! [3]

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Premise

The film follows an aspiring actress working as a waitress, as she deals with a variety of crazy customers, drunken chefs and other zany hurdles.

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References

  1. Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 241.
  2. Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 293. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  3. Gibron, Bill (October 4, 2009). "Troma's Sexy Box Set: Squeeze Play/Waitress/Stuck on You/The First Turn-On". PopMatters . Retrieved September 1, 2017.