But time is running out and Katie is feeling pressure to ditch her dream fast. Her loving parents want their "student loan" money back - with interest. And her day job as a children's party entertainer is more humiliating than her mermaid costume.
Desperate, Katie pitches her idea to a local PBS producer who agrees to support it -- with one very big condition: Katie must first create a hip, reality TV show. On dating. In Pittsfield, MA.
In her zeal to succeed, Katie ironically winds up breaking every rule of documentary filmmaking -- from product placement -- to hiring an actress to portray a real woman, -- to the worst sin of all, falling in love with the subject of her film, a charming cad named Jed.
With all sensible reality bent, whom will Katie choose - untrustworthy but irresistible Jed, or a shot at true love with her loyal friend and cameraman, SPIDER?
Shot entirely on location in the scenic Berkshire Hills, DINNER AND A MOVIE gives Norman Rockwell's traditional Stockbridge a spirited and comic update. Critics have hailed the film as "trenchant and smart" and likened it to "Woody Allen on estrogen"
The ensemble cast features Marianne Hagan from the indie hit I Think I Do and the late Paul Bartel (Eating Raoul) in his final performance.
