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Director | adrienne shelly

Starring | keri russell, Nathan Felling, cheryl hines, Jeremy Sisto, andy griffith, adrienne shelly, Eddie Jemison, Lou Temple, Darby Stanchfield, Heidi Suzman.

Name: waiter

Translator: Waiter/waitress

Director: adrienne shelly adrienne shelly

Screenwriter: adrienne shelly adrienne shelly

Starring: Kerry Russell, Kerry Russell

Jeremy Sisto Jeremy Sisto

Danny Allen Danny Allen

Nathan Phelan nathan fillion

Type: comedy/love

Length: 107 minutes

Grade: PG- 13 (sexual content, swearing)

Date of Issue: May 25, 2007 (USA)

IMDB score: 7.9/ 10 (72 1 ticket)

Recommended index: ★★★★★

Type | comedy love

Year |2007

Region | USA

Language | English

Length | 100 minute

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Brief introduction of film

Jenna is the most popular waitress in Joe's restaurant But many people seem to prefer to call her a "pizza genius" because she can always turn some things or emotional ups and downs in daily life into inspiration for making pizza.

Now poor Jenna has been hit hard by a terrible marriage and has to make pizza to escape from this disappointing world. Just as she was about to end her relationship with her husband Earle in name only, she accidentally found herself pregnant. Earl is a jealous bastard. Basically, he is a selfish child who doesn't grow up. How can he possibly be able to raise a child? What bothers Jenna most is that she has fallen madly in love with Pamette, an obstetrician and gynecologist who has just arrived in town. Although she knew it was immoral, she couldn't control her emotions. At a loss, Jenna can only continue to bury herself in her pizza career. Unexpectedly, these pizzas from her hands brought new hope to her life.

Waitress made its official appearance at Sundance Film Festival held in June 5438+ 10 this year. Unfortunately, adrienne shelly, the director and screenwriter of this film, was murdered in her bathroom before she knew that she had won the Sundance ticket. This film, full of pizza flavor and sweet nature of women, has also become the legacy of this talented woman.

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Director: Adrienne Shirley

Adrianna Shelley (65438+June 16 or 1 June 30, 966-65438+1October1,2006), sometimes using her real name, is an American actress, director and playwright.

Sheldon Levin and Elaine Lambaum gave birth to the Russian Jew Charlie in Queens, new york. Charlie grew up in Long Island, new york. He has two brothers, Jeff and Mark. /kloc-around the age of 0/0, she began to perform in an performing arts group. While studying in Jericho Middle School in new york, Anne, her first musical comedy as a professional actress, was released in summer. She later went to Boston University to major in film production, but after finishing her junior year, she dropped out of school and moved to Manhattan Island.

The breakthrough of Charlie's acting career came from her leading roles in hal hartley's Unbelievable Truth (1989) and Trust (1990), the latter was nominated for the "Jury Award" at Sundance Film Festival, while Hartley's screenplay won the Waldo-Sauter Screenplay Award.

She appeared in many films in the 1990s, and then began to develop behind the scenes, writing scripts and directing films, including "I'll Take You There" released by 1999, in which she co-starred with Ellie Shetty. In 2000, she won the jury award at the Comic Film Festival and the best director award at the Tróia International Film Festival in setubal.

She also appeared in many TV series, including Law and Order, Prison Storm and Spring of Reason and Emotion. She has played a series of important roles in more than 20 off-Broadway plays, usually in the poor theater in Manhattan. In 2005, she co-starred with matt dillon in All-around Player. Her last masterpiece is The Waitress, written and directed by Kerry Russell and nathan fillion, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2007.

Li Xia used her late father's famous stage name to marry Andrew Ostrom, chairman and CEO of BO, a business intelligence solution provider. They have a daughter Sophie, who was only two years old when Charlie died.

At about 5: 45pm on June 1 65438+1October/KLOC-0, 2006, Li Xia's husband found her hanging from the shower panel in the bathroom in an apartment in abington Square, West Village, Greenwich Village, Manhattan. At first, it seemed to be a suicide. Charlie, who lives in Tribeca, uses this apartment as her office. Ostrom left her at 9: 30 in the morning of the incident. The doorman of the building told the reporter: "He didn't get through to her phone. He said it was strange that he didn't get in touch with her, so he was very nervous. Then he asked me to go to the apartment with him. We came to the front door, which was open. "

An autopsy was conducted the day after Charlie died. The new york Police Department found canvas prints in the bathroom that didn't match Charlie's shoes. Charlie died wearing only socks. Charlie's husband also pointed out that the money in Charlie's wallet was missing. He flatly denied the inference that she might commit suicide. According to the news report on June 6, 2006, the police arrested Diago pirk, a construction worker. The 19-year-old illegal immigrant admitted the crime of killing Li Xia because she complained that he made noise in the apartment downstairs. The police said that Pierre didn't make a video tape implying his involvement in the murder, and he has been detained without bail since107. When pirk confessed his crime, he said that he had had a terrible day.

After his wife died, Ostrom established the Andre Isababy-Shirley Foundation, a non-profit organization, which will set up scholarships in film schools and fund female filmmakers. ...