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Directed by | Adrienne Shelly |
Written by | Adrienne Shelly |
Produced by | Michael Roiff |
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Cinematography | Matthew Irving |
Edited by | Annette Davey |
Music by | Andrew Hollander |
Production company | Night & Day Pictures |
Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 104 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.5 million[2] |
Box office | $22 million[1] |
Waitress is a 2007 American comedy drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, starring Keri Russell as a young woman trapped in a small town and an abusive marriage, who faces an unwanted pregnancy while working as a waitress.
The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it was accepted before Shelly's 2006 murder.[3] Waitress received a limited theatrical release in the United States on May 2, 2007, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Shelly's supporting role is her final film appearance.
In 2015, Waitress was adapted into a Tony-nominated musical of the same name.