Waffle Street (2015)
The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the greasy madness of the 24-hour diner, Jimmy befriends Edward, an ex-con grill master who serves up hard lessons about life, finance, and grits.
- Date of release
- 2015-09-24
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (137)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
Casting
- James Lafferty — Jimmy Adams
- Danny Glover — Edward Collins
- Julie Gonzalo — Becky Adams
- Dale Dickey — Crazy Kathy
- Marshall Bell — Miles Drake III
- Ernie Lively — Wright Adams
- Melanie Stone — Peyton Allison
- Katie Cockrell — Capri Kingsley
- Paul D. Hunt — Paul Roose
- Traton Nelms — Jimmy Jr
Interesting facts
Waffle Street is a 2015 American drama/comedy film directed by Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms and starring Danny Glover and James Lafferty. It is a film adaptation of James Adams’ memoir of the same name, published by Sourced Media Books in 2011. The riches-to-rags story follows Adams’ journey of self-discovery and redemption after losing his job as vice president of a multi-billion dollar hedge fund and finding work as a server at a local 24-hour diner.
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