The movie "Late for Dinner" is a 1991 American science fiction drama film that was directed by W. D. Richter. It was produced by Gary Daigler, Dan Lupovitz, and W. D. Richter. the screenplay was written by Mark Andrus. The film stars Peter Berg, Brian Wimmer, and Marcia Gay Harden. The supporting cast features Peter Gallagher and Richard Steinmetz, along with Janeane Garofalo's first film appearance, briefly playing a cashier during a comical sequence in a burger joint.

In a key scene in the movie, it focuses on the fact that after escaping for hours through the desert, individuals come across Dr. Dan Chilblains (Bo Brundin) in Pomona, California. One person Willie Husband (Wimmer) passed out, but the doctor fixes up his wound. Next, it is then discovered that Frank Lovegren (Berg) has glomerulonephritis, which will eventually kill him. The doctor (Dan) has invented a procedure that can freeze a human being without killing him. He convinces Frank to let him freeze the two men (Willie and FranK). Frank can be treated later in time for his kidney disease – maybe even get a new kidney (a procedure that is not widely known at that point in time). Additionally, the cryogenic process can be used to hide the guys from the police.

As a result of Frank's actions and decisions, the next thing the guys know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).

Concerning the disease glomerulonephritis, it specifically is an inflammation of the tiny filters in the kidneys.

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