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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 9781588179159
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 158817915X
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 19, 2003
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 37771
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/19/2003
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Apocalyptic visions can take many forms, from atomic to cosmic disaster, from cautionary tale to sardonic despair, comets, asteroids, plague. But when it comes to the end of the world, one expects fire or ice, bang or whimper. Rarely does this genre focus on the area between those two extremes, as it does brilliantly in Don McKellar's Last Night, a wry tale exploring the effects of the world's imminent demise on a group of characters in Toronto. No panic ensues, no looting, no gnashing of teeth or elaborate schemes to forestall disaster. Well, that may be happening somewhere, but certainly not in Toronto. Here the radio counts down the top 500 hits of all time. The clock ticks by the evening hours while daylight fails to wane. Everywhere, people prepare for the end in ways that range from the mundane to the winsome. The principal action throws together Patrick (McKellar), a dejected young man who plans on spending the end alone listening to music, with Sandra (Sandra Oh), whose plans to spend the end with her husband (David Cronenberg) are thwarted by lack of transportation. Meanwhile, Patrick's friend Craig (Callum Keith Rennie) is fulfilling every sexual fantasy he's ever had. Love the one you're with is the message here. The real star is the tone of the picture, which is distanced and ironic and masterfully maintained throughout. Sarah Polley and Geneviève Bujold appear in supporting roles. It's the directorial debut of actor McKellar (Exotica, eXistenZ), who also scripted The Red Violin. --Jim Gay
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Rating: - Going gently into that good night?
Great movie by Don McKellar, who also plays the lead. The movie was part of a 1998 world wide project inviting directors, as the millennium was drawing close, to make a movie related to an "end of the world" subject. 1999 a network broadcasted this movie and I caught it halfway through and was on the edge of my seat until it finished, so I didn't stop until it became part of my movie collection which at that time was a bit of a challenge.
In view of the subject mentioned above, the title ... Read More
Rating: - It Makes You Think But....
Interesting movie to watch. I gave it four stars because any movie that makes you think about the subject matter is a good movie in my book. This movie does this. However, the one thing I have a problem with in this movie are the songs played on the radio to the people facing "the end". Would this REALLY happen? What heartless DJ would play songs to their certainly depressed sad listeners like "the last song" and "I didn't get to sleep at all". Is that helping anyone? Seems to me they would play upbeat ... Read More
Rating: - a hidden gem..
you may have missed this movie when it came out several years ago. Now is your chance to watch it. It's the end of the earth (that is the basic plot), but what is interesting is how the many characters in this film react to this fact, and how they try to find meaning in the closing moments of their life. The cast is outstanding, the screenplay is sharp.
Sarah Polley and David Cronenberg (yes the director) and the other actors give great performances- the sub-plot weaves in and out of several ... Read More
Rating: - Thought provoking, sad and funny
As a Sci-fi and action fan, I expected Last Night to be full of survivalist fights and savagery. The movie had a bit of that, but for the most part, it was how different people were facing the last 6 hours on earth. The movie starts out with Sandra (Sandra Oh), picking up some food and wine at an abandoned store in Toronto. Her car gets flipped by a mob and she is forced to walk across town to home. Strangely, there is not quite the havoc one would expect (like the LA riots). Tired and frustrated, she rests ... Read More
Rating:  - Last Night
The Canadian film, "Last Night" is a speculative (rather than 'science') fiction based on the single premise that it is understood by one and all that the end of the world will occur at precisely twelve, midnight. The actual cause of the end remains unspecified: it is merely a given fact. Filmed in Toronto (although the locale is unnamed in the story) everyone is going about the business of conducting their last affairs. People are having family "Christmas" dinner parties, although it isn't Christmas. Some people ... Read More
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