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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), French, Spanish, Subtitled
Straight shooter agent joe devine has been assigned to take onthe role of a hollywood producer to take down john gotti. Hefinds a wannabe director, steven schatz, who falls for thepitch. Everything goes according to plan - until devine and thesuits at the bureau start enjoying hollywood life too much.
"...captures the buzz of moviemaking, and that's infectious." Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
"It's deftly done with an off-the-wall sense of humor..." Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"...meta-wackiness..." Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Editor's Note
Alec Baldwin and Matthew Broderick make a fine comedy team in this true story which plays like a combination of THE PRODUCERS and THE SOPRANOS. FBI mob-buster Joe Devine (Baldwin) is sent to Rhode Island to get the goods on Teamster racketeer Tommy Sanz (Tony Shalhoub). In order to do so, he sets up a sting disguised as a fake movie production. To be convincing, he needs a script and a director, and he finds both in the form of gullible dreamer Steven Schats (Broderick). Despite the fraudulent nature of the production, Schats's movie-making fever proves so infectious that before long Joe is convincing his superiors to agree to a three-picture deal. Other FBI agents are joining the filmmaking crew, and even Tommy Sanz is contributing script ideas. Funny as Broderick and Baldwin are together, the real laughs in this cleverly written satire come from the supporting characters. Joan Cusack is great as a fast-talking, foulmouthed Hollywood insider. And Toni Collette tears into her role as a sexually uninhibited former Oscar nominee who is willing to go to obscene lengths to save her career from the softcore Cinemax gutter. Other inspired casting includes Pat Morita as himself, Ray Liotta as a scheming FBI director, Tim Blake Nelson as Steven's deranged cowboy brother, and Calista Flockhart as his dog-hating girlfriend. Even Buck Henry makes an appearance, sporting one of the worst-looking toupees in the history of cinema.
| Features | "Inspired By Actual Events" Featurette | | "Joan Cusack's Montage" | | "Robert Evans Presents..." | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: French | | Joan Cusack's Montage | | Robert Evans Presents... | | Audio Commentary With Director Jeff Nathanson And Actor Matthew Broderick | | Deleted Scenes | | Widescreen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound | | Inspired By Actual Events Featurette |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 8/15/2008 |
| Running Time: 93 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 3598603 | | UPC: 00786936242881 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: French | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"Nathanson displays real off-kilter flair..." 10/01/2004 p.56Los Angeles Times
"[T]horoughly amusing....It's deftly done with an off-the-wall sense of humor joined to a real insider's sense of how the business operates." 09/24/2004 p.E1 Rolling Stone 6 of 10
Let's have a moment of silence for the solid comedy that could have been carved out of this true sto - Peter Travers
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
"The Last Shot" is not a well-oiled enterprise but more of a series of laughs separated by waits for - Roger Ebert
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