Last Call
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Jeremy Irons, Neve Campbell, Paul Hecht, Shannon Lawson, Sissy Spacek Director: Henry Bromell Brand: Showtime Entertainment Cinematographer: Jeff Jur Producer: Henry Bromell Writer: Henry Bromell Producer: Helen Buck Bartlett Producer: Lena Cordina Producer: Tony Bill Writer: Frances Kroll Ring DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 96 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-09-02 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Showtime Ent. |
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Movie Reviews of Last Call
Movie Review: The Last of Fitzgerald
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is an interesting docudrama about the last years of F. Scott Fitzgerald as he was writing "The Last Tycoon."
Starring as F. Scott Fitzgerald is award winning actor Jeremy Irons. While I have the greatest respect for Irons as an actor I just didn't feel he pulled off this part. Irons has an evilness that seems to hang around his characters and Fitzgerald never struck me as evil only severely flawed and tempted. So the brooding and self-deprecating Irons never allowed the vulnerability of Fitzgerald to shine through in this role, but he sure plays a mean drunk.
Neve Campbell plays Fitzgerald's faithful and infatuated secretary, Frances. Campbell is pretty good in this role but cowers against the strength of Irons at times. She pulls off the period well conforming enough to the standards of women working during the late 30's. Also appearing off and on as a negative force in the film is Sissy Spacek as Zelda Fitzgerald. I thought the film would have been much more interesting with a little more Spacek and some of Zelda's drama.
I enjoyed this film only because it provided a bit of an inside look into the downfall of the great F. Scott Fitzgerald. It always seems that the greatest minds of artistic people suffer from exactly what makes them brilliant, a very vivid imagination that ends up haunting them into a deep black hole.