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Actor: David Cronenberg, François Girard, Geneviève Bujold, Jessica Booker, Robin GammellBrand: Lions Gate
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-19
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
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Movie Review: Last Night
Summary: 5 Stars
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 are attempting to realize their fondest sexual fantasies. Other people are getting drunk or stoned, or are creating disturbances in the street - overturning abandoned cars or smashing things. A super-loyal employee at "the Gas Company" is individually calling clients to assure them that the company will attempt to maintain service right up to the end. One of the central characters of the story is the wife of the gas company man, trying to find out why he hasn't come home to take his part in their suicide pact, scheduled for midnight. With her car additionally vandalized, she can't get home, and still can't reach her husband. She seeks the help of one of the few, seemingly rational people she encounters. He has plans of his own, hoping to wait out the remaining hours in his own home, surrounded by his own familiar possessions. He is reluctant to help the woman, but gradually softens his attitude about his own reclusiveness. The story unfolds, as they fall in love in the last minutes of the world...
The film is totally gripping.
Summary of Last Night
LAST NIGHT - DVD MovieApocalyptic 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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