The Last Shot Movie Review 2004

Negligible comedy is an exaggeration of a true story about the FBI, mobsters, and an eager beaver filmmaker. Set in 1985, undercover agent Joe Devine (Baldwin) is bent on ensnaring minor mobster Tommy Sanz (Shalhoub) who's taking bribes to keep teamsters in line on film shoots. So Joe poses as a producer and gets a script and director in one package with nebbish Steven Schats (Broderick), who doesn't know the whole thing is a hoax. The fantasy begins to take over as the production rolls along. Joan Cusack has an unbilled cameo as a movie exec. Too-crowded story collapses under the weight after a promising set-up.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on DVD
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

FBI, True Stories, Organized Crime, At the Movies, Showbiz Comedies, Undercover Cops, Period Piece: 1980s, Behind the Scenes, Adapted from an Article

Screenplay

Jeff Nathanson

Cast

Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tony Shalhoub, Calista Flockhart, Tim Blake Nelson, Ray Liotta, James Rebhorn, Buck Henry, Ian Gomez, Troy Winbush, Evan Jones, Glenn Morshower, Michael (Mike) Papajohn, Jon Polito, Joan Cusack, Sean M. Whalen

Cinematography

John Lindley

Director

Jeff Nathanson

Music

Rolfe Kent

Other

Richard Van Dyke, Nora Felder, David Rosenbloom, Seth Reed, Gloria Gresham, William Arnold

Producer

Larry Brezner, David Hoberman, Inc. Morra Brezner Steinberg & Tenenbaum Entertainment, Mandeville Films, Touchstone Pictures, Buena Vista