Last Night (1998/I)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Don McKellar

Guionista:

Don McKellar (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 octubre 1998 (Canada)

Género:

Drama | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

It's not the end of the world... there's still six hours left

Plot:

A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide Pact | End Of The World | Interracial Sex | Streetcar | Teaching

Premios:

12 wins & 20 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Absolute Genius!

Reparto

Don McKellar	...	Patrick Wheeler
Sandra Oh	...	Sandra
Roberta Maxwell	...	Mrs. Wheeler
Robin Gammell	...	Mr. Wheeler
Sarah Polley	...	Jennifer 'Jenny' Wheeler
Trent McMullen	...	Alex
Charmion King	...	Grandmother
Jessica Booker	...	Rose
David Cronenberg	...	Duncan
Tracy Wright	...	Donna
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Craig Zwiller
Karen Glave	...	Lily
Arsinée Khanjian	...	Streetcar Mother
Chandra Muszka	...	Streetcar Daughter
Geneviève Bujold	...	Mrs. Carlton

También conocida como:

Last Night (France)
Minuit (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and brief violence.

Duración:

95 min

País:

Canada | France

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Taiwan:R-18 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | France:U | Norway:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Compañía:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Trivialidades:

This film was a result of director Don McKellar's invitation to participate in a challenge to make a movie about the imminent Millennium. Instead of making a movie that he felt might date itself too quickly, he opted to make it about the end of the world rather than just the end of the Millennium.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: In the early moments of the movie, when the car in up on it's bumper against the pole. The girl puts her keys in the door to unlock it and when the door opens, the bell goes off, to alert that the keys are in the ignition or that the lights are on. Neither is true.

Citas:

Patrick Wheeler: What I do find pathetic is people who, as soon as they hear that the world is ending, they rush out and try to hook up with someone like it was closing time at Studio 54.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Absolute Genius!

What can I say about Last Night that hasn't already been said? Well, to start, I feel this is the kind of Canadian film we Canadians have been BEGGING to see for years. However, because of the fact that the film saw limited release in arthouse theatres across the country, and is just appearing on video now, chances are good that Last Night will not be seen by a large majority of the public if not sent in to full release across the United States.

This movie is Canadian -- without shoving the fact that it is down your throat.

Now, on to the actual guts of the movie. I find the understatement of the fact that the world IS ending in six short hours to be so uniquely Canadian. There is an odd, somewhat macabre scene in the movie where McKellar's character is being harassed by his mother for showing up late for "Christmas" dinner. Not once does mother mention the end of the world. McKellar's response? "... and in case you haven't noticed the world is going to end today, and I've had a lot on my mind."

Getting off my maple leaf waving-high-horse, I will say this: the performances by McKellar, Sandra Oh and Callum Keith Rennie are nothing short of superb. They portray characters you at times love, hate, and fear, because there are times (many times) that we see ourselves in these characters.

The soundtrack for Last Night (available on the Sony Classical label) is a mixture of both the corniest music on the face of the earth (Burton Cummings' live performance of Glamour Boy) to great oldies (Last Night [I Didn't Get to Sleep at All]) to songs few (if any people) have ever heard before (i.e. the Defranco Family's "Heartbeat, its a Lovebeat")

The story moves at a graceful pace, there are no surprise endings, and the characters are human(e). Last Night is a masterpiece.