The Last Days of Disco
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| The Last Days of Disco | |
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| Directed by | Whit Stillman |
| Produced by | Edmon Roch Cecilia Kate Rogue |
| Written by | Whit Stillman |
| Starring | Chloë Sevigny Kate Beckinsale Chris Eigeman Mackenzie Astin Matt Keeslar Robert Sean Leonard Jennifer Beals Matt Ross Tara Subkoff Burr Steers David Thornton |
| Music by | Mark Suozzo |
| Cinematography | John Thomas |
| Editing by | Andrew Hafitz Jay Pires |
| Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | May 29, 1998 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Metropolitan (1990) Barcelona (1994) |
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| IMDb profile | |
The Last Days of Disco is a 1998 movie written and directed by Whit Stillman.
The Last Days of Disco is the third film in Whit Stillman's trilogy that began with Metropolitan and continued with his acclaimed Barcelona.
In 2000 Whit Stillman published a part-novelization of the film: The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards.
The Last Days of Disco was loosely based on Stillman's travels and experiences in various nightclubs in Manhattan, and possibly at Studio 54. Much like Metropolitan, the film deals with a group of Ivy League- and Hampshire-educated Manhattanites, recently graduated from college and law school, falling in and out of love in the urban environment of the very early 1980s disco scene.
The Last Days of Disco was released on VHS and DVD formats in 1999. Since then, its production in these formats has been discontinued.
[edit] Plot
The Last Days of Disco loosely depicts the "last days" at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. The story centers around a group of friends who frequent the disco and each other. All the characters are searching for something to make their lives more fulfilling. Some are searching for everlasting love and some are just wanting something different. As the disco is closed, they all wonder can disco ever really be dead?
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Chloë Sevigny | Alice Kinnon |
| Kate Beckinsale | Charlotte Pingress |
| Chris Eigeman | Des McGrath |
| Mackenzie Astin | Jimmy Steinway |
| Matt Keeslar | Josh Neff |
| Robert Sean Leonard | Tom Platt |
| Jennifer Beals | Nina Moritz |
| Matt Ross | Dan Powers |
| Tara Subkoff | Holly |
| Burr Steers | Van |
| David Thornton | Bernie Rafferty |
[edit] External links
- The Last Days of Disco at the Internet Movie Database
- Phil's whitstillman.org TLDOD page (links and information on the film)
- Official site (pictures have been removed, but the text is still available)
- TLDOD review page (reviews of the film by noteworthy critics)
- [1] (dvd for sale on Amazon for about $250 new. $90 used)
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