Last Dance (1996 film)
Last Dance | |
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Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
Written by | Steven Haft Ron Koslow |
Produced by | Steven Haft |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Peter James |
Edited by | John Bloom |
Music by | Mark Isham |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $41 million |
Box office | $5,939,449 (USA sub-total) |
Last Dance is a 1996 crime drama thriller film directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid and Peter Gallagher.
Plot
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Cast
- Sharon Stone as Cindy Liggett
- Rob Morrow as Rick Hayes
- Randy Quaid as Sam Burns
- Peter Gallagher as John Hayes
- Jack Thompson as The Governor
- Jayne Brook as Jill
- Pamala Tyson as Linda, Legal Aid Attorney
- Skeet Ulrich as Billy Liggett
- Don Harveyas Doug
- Diane Sellers as Inmate Reggie
- Patricia Frenchas Guard Frances
- Ralph Wilcoxas Warden Rice
- Buck Ford as District Attorney Rusk
- Dave Hager as Detective Vollo
- Christine Cattell as Louise
- Peg Allen as Helen
- Charles S. Dutton (uncredited) as John Henry Reese
Production
Last Dance was filmed in Nashville.[1]
Critical reception
The film was largely ignored at the box office, and suffered in comparison to the 1995 film Dead Man Walking, which was an Academy Award-winning drama whose treatment of the death penalty theme was still fresh in the minds of audiences.[2]
Last Dance received negative reviews from critics. It currently holds a 30% rating on
Barbara Shulgasser of the San Francisco Chronicle described the film as "simplistic, puerile rubbish", adding that Stone needed to "start picking difficult material if she really wants to become an actress".[9] Edward Guthmann of the same newspaper felt the film had "able" direction and acting, but that Dead Man Walking was "far superior". He praised Stone's performance, but added: "The moments when Last Dance doesn't gloss over Stone's character are the best, and they make you wish the movie had been restructured." He described the film as an "earnest, unremarkable addition to the Hollywood canon of prison movies".[10] Anne Billson of the UK newspaper The Telegraph felt Stone "emerges from this enterprise with a certain amount of dignity", unlike Morrow, who is given "a wilfully unsympathetic role". She described the film as providing the "usual compendium of clichés".[11]
References
- ^ "Movies Filmed in Tennessee". www.tntrivia.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- ^ "Last Dance (1996) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ^ "Last Dance (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (May 3, 1996). "Last Dance Movie Review & Film Summary (1996)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 1, 2013 – via RogerEbert.com.
- ^ Berardinelli, James. "Review: Last Dance". Reelviews.net. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (May 3, 1996). "Last Dance". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Travers, Peter (May 3, 1996). "Last Dance | Movie Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- Howe, Desson (May 3, 1996). "'Last Dance' (R)". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Shulgasser, Barbara (May 3, 1996). "Stone loses a step in "Last Dance'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Guthmann, Edward (May 3, 1996). "'Last Dance' Trips Over Wasted Chance / Death Row drama misplays Sharon Stone's role". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- Daily Telegraph. Archived from the originalon 23 November 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
External links
- Last Dance at IMDb
- Last Dance at AllMovie
- Last Dance at Rotten Tomatoes
- Last Dance at Box Office Mojo