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Put me out of my misery, identify this movie please! (Last Night)

Our Lady of The Two Towers

21:27 / 08.09.01

Okay, I think it came out around 96, 97, limited theatrical release over here IIRC. It's set on an earth about to be destroyed by a meteorite, everythings been tried and nothing works, so mankind is having it's last day before we all die horribly. The story follows a number of characters around, finding out what they're spending their last hours doing. It stars Callum Keith Rennie and David Cronenberg, amongst others.

What is it, is it any good and can it be bought in Britain?

autopilot disengaged

10:17 / 09.09.01

uh: is it 'the last day'? i only caught bits - and think it came out more recently, but...

moriarty

12:02 / 09.09.01

Last Night.

My favourite Canadian Apocalyptic movie of all time.

[ 09-09-2001: Message edited by: moriarty ]

Our Lady of The Two Towers

14:55 / 09.09.01

Thank you you lovely person you!

moriarty

23:03 / 09.09.01

You also asked if it was any good. I was so rushed before that I had no chance to contribute anything more than a one-liner. Sorry.

I loved Last Night. On a web site I used to contribute to, I had a weekly Apocalypse movie review, so I'll admit to being a bit of a fan of the genre.

Last Night was made for an international showcase of films about the end of the world. The contributors were asked to place the Apocalypse in the context of their respective cultures.

I wrote a longish description of the characters and their situation, but didn't want to even possibly ruin it for you. Let's just say that it's exceptionally funny, understated, with the occasional burst of violence, and it stars a number of famous Canadian actors who you will only vaguely remember from other films.

I can think of very few other films that show the Canadian psyche so well. Especially the fact that we all want to sleep with our French Teachers.

grant

15:08 / 10.09.01

Don McKellar wrote/stars.
He's ginchy - had a small role in Cronenberg's latest, eXistenZ, too.

Oh, and the end of Last Night is one of the most beautiful things I've seen.

[ 10-09-2001: Message edited by: grant ]

CameronStewart

18:59 / 10.09.01

Last Night is magnificent.

It was released around the same time as Armageddon and I remember that Roger Ebert reviewed them both on the same programme, and said that they rather nicely summed up the differences between America and Canada.

sleazenation

19:14 / 10.09.01

Last Night is a fantastic movie- I got to see it at its Premier at the Toronto film festival when I was living in Canada. It kinda sums up my time there. ummm-- thats a good thing

Squirmelia

12:56 / 18.09.06

If you're living in the UK, this film is on Channel 4 at 02:45 on Friday night.

Kiltartan Cross

13:52 / 18.09.06

Cool. I'll be watching out for it.

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