The Last Movie (1971)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Dennis Hopper

Writers:

Dennis Hopper (story)
Stewart Stern (writer)

Release Date:

21 October 1988 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A film shoot in Peru goes badly wrong when an actor is killed in a stunt, and the unit wrangler, Kansas...

Plot Keywords:

Killing | Village | Prostitute | Peru | Actor

Cast

Dennis Hopper	...	Kansas
Stella Garcia	...	Maria
Julie Adams	...	Mrs. Anderson
Tomas Milian	...	Priest
Don Gordon	...	Neville Robey
Roy Engel	...	Harry Anderson
Donna Baccala	...	Miss Anderson
Samuel Fuller	...	Himself
Poupée Bocar	...	Nightclub singer
Sylvia Miles	...	Script clerk
Daniel Ades	...	Thomas Mercado
John Alderman	...	Jonathan
Michael Anderson Jr.	...	Mayor's son
Richmond L. Aguilar	...	Gaffer
Toni Basil	...	Rose

Also Known As:

Chinchero

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Chinchero, Peru

Company:

Alta-Light

Trivia:

After the success of Easy Rider (1969), Universal Studios hit upon the idea to let young filmmakers make "semi-independent" films for low budgets in hopes of generating similar profits. The idea was to make five movies for low budgets (one million dollars or less), not interfere in the filmmaking process, and give the directors final cut. The other movies were: The Hired Hand (1971), Taking Off (1971), Silent Running (1972) and American Graffiti (1973).

Quotes:

Kansas: You cold?
Maria: Um, my feet are cold.
Kansas: Yeah?
Maria: Yeah.
Kansas: (reaches under her skirt) Hey, hey, I know something that's hot and, uh, heh, heh. Yes, sir!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)

Soundtrack:

Me and Bobby McGee

Not nearly as bad as I thought

This movie isn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. But I don't know how to recommend it, or to whom. Do you like Dennis Hopper? Well, here he is, in almost every scene, and he never looked better. A beautiful face, the graceful cowboy. In fact, he appears so genuine in this film that I begin to realize what an acting job he was doing in Easy Rider. The scenery is haunting, and the movie has a poetic, lyrical rhythm....yet sometimes seems to go on too long, and the mind wanders....but I loved the feel of it, the primitive environment of the Peruvian village, the ever-present mud....contrasted with the lewd and crude wealthy Americans. And I happened to enjoy the home-movie aspects of this film, also. I delighted in picking out Dean Stockwell, Peter Fonda, John Phillip Law, etc. in the Hollywood on Location shots....I loved the spontaneity of the last scenes of dialogue....hell, I loved seeing Kris Kristofferson sitting on a rock singing Me & Bobby Magee....but would anyone else?