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19 November 1976 (USA) moreTagline:
He has the power to make anyone's dream come true... except his own.Plot:
F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death. | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win moreNewsDesk:
Writer Harold Pinter Dead At 78(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 December 2008, 1:33 AM, PST)
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Misunderstood masterpiece moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert De Niro | ... | Monroe Stahr | |
| Tony Curtis | ... | Rodriguez | |
| Robert Mitchum | ... | Pat Brady | |
| Jeanne Moreau | ... | Didi | |
| Jack Nicholson | ... | Brimmer | |
| Donald Pleasence | ... | Boxley | |
| Ray Milland | ... | Fleishacker | |
| Dana Andrews | ... | Red Ridingwood | |
| Ingrid Boulting | ... | Kathleen Moore | |
| Peter Strauss | ... | Wylie | |
| Theresa Russell | ... | Cecilia Brady | |
| Tige Andrews | ... | Popolos | |
| Morgan Farley | ... | Marcus | |
| John Carradine | ... | Tour guide | |
| Jeff Corey | ... | Doctor |
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123 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:L | Australia:M | Netherlands:6 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG (certificate #24458) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | UK:15Fun Stuff
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Producer Sam Spiegel considered Elia Kazan, who directed On the Waterfront (1954) (which won Spiegel his first of three Best Picture Oscars), one of his closest friends. He chose Kazan, who was virtually retired, to direct The Last Tycoon (1976). According to Spiegel biographer Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, Spiegel had a father-son relationship with "Tycoon" screenwriter Harold Pinter, the great playwright. Spiegel was quite taken with Pinter's genius, so much so it hurt the film adaptation of The Last Tycoon (1976), wrote "Tycoon" director Kazan in his own autobiography, as Spiegel treated the screenplay as sacrosanct and wouldn't let Kazan change it to create more dramatic tension. Ironically, when Spiegel had first seen a screenplay written by Pinter in the 1960s (The Servant (1963), he had been appalled by its lack of professionalism. moreFAQ
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De Niro was an unexpected surprise as Monroe Starr in this brilliant adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished last novel. He gives a thoughtful, sensitive, and intelligent performance as this character, who was modeled on MGM producer, Irving Thalberg. Fitzgerald wrote about Hollywood from the inside, and from the perspective of someone who was destroying himself by being inside. He could ask for nothing better than to have English playwright Harold Pinter create this stark, human screenplay and then have Elia Kazan realize it.
In addition to De Niro's definitive performance, we get a series of perfect cameos (usually an impossibility) from Tony Curtis, Jeanne Moreau, Robert Mitchum, and others. We also get two screen debuts of merit -- Angelica Huston (in a small, but memorable scene) and an excellent Teresa Russell as Starr's would-be sweetheart. The critics hated the movie, and it did poorly in box offices, but it was truly, like Fitzgerald himself, an American masterpiece.