About Last Night... (1986)

Director:

Edward Zwick

Writers:

David Mamet (play)
Tim Kazurinsky (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

2 July 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Making love was easy...being in love difficult.

Plot:

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Sex | Brat Pack | Human Relationship | Female Nudity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Danny Martin
Demi Moore	...	Debbie
James Belushi	...	Bernie Litgo
Elizabeth Perkins	...	Joan
George DiCenzo	...	Mr. Favio
Michael Alldredge	...	Mother Malone
Robin Thomas	...	Steve Carlson
Donna Gibbons	...	Alex
Megan Mullally	...	Pat
Patricia Duff	...	Leslie
Rosanna DeSoto	...	Mrs. Lyons (as Rosana De Soto)
Sachi Parker	...	Carrie
Robert Neches	...	Gary
Joe Greco	...	Gus
Ada Maris	...	Carmen
Rebeca Arthur	...	Crystal
Tim Kazurinsky	...	Colin
Kevin Bourland	...	Ira
Dean Bastounes	...	Man in Joan's Apartment
Charlotte Maier	...	Madge
Marjorie Bransfield	...	Gloria
Kimberley Pistone	...	Girl at Bar
Lindy Huddleson	...	Lisa
Raffi Di Blasio	...	Kid #1 (as Raffi DiBlasio)
Sheenika Smith	...	Kid #2
Heath Wagerman	...	Kid #3
Brie O'Banion	...	Kid #4
Dawn Arnemann	...	Ruthie
Catherine Keener	...	Cocktail Waitress
Steven Eckholdt	...	Man in Bar
Robert B. Durkin	...	Friend of Danny & Bernie
Ray Wohl	...	Friend of Danny & Bernie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin Bassett	...	Baseball extra (uncredited)
James Kall	...	Softball Player (uncredited)
John Richard Petersen	...	Man on Elevated Train (uncredited)
Diana Simonzadeh	...	Girl at Biograph Theatre (uncredited)

Directed by
Edward Zwick

Writing credits
David Mamet		(play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago")
Tim Kazurinsky		(screenplay) and
Denise DeClue		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jason Brett	....	producer
E. Darrell Hallenbeck	....	associate producer
Stuart Oken	....	producer
Arnold Stiefel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Miles Goodman

Cinematography by
Andrew Dintenfass

Film Editing by
Harry Keramidas

Casting by
Gail Eisenstadt

Production Design by
Ida Random

Set Decoration by
Chris Butler

Costume Design by
Deborah Lynn Scott		(as Deborah L. Scott)

Makeup Department
Robyn Goldman	....	hair stylist: Chicago
Brian J. Kossman	....	makeup artist: Chicago (as Brian Kossman)
Gail Rowell-Ryan	....	hair stylist (as Gail Ryan)
Robert Ryan	....	makeup artist

Production Management
E. Darrell Hallenbeck	....	unit production manager
Ted Zachary	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julie Chandler	....	second second assistant director: Chicago (as Julia A. Chandler)
Donald P.H. Eaton	....	second assistant director (as Donald Eaton)
Wendy Ikeguchi	....	dga trainee
Stefanie Moore	....	second second assistant director: Chicago
Mark Piznarski	....	second second assistant director: Chicago
Allan Wertheim	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jean Alan	....	set decorator: Chicago
Beverli Eagan	....	set designer
William A. Elliott	....	assistant art director (as William Elliott)
Robert E. Knight	....	supervising signwriter
Michael Kohan	....	assistant property master
Karen B. Mazzulla	....	assistant property master: Chicago
Michael Schmidt	....	lead man (as Michael J. Schmidt)
Arthur Shippee	....	property master (as Arthur Shipee Jr.)
George Stokes	....	construction coordinator
Danae Walczak	....	lead person: Chicago

Sound Department
Rick Ash	....	adr mixer
Rick Ash	....	foley mixer
William C. Carruth	....	foley editor (as William Carruth)
Evelyn Dutton	....	foley walker
Terrance Emerson	....	boom operator
Sukey Fontelieu	....	sound editor
Michael C. Gutierrez	....	sound editor (as Michael Guiterrez)
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	sound editor (as Jerelyn Golding)
Dale R. Janus	....	cable person: Chicago (as Dale Janus)
David J. Kimball	....	sound re-recording mixer (as David Kimball)
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Janet Fiona Mason	....	assistant sound editor
Jacques Nosco	....	production sound mixer
Mark Pappas	....	assistant sound editor
Geoffrey Patterson	....	cable person (as Geoffrey Lucius Patterson)
Gary Ritchie	....	sound re-recordist
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Shrader	....	adr editor (as Erik Schrader)
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Darrell Pritchett	....	special effects
Brian Tipton	....	special effects: first unit (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adams	....	best boy electric
Art Bartels	....	best boy grip: Chicago
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer
Kelly R. Borisy	....	grip
Donald Carlson	....	first assistant camera: Chicago (as Donald C. Carlson)
Robert C. Carlson	....	second assistant camera: Chicago
Frederick Hamm	....	second assistant camera
Kit Kalionzes	....	first assistant camera
Michael M. Krevitt	....	grip: Chicago
Dan Lerner	....	camera operator
Frank Miller	....	camera operator: Chicago (as Frank M. Miller)
Mike Moyer	....	best boy electric: Chicago
Dick Oakes	....	electrician: Chicago
Bruce Olinder	....	gaffer
Harold Rabuse	....	key grip
Rebel Schunke	....	dolly grip
Sandy Williams	....	second grip
James Zenk	....	still photographer: Chicago
Paul Jacobsen	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr casting
Catherine Jane Holzer	....	extras casting assistant (as Catherine Holzer-Ballowe)
Catherine Keener	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dallas D. Dornan	....	costumer
Julie Starr Dresner	....	costume supervisor: women
George L. Little	....	costume supervisor: men
Sherry Thompson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Rick Arbuckle	....	post-production assistant
Linda Folk	....	second assistant film editor
Stephen Fox	....	assistant editor: Chicago
Rose Kuo	....	second assistant editor: Chicago
Alexandra Leviloff	....	assistant film editor
Marc Solakian	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
George Doering	....	musician
Bones Howe	....	music supervisor
Joel Moss	....	scoring mixer
Curtis Roush	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Fritz Braden	....	transportation coordinator
Richard Deangelo	....	transportation captain: Chicago (as Richard DeAngelo)
Benson Jones	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Deb Acker	....	production assistant: Chicago (as Deborah Acker)
Lea Andrews	....	production coordinator
Alison Balian	....	assistant: Mr. Brett & Mr. Oken
Gayle F. Bohnoff	....	video research
Cathryn Bulicek	....	production assistant: Chicago
Ramona De Pippo	....	assistant accountant
Sonny P. Filippini	....	script supervisor
Marty Fraser	....	location manager: Chicago
Tim Kazurinsky	....	co-scenarist
James Kramer	....	assistant: Mr. Zwick
Solomon J. LeFlore	....	production financing
Michael Lewis	....	production assistant
Richard Lorenzana	....	production accountant
Linda Lowy	....	assistant: Mr. Brett & Mr. Oken, Chicago
Frank Nichols	....	craft service: Chicago
Sam Rath	....	location scout
Ira S. Rosenstein	....	location manager (as Ira Stanley Rosenstein)
Constance G. Rowbotham	....	production coordinator (as C.G. Rowbotham)
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Jackson Sousa	....	fitness trainer: Rob Lowe and Demi Moore
Gardner Stern	....	caterer: Chicago
Susan Trembly	....	unit publicist
Ron Weber	....	craft service (as Ronald Weber)
Kevin Bassett	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Gail Eisenstadt	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• TriStar Pictures (presents)
• Delphi V Productions

Distributors

• TriStar Pictures (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1986) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Nordisk Film (2000) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Arrangment, The  catering (as The Arrangement Catering)
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• EMI America Records  soundtrack published by
• Inter Video  24 frame video services
• Modern Film Effects  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | USA:R (Certificate #27907) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | New Zealand:R13 | Sweden:Btl | UK:18 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

According to Rob Lowe's biography, "Stories I Only Tell My Friends", he screen tested with (future Oscar winner) Melissa Leo and Mariel Hemingway, who were both in serious contention for the part of "Debbie". However, the part eventually went to Demi Moore.

Goofs:

Continuity: Dan's meal on New Years Eve.

Quotes:

Debbie:This is Joan, my roommate. She specializes in unsolicited attacks.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Cleveland Show: Another Bad Thanksgiving (#2.7)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

(SHE'S THE) SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

Sex vs. love, a great movie to watch

I know I know you look at the cast and say "Geez, another a brat pack movie from the 80's". However, this movie is really good. The scariest part is how accurate the movie is in portraying the challenge to find true love among young twenty something's in the eighties. All of which still applies today. Did David Mamet know something thirty years ago that we didn't? Even the four main characters and the different personalities they have are easy to relate too and understand because they are all people that we know or once used to know!!!!! Danny (Rob Lowe), a restaurant supply salesman, and Debbie (Demi Moore), an art director at an advertising agency, meet at a baseball game and later link up at a singles bar in Chicago. He's a handsome guy used to one-night stands; she's having an affair with her boss but is looking for something more romantic and less sleazy.

After a one-night stand at Danny's apartment, Debbie tells him, "It's been a slice of heaven." She returns to her place where she lives with Joan (Elizabeth Perkins), a kindergarten teacher whose smart ass tongue discourages most men. Meanwhile at work, Danny's buddy Bernie, a Neanderthal barbaric like fellow (played beautifully by Jim Belushi) who sees himself as a lady killer, queries his friend about his date with Debbie.

The affair continues, and Debbie decides to move in with Danny. Living together proves to be a difficult experience for them. They try out plenty of new positions for sex, but find that coping with each other's habits, quirks, and expectations is far more challenging. Danny's passivity and inability to open up bother Debbie. At one point, he discovers her looking through his private possessions for clues to his past life.

Debbie, of course, wants them to be a couple, while Danny, hiding behind the myth of the independent male, doesn't want to tie himself down and so ends up treating Debbie as nothing more than a live-in sexual object. And if there isn't enough tension between them, Bernie and Joan are constantly trying to sabotage their relationship. Thus the beginning of the end starts when Danny and Debbie use the "L" word after a steamy night of passion. Danny's frustrations with his career spill over into his relationship with Debbie. More frustrations come about with his best friend Bernie giving him a hard time about being with Debbie, losing touch with his own free spirit partier identity and a lack of communication with Debbie. This ultimately leads to a gut wrenching break up scene followed by Danny's painful attempts to get Debbie back after he finally realizes that what he had was special and now wants back what he has lost.

As I was watching this movie I found myself squirming in my seat while these characters struggle to relate to each other. It wasn't very difficult for me to remember that I had gone through the same heartbreaking downfall of a good relationship in my early twenties due to my lack of communication and inexperience regarding matters of the heart like Danny in the movie. And how difficult it can be to move on. My only peace of mind comes at the end when Danny and Debbie decide to start courting again. This time with the realization that they were both unrealistic and naive and that they will be better to each other because of the painful lessons learned. The voices inside Danny, Debbie, Bernie, and Joan speak volumes about the loneliness, anger, self-hate, and fear of men and women who remain perplexed about themselves and the opposite sex. About Last Night is a provocative portrait of young adults. A very underrated movie and a must see.