The Last Supper (1995)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Stacy Title

Writer:

Dan Rosen (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Thriller | Crime

Tagline:

Eat... drink... and be buried...

Plot:

A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.

Plot Keywords:

Iowa | Murder | Liberal | Knife | Food

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Cameron Diaz	...	Jude
Ron Eldard	...	Pete
Annabeth Gish	...	Paulie
Jonathan Penner	...	Marc
Courtney B. Vance	...	Luke
Bill Paxton	...	Zachary Cody
Nora Dunn	...	Sheriff Alice Stanley
Ron Perlman	...	Norman Arbuthnot
Dan Rosen	...	Deputy Hartford
Amber Taylor	...	Girl in Coffee Shop
Matt Cooper	...	Jerk in Coffee Shop
Charles Durning	...	Reverend Gerald Hutchens
Mark Harmon	...	Dominant Male
Gil Segel	...	Iowa Resident at Door
Rachel Chagall	...	Abortion Activist
Warren Hutcherson	...	Nation of Islam Man
Nicholas Sadler	...	Homeless Basher (as Nick Sadler)
Stephen Welch	...	Tow Truck Guy (as Steve Welch)
Amy Hill	...	Illegal Alien Hater
Carly Weber	...	Young Jude
Jason Alexander	...	The Anti-Environmentalist
Rick Lawrence	...	Skin Head (as Frederick Lawrence)
Pamela Gien	...	Illiterate Librarian
Bryn Erin	...	Heather
Larry Weinberg	...	Businessman with White Socks
Elisabeth Moss	...	Jenny Tyler

Directed by
Stacy Title

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dan Rosen		screenplay

Produced by
Luis Colina	....	associate producer
David Cooper	....	executive producer
Matt Cooper	....	producer
Lori Miller	....	co-producer
Jonathan Penner	....	co-executive producer
Dan Rosen	....	co-producer
Stacy Title	....	co-executive producer
Larry Weinberg	....	producer

Original Music by
Mark Mothersbaugh

Cinematography by
Paul Cameron		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Luis Colina

Casting by
Bonnie Zane
Debra Zane

Production Design by
Linda Burton

Set Decoration by
Dea Jensen

Costume Design by
Leesa Evans

Makeup Department
Lana Chirco	....	key hair stylist
Tarra D. Day	....	additional hair stylist (as Tarra Day)
Tarra D. Day	....	additional makeup artist (as Tarra Day)
Desne J. Holland	....	key makeup artist (as Desne Holland)
Lisa Layman	....	additional hair stylist: second unit
Lisa Layman	....	additional makeup artist: second unit
Nicole Roybal	....	assistant hair stylist
Nicole Roybal	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Ralph C. Odierna III	....	unit production manager
Mia Rue	....	production manager: second unit
Shelly Stoll	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Athena Alexander	....	second assistant director: second unit
Tom Eaton	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Brian O'Kelley	....	second second assistant director
Jonathan Penner	....	second unit director
Michael D. Segel	....	first assistant director
Alan Steinman	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Ann Marie Boyle	....	additional scenic artist
Charles Buckley	....	paintings
David Bush	....	art department production assistant
James Davis	....	swing
Ron Franco	....	lead man (as Ronald V. Franco)
Cecil Gentry	....	property master
Alex Gloth	....	art department production assistant
Sean Haines	....	assistant property master
Sean Haines	....	property master: second unit
Mark Heathfield	....	additional scenic artist
David Ivie	....	title paintings
Stan Lanich	....	construction coordinator
Jesse Law	....	art department production assistant
Jacqueline McArdle	....	lead scenic artist
Justin McCartney	....	lead man: second unit
Justin McCartney	....	swing
Kate Meredith	....	storyboard artist
Cynthia Anne Slagter	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Jessica Bellfort	....	assistant sound editor
Tom Bellfort	....	supervising sound editor
Bruce Bueckert	....	adr recordist
K.C. Clayton	....	production sound mixer: second unit
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	adr supervisor
Bob Edwards	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregory Kuhn	....	adr recordist (as Greg Kuhn)
Susan A. Leahy	....	post-production sound manager (as Susan Leahy)
Don H. Matthews	....	production sound mixer
John Salcedo	....	boom operator
Kevin Sellers	....	assistant sound editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Matthew Wood	....	sound effects editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	dialogue editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Amy H. Abrams	....	additional camera loader (as Amy Abrams)
Amy H. Abrams	....	second assistant "b" camera: second unit (as Amy Abrams)
David Aquino	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Bonnie S. Blake	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit (as Bonnie Blake)
Chris Bothwell	....	electrician: second unit (as Crash Bothwell)
James Elton Davis	....	electric swing
James Davis	....	grip
Flint Ellsworth	....	best boy electric: second unit
Aaron J. Galang	....	best boy grip (as A.J. Galang)
Aaron J. Galang	....	key grip: second unit (as A.J. Galang)
Troi Horton	....	grip
Glenn Kennedy	....	second assistant camera
Dan Kneece	....	Steadicam operator
Santos Lujano	....	electrician: second unit
Darrel Maxwell	....	grip
Will McGarry	....	unit still photographer
Tom McGrath	....	gaffer
Tom McGrath	....	videographer
Sean McKelvey	....	gaffer: second unit
Teresa Medina	....	director of photography: second unit
Sky Nicholas	....	grip
Kevin Peters	....	electrician
Daniel Robinson	....	best boy grip: second unit
Daniel Robinson	....	grip
Edwin Schiernecker	....	gaffer: second unit
Mark Sontag	....	electrician: second unit
Kara Stephens	....	camera loader
Robert Thomas	....	rigging grip (as Robert Thomas)
Eric Trageser	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jeff Vespa	....	electrician (as Jeffrey Charles Meyer)
Jeff Vespa	....	grip: second unit (as Jeffrey Charles Meyer)
Stephen Welch	....	key grip
Vernon Wynne	....	grip
Maja Zimmerman	....	electrician: second unit

Casting Department
Debe Waisman	....	extras casting (as Debra Waisman)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathleen Beaton	....	wardrobe assistant
Elaine Davis	....	costumer
Genevieve Tyrrell	....	key costumer (as Gen Tyrrell)

Editorial Department
George D. Brown III	....	assistant film editor
Tim Heyen	....	negative cutter
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer
Martha Pike	....	assistant film editor
Steve Weber	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Jamie Forester	....	music editor
Mick Jones	....	composer: incidental music
Jonathan McHugh	....	music supervisor
Jill Meyers	....	music consultant
Mutato Muzika	....	music mixer
Mutato Muzika	....	music recordist
Kim Naves	....	additional music editor
Bruce Young Berman	....	musician: guitar solos (uncredited)

Other crew
Maria K. Battle	....	production assistant
Shelly Becker	....	graphic book designer
Michael S. Bell	....	production assistant: second unit
Nell Buttolph	....	production assistant: second unit
Bob Byington	....	production assistant
Larkin Campbell	....	production assistant
Patrick Chikhe	....	production assistant: second unit
Michele T. Comet	....	production assistant
Michael Comia	....	production assistant
Andrew P. Davis	....	production assistant: second unit
Robert DeFranco	....	key production assistant
Ed Field	....	production assistant
Melissa Fitzgerald	....	production coordinator
Billy A. Fox	....	location consultant
Katy S. Fox	....	location manager
Katy S. Fox	....	production associate
Margot Frankel	....	title designer
Kimberlee A. Gerston	....	script supervisor: second unit
Michael Stewart Grant	....	production assistant
Jan Hermsen	....	production accountant
Hillary Hoggard	....	stand-in
Debbie Jacobsen	....	animal wrangler
Bjorn Johnson	....	fight director
James Lanza	....	production assistant: second unit
Mark B. Lasser	....	production consultant
Jana Lehman	....	assistant graphic artist
Cindy Lynn Morio	....	production assistant: second unit
Robert Myrtle	....	production consultant
Trish Orem	....	assistant production coordinator
Diane Osollo	....	stand-in
Lesley Peterson	....	production assistant: second unit
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist (as Claire S. Raskind)
Jim Reeves	....	production assistant
John Rheam	....	production assistant
Mia Rue	....	assistant to director
R.P. Sekon	....	producer: second unit
Karol Siegel	....	script supervisor
Ian Strang	....	production assistant: second unit
Cid Swank	....	additional publicist
Anne M. Tower	....	stand-in
Kevin Wallace	....	security officer
Angela Messmer	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Electric Pictures
• Vault, The
• WF/X

Distributors

• Les Films Number One (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (1996) (USA)
• Sony Pictures Video
• WF/X

Other Companies

• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• TVT Records  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated R for language, and for some sexuality and violence.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Beau Bridges was originally asked to play Norman Arbuthnot, but he turned the role down.

Goofs:

Continuity: Marc pours wine from the Blue bottle, then caps it. Subsequently it is seen both capped and uncapped.

Quotes:

[on what to do with Zack]
Luke: I say we bury the cracker and have dessert.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The X Files: Dæmonicus (#9.3)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Contaminated Minds

A true hidden gem. Another Paxton triumph

It was a warm summer night and I was in the video store with my girlfriend. " Hey, this movie has that guy Bill Paxton in it, isn't that the guy you like? " I thought I had seen every Paxton movie out there but I was pleasantly surprised that there was one that I hadn't seen. So we rented it and even though Bill has a small cameo in the film, I enjoyed this film more than I thought I would. First the acting by the major actors is incredible and all the cameos by famous faces is fun to watch. Luke ( Courtney B. Vance ) is my favourite character in the movie. He seems to be a little more intelligent, a little more sinister and a little more angry than the rest of them. And it is his persona that I look forward to seeing in every scene. I looked forward to see what he was going to come out with next. What sick, twisted but convincing point of view that he would coerce his cronies into believing.

The story is about a few friends that are liberals at heart. They have their pretentious meals and drink their pretentious wine every night and talk about what is wrong with the world. Then Paxton comes into the picture and he changes everything.

This film didn't get a whole lot of attention when it came out, but now with Paxton's star clearly on the rise after Titanic and A Simple Plan and Cameron Diaz in the upper echelon of actresses, this film may appeal to more people. And you should do yourself a favour and make yourself one of those people. This is a great film. And besides the entertainment value, it really has something interesting to say. Deciding whether or not you agree with it is half the fun.