The Last Supper (1995/I)

Director:

Stacy Title

Writer:

Dan Rosen (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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:

Dinner | Iowa | Dinner Party | Stabbing | Car

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
Frederick Lawrence	...	Skin Head
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	....	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 Davis	....	grip
James Elton Davis	....	electric swing
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
Dan Robinson	....	best boy grip: second unit (as Daniel Robinson)
Dan Robinson	....	grip (as Daniel Robinson)
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 Perlmann	....	costumer (as Elaine Davis)
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
Karol Griffiths	....	script supervisor (as Karol Siegel)
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
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
• Vault, The
• WF/X

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1997) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Les Films Number One (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• LK-TEL (1997) (Argentina) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (1996) (USA)
• Sony Pictures Video
• Videosonic Arts (1998) (Greece) (VHS)
• WF/X

Other Companies

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

Also Known As:

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:

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

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Immediately after shooting was completed, the house that was used in the movie burned to the ground.

Goofs:

Continuity: During dinner with the reverend, dishes move around the table between shots.

Quotes:

Zachary Cody:Liberals, never taking a stand you'd be willing to...
Luke:to die for?
Zachary Cody:Nah. Boy, dying is easy. There is nothing heroic about dying. But if you can take a stand for something you'd be willing to kill for, that is something, something special

Movie Connections:

References The Stepford Wives (1975)

Soundtrack:

Top Of The World

90's Political/Philosophical Dark Drama

This is one of the several dark dramas dealing with political/philosophical issues that seemed to invade the big screen in the 90's. Another prime example but with less heavy drama and more fantasy/comedy is Dogma starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. This 1995 film stars several actors that were big names in the 90's - Cameron Diaz, Bill Paxton and Jason Alexander. The story is very dark and bleak indeed. A group of young college-age liberal intellectuals meet daily to discuss the "enemy" that are conservative extremist and anyone they feel are full of "hate". Though well-meaning and clearly sensitive people, they begin to justify a series of murders. These murders are committed as they invite individuals they despise and disagree with politically and philosophically. They poison the wine using a blue decanter. Visually and dramatically, the movie is one of the few good dark movies that came out of the 90's. Art direction in the film seems to gravitate towards symbolic Diego Rivera style art, especially during the opening and closing credits.

I feel that some of these then unknown actors (mainly Cameron Diaz and Bill Paxton) were overly dramatic in their roles but then again they were struggling to get recognized as actors. This was still before Bill Paxton would enjoy success in later films such as "Titanic" in 1997 and also "Twister" which he starred opposite Helen Hunt. Cameron Diaz came on the Hollywood map with "Something About Mary". Even like this, their dramatic acting is logical and believable. The leader of the group of friends is the most brainwashed of the bunch, nearly conducting himself as a cult leader. In a way, this movie looks at how a cult can function. Also this movie is a caution tale: there is possibility for evil in both the extreme conservatism and extreme liberalism. It seems quite appropriate a story for today's divided country. It's sad to say America is losing its democratic roots in favor of an elitist and partisan climate. I found to be a great and poignant movie.