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Last Man Standing (1996) 6.2
A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town. Director:Walter Hill |
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Cast
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| Bruce Dern | ... | ||
| William Sanderson | ... | ||
| Christopher Walken | ... | ||
| David Patrick Kelly | ... | ||
| Karina Lombard | ... | ||
| Ned Eisenberg | ... | ||
| Alexandra Powers | ... | ||
| Michael Imperioli | ... | ||
| Ken Jenkins | ... | ||
| R.D. Call | ... | ||
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Ted Markland | ... |
Deputy Bob
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Luis Contreras | ... | |
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John Smith is an amoral gunslinger in the days of Prohibition. On the lam from his latest (unspecified) exploits, he happens upon the town of Jericho, Texas. Actually, calling Jericho a town would be too generous--it has become more like a ghost town, since two warring gangs have 'driven off all the decent folk.' Smith sees this as an opportunity to play both sides off against each other, earning himself a nice piece of change as a hired gun. Despite his strictly avowed mercenary intentions, he finds himself risking his life for his, albeit skewed, sense of honor.... Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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If you lived in this town, you'd be dead by now. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for pervasive strong violence and some sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
20 September 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Gundown See more »Box Office
Budget:
$67,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
ITL 462,620,000 (Italy) (15 November 1996)Gross:
$18,127,448 (USA) (20 December 1996)Company Credits
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John Smith: It's a funny thing. No matter how low you sink there's still a right and wrong. You always end up choosing. You go one way so you can try to live with yourself. You go the other, you'd still be walkin' around, but you're dead and you don't even know it.
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Originally, Smith's confrontation with Doyle and Hickey was going to take place in front of the Alamo Hotel (where Smith hangs a tommy gun off of the machete on the post). Smith was going to shoot Doyle in the crotch (as revenge for raping and enslaving Felina) and then blow his brains out. He would then slowly shoot down Hickey. A portion of this scene is included in the theatrical trailer which shows Hickey clutching his tommy gun and staggering as he croaks, "I'll see you in hell." See more »Goofs
At the second to last battle at the Strozzi place, you can see John's 45. The action goes back and locks several times, and yet, he still fires when it is back. See more »Quotes
[first lines]John Smith: It's a funny thing. No matter how low you sink there's still a right and wrong. You always end up choosing. You go one way so you can try to live with yourself. You go the other, you'd still be walkin' around, but you're dead and you don't even know it.
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This movie is a Gangster remake of Clint East Wood's A Fistful of Dollars which is a Western remake of Yojimbo which is a samurai adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's The Red Harvest. When adapting the first time Akira Kurosawa changed the amount of gangs involved from 4 to 2. Every version since then has had only 2. The Continental Op, The Man With No Name, Mifune's Samurai, and Bruce Willis's John Smith. All Nameless. All working all sides to their own end.
As this is the only gangster version of this story, I like this movie very much, though I would like to see a more accurate version of the Red Harvest. When deciding who should play the Continental Op, none come to mind more than Bruce Willis, which of course brings me back to liking Last Man Standing. Not as pretty as those that came before, but pretty cool.