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User Rating:
5.6/10   324 votes
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Director:
Patrick Harkins
Writer:
John Hodge (written by)
Contact:
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Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A rivalry develops between a showbiz veteran and an upstart newcomer. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Jon Gosselin -- Last Moments with a D-Bag
 (From TMZ. 23 November 2009, 6:35 AM, PST)
Disappointing Fans and Critics, O'Toole Movie Goes Straight to Video
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 4 March 2003)
User Comments:
Another Waste Of Lottery Funds more (13 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Peter O'Toole ... J.J. Curtis

Adrian Lester ... Jonathan Stitch
Aidan Gillen ... Dave Turner

Julia Sawalha ... Karen Willet

Ralph Brown ... Timothy (Channel Controller)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Atkinson ... Betty (Contestant)

Inday Ba ... Caroline Stitch

Todd Boyce ... Pete lanyard

Dominic Cooper ... Young Priest

Sally Dexter ... Linda
Henry Goodman ... Ed Nbrezki (voice)
Kenneth Hadley ... Cleethorpes Paper editor
Nick Holder ... Mike
Anna Jaskolka ... Mrs. Arkwright
Claudia Lander-Duke ... Arkwrights' Daughter

Patrick Malahide ... Dr. Colworth

Ian McNeice ... Priest
Emily Richards ... Awards Presenter
Toby Robertson ... Lord Kelvin
Iain Rogerson ... Mr. Arkwright
Zita Sattar ... Sylvia (Contestant)
Martin Savage ... Billy (Contestant)
Simon Scott ... TV Interviewer
Jonathan Shaw ... Charlie Arkwright
Charles Simon ... Monty Franklin
Rohan Siva ... Stanley (Contestant)
Sharon Swyer ... Limo Girl
Malcolm Tierney ... Estate Agent
Mark Williams ... Declan Farrell
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some violence and brief drug use.
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Runtime:
Argentina:85 min | Sweden:84 min (Gothenburg Film Festival)
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor) | Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Argentina:13 | USA:R | Germany:12 | UK:15
Filming Locations:
Brocket Hall, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK more
Company:
DNA Films more

Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
Goldberg Variatioons no. 1 more

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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Another Waste Of Lottery Funds, 8 January 2006
3/10
Author: Theo Robertson from Isle Of Bute, Scotland

The opening credits of THE FINAL CURTAIN rolled and the very first credit stated that this was a film produced by Universal Studios in conjunction with DNA films . I missed the rest of the credits because I was through the kitchen making a cup of tea but when I came back I was struck as to how the film played out because the whole style of the movie screamed " British lottery funding " . How could this be since the movie was financed by an American studio ? We're shown an all too long ex positional sequence complete with voice over showing diverse clips from THE BLACK AND WHITE MINSTRALS and DOCTOR WHO in a movie that uses the technique of a TRAINSPOTTING wannabe . Two things I found out after the film had finished were that THE FINAL CURTAIN was written by TRAINSPOTTING adapter John Hodge and that the movie was indeed funded by the national lottery

This explains a lot because say what you like about Hollywood studios but at least they know what the public want and the public don't want to see a pile of nepotistic crap with zero money making potential . Lottery funding has killed the British film industry in many ways because it has stopped film makers earning their money . The producers get paid therefore they're under no pressure to make a film with any type of national or international appeal . For every 28 DAYS LATER there's ten movies like THE TANGO LESSON and IT WAS AN ACCIDENT and THE SLAB BOYS , films that should be drowned at birth and which this film goer would pay good money NOT to see . Be honest , despite an avalance of British film releases in the last ten years how many do you think are genuinely good movies ?

The story ( If that is the right word ) revolves around the rivalry between two hideously successful game show hosts JJ Curtis and Dave Turner . If you want to understand how unrealistic this scenario is then imagine Chris Tarrant and Chris Evans embarking on a murder campaign against one another . A ridiculous idea for a storyline isn't it ? but not that the producers , screenwriter and director care . You can just imagine them holding their sides laughing as someone is asked to give JJ a circumcision or as someone is electrocuted . Guess what ? I never thought I'd start laughing and I didn't . And by making Curtis and Turner so unlikable there's no empathy for the audience . Having these characters as protagonists means to the audience it's kind of like being Polish during the second world war where you had Hitler to the West and Stalin to the East . No matter who wins the audience will be the loser

I'm actually shocked that people have come on to this page and awarded THE FINAL CURTAIN high marks or the fact that 115 voters have given it an average rating of 5.8 when a more realistic score would be in the region of half that because this is a fairly terrible film made by people who are far too lazy to make anything resembling a half way decent one

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