Last Party 2000 (2001)

Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, but spends ... See full summary »

Directors:

Rebecca Chaiklin, Donovan Leitch

Stars:

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Harper, Noam Chomsky

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Himself - Narrator
Ben Harper	...	Himself
Noam Chomsky	...	Himself
Harold Ford Jr.	...	Himself (as Rep. Harold Ford Jr.)
Tim Robbins	...	Himself
John Sellers	...	Himself
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself
Christopher Shays	...	Himself (as Rep. Christopher Shays)
Bill Maher	...	Himself
Rosie O'Donnell	...	Herself
Melissa Etheridge	...	Herself
Courtney Love	...	Herself
Antonia Novello	...	Herself (as Dr. Antonia Novella)
Rudolph W. Giuliani	...	Himself (as Mayor Rudolph Giuliani)
The Interpreters	...	Themselves

Storyline

Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, but spends more time outside, in the street protests and police actions than in the orchestrated conventions. Hoffman shows an obvious distaste for money politics and the conservative right. He looks seedier and more disillusioned the campaign progresses. Eventually Hoffman seems most energized by the Ralph Nader campaign as an alternative to the nearly indistinguishable major parties. The high point of the film are the comments by Barney Frank who says that marches and demonstrations are largely a waste of time, and that the really effective political players such as the NRA and the AARP never bother with walk ins, sit-ins, shoot-ins or shuffles. In the interview with Jesse Jackson, Hoffman is too flustered to ask all of his questions.

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Plot Keywords:

campaign | election | politics | 2000s | protest | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 January 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

The Party's Over

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Camouflage Productions Inc., Palisades Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Representative Barney Frank is first introduced on screen, he was mistakenly identified as a Republican. In fact, he is a Democrat.

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Quotes

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Should we say this isn't working?

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Crazy Credits

In loving memory of Esther Goldman Buchthal who dedicated her life to making positive social change.

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Connections

Features The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)

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Soundtracks

"God Bless the U.S.A."
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Lee Greenwood
(live at the Republican National Convention 2000, Philadelphia)

User Reviews

Very informative, but clearly biased.

I don't think that there could have been a better choice than Philip Seymour Hoffman for this film. He is without a doubt the most unbiased person involved in the entire production. The rest of the film is well done and presents a very interesting take on the state of politics in the country today. Toward the end, however, the liberal bias which was kept in check for the first three quarters of the film became extremely apparent. The portrayal of the election aftermath is predictably one-sided and undermines the objectivity of the film, and in turn the argument it makes calling for a change in politics.