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The Last Time I Committed Suicide

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
BiographyDramaRomance
In 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend, writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad girlfriend who wants a ... Read allIn 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend, writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad girlfriend who wants a commitment.In 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend, writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad girlfriend who wants a commitment.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
20,430
173
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    • Director
      • Stephen Kay
    • Writers
      • Neal Cassady(letter)
      • Stephen Kay
    • Stars
      • Thomas Jane
      • Keanu Reeves
      • Adrien Brody
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Stephen Kay
    • Writers
      • Neal Cassady(letter)
      • Stephen Kay
    • Stars
      • Thomas Jane
      • Keanu Reeves
      • Adrien Brody
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 29User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Keanu Reeves and Thomas Jane in The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)

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    Thomas Jane
    Thomas Jane
    • Neal Cassady
    Keanu Reeves
    Keanu Reeves
    • Harry
    Adrien Brody
    Adrien Brody
    • Ben
    John Doe
    John Doe
    • Lewis
    Claire Forlani
    Claire Forlani
    • Joan
    Jim Haynie
    Jim Haynie
    • Jerry
    Marg Helgenberger
    Marg Helgenberger
    • Lizzy
    Lucinda Jenney
    Lucinda Jenney
    • Rosie Trickle
    Gretchen Mol
    Gretchen Mol
    • Mary Greenway
    Pat McNamara
    Pat McNamara
    • Father Fletcher
    Kate Williamson
    Kate Williamson
    • Nurse Waring
    Cristine Rose
    Cristine Rose
    • Mrs. Greenway
    • (as Christine Rose)
    Meadow Sisto
    • Sarah
    Amy Smart
    Amy Smart
    • Jeananne
    Alexandra Holden
    Alexandra Holden
    • Vicky
    Clark Gregg
    Clark Gregg
    • Cop #1
    Joe Charbanic
    Joe Charbanic
    • Cop #2
    Edward Bates
    Edward Bates
    • Player #1
    • Director
      • Stephen Kay
    • Writers
      • Neal Cassady(letter)
      • Stephen Kay
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The letter on which this movie is based was referred to by its author Neal Cassady, and its recipient Jack Kerouac as "the Joan Anderson letter" (even though the only extant fragment more prominently and dramatically dealt with a different girlfriend of Neal's at the time, nicknamed Cherry Mary). This letter, written in December 1950 about events in Cassady's life from the summer through Christmas of 1945, was "lost" circa 1954 and 1955. But before that happened, a 5,000-word fragment (on which this movie is based) had been copied (retyped) likely by Kerouac himself, and was subsequently published in 1964 in a small San Francisco literary magazine called "Notes From Underground", then again later in Cassady's posthumous autobiography "The First Third" (beginning "To have seen a specter isn't everything ..."). The entire 16,000-word letter by Cassady - which Kerouac had praised as a turning point in his approach to writing - was never seen again after 1955 - and consequently became something of a Holy Grail in the Beat world. Miraculously, in 2012, the entire letter was found after nearly sixty years in old boxes that had been stored since being rescued from the Sausalito publisher Golden Goose's garbage when it folded in 1955. It's set for auction on December 17, 2014.
    • Goofs
      Dianne Reeves wasn't born until 1956 but her "Jingle Bells" is used in the soundtrack.
    • Quotes

      Neal Cassady: One startled look and I knew, I was right back where I'd started.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Face/Off/Dream with the Fishes/Head Above Water/The Last Time I Committed Suicide/When the Cat's Away (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Better Get It in Your Soul
      Written by Charles Mingus

      Performed by Charles Mingus

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

    User reviews29

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    Top review
    Get this director a valium, PLEASE!
    You know, normally when you have a good script and excellent

    actors on your project, you can turn out something decent, good or

    great...even when you, as the director, believe you're talented and

    think you know what you're doing. But so far as "The Last Time I

    Committed Suicide" is concerned, Stephen T. Kay flat out ruined

    this movie, and it is damn near unforgivable.

    Here we have a screenplay filled with some of the most wonderful

    dialog you can imagine being delivered by a troupe of wonderful

    actors. Thomas Jane gives a star making turn as Neal Cassady,

    and he is backed up with a startlingly naturalistic and cozy turn by

    Keanu Reeves as his drunk buddy, Harry. But could you enjoy the

    beautiful rhythm of their work? Noooooooooo. By God, Mr. Kay

    was going to remind you every step of the way that he is

    DIRECTING this film and you are going to pay attention to that fact,

    come hell or high water.

    I mean, here we have a quiet intense drama about a charismatic

    man who inspired people like Jack Kerouac and Alan Ginsberg,

    and the director uses every trick in "The MTV Bible of Pseudo

    Filmography" to hide that fact and (supposedly) make it palatable

    for the ADD generation. You got your jump cuts and edits every .9

    seconds and odd angles and pretty inserts and on and on and on

    until I finally wanted to scream at the screen, "Take a F*****G

    valium!" Drama has to unfold; it cannot be force fed down your

    gullet because the man making the movie thinks you're too easily

    distracted to give a damn about the characters.

    I've only seen one other movie where the director completely

    destroyed a wonderful script -- "A Chorus of Disapproval"

    (although if "While You Were Sleeping" had had any other actress

    in the lead besides Sandra Bullock, it would also fit in this cursed

    category).

    So...if you like your drama spit out in food fight fashion, then this is

    the movie for you. But if you want anything approaching reality,

    check out something like "La Dolce Vita" by Federico Fellini, who

    has more style in his right pinkie than in all of Stephen T. Kay's

    body.
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    • jemmytee
    • Dec 7, 2003

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    • Release date
      • June 20, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Senast jag begick självmord
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bates Entertainment
      • Tapestry Films
      • The Kushner-Locke Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,362
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,836
      • Jun 22, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $46,362
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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