Ted, a stuffy white guy from Illinois working in sales for the Barcelona office of a US corporation, is paid an unexpected visit by his somewhat less stuffy cousin Fred, who is an officer ... See full summary »
Director:
Whit Stillman
Stars:
Taylor Nichols,
Chris Eigeman,
Tushka Bergen
A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
Director:
Whit Stillman
Stars:
Carolyn Farina,
Edward Clements,
Chris Eigeman
A trio of girls set out to change the male-dominated environment of the Seven Oaks college campus, and to rescue their fellow students from depression, grunge and low standards of every kind.
Last Days of Disco loosely depicts the "last days" at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. The story centers around a group of friends who frequent the disco and each other. All the characters are searching for something to make their lives more fulfilling. Some are searching for everlasting love and some are just wanting something different. As the disco is closed, they all wonder can disco ever really be dead?Written by
Kathy Clark <kemoore@cyberramp.net>
This film was conceived by writer-director Whit Stillman after filming the disco scenes in Barcelona (1994). The picture is loosely based on Stillman's personal experiences in various Manhattan discos including Studio 54. See more »
Goofs
In the penultimate scene, Josh and Dan exit into a subway station with posts topped by red globes. Subway portals with red globes are exit only. They never could have entered there. As we see Des and Charlotte walk away, we see an entrance for the same subway station (World Trade Center) marked with green globes. The green globes designate 24-hour entry. There Josh and Dan could have actually entered for the subway. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Alice Kinnon:
I hear you have a much better chance of getting in if you come by cab.
Charlotte Pingress:
You're really worried about getting in?
Alice Kinnon:
Yes.
Charlotte Pingress:
I thought you've been here several times before.
Alice Kinnon:
Not the front way. They were private parties. We came in through the back.
Charlotte Pingress:
We look real good tonight. I'm sure we're gonna get in.
[Alice and Charlotte round the corner and see a large crowd waiting outside the Disco Club]
Alice Kinnon:
[beat]
Let's get a cab.
Charlotte Pingress:
Yeah.
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"The Last Days of Disco" follows a group of newly minted adults in the New York of the early 1980s. They're affluent, and recent products of Ivy League educations but they really don't have much of a clue as to what adulthood is all about. They're groping, but they're not sure for what. They all have jobs, but their lives revolve around a posh disco where they mate, mingle, and talk. There's not much of a plot; "The Last Days of Disco" is mostly a series of conversions. But the conversions are wonderful. Whit Stillman's dialogue is a delight; he nails what its like during those first years of adulthood when the life of the group is replaced by a mature individuality. The ensemble cast is wonderful to watch, not overplaying their characters. I recommend this movie very highly
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"The Last Days of Disco" follows a group of newly minted adults in the New York of the early 1980s. They're affluent, and recent products of Ivy League educations but they really don't have much of a clue as to what adulthood is all about. They're groping, but they're not sure for what. They all have jobs, but their lives revolve around a posh disco where they mate, mingle, and talk. There's not much of a plot; "The Last Days of Disco" is mostly a series of conversions. But the conversions are wonderful. Whit Stillman's dialogue is a delight; he nails what its like during those first years of adulthood when the life of the group is replaced by a mature individuality. The ensemble cast is wonderful to watch, not overplaying their characters. I recommend this movie very highly