La dernière fanfare

Titre original : The Last Hurrah

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Spencer Tracy, John Carradine, Jeffrey Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Pat O'Brien, Ricardo Cortez, Edward Brophy, Donald Crisp, Wallace Ford, Dianne Foster, James Gleason, and Basil Ruysdael in La dernière fanfare (1958)

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Frank Skeffington est un ancien responsable politique américano-irlandais, qui se présente pour la dernière fois comme candidat au poste de maire d'une ville américaine.Frank Skeffington est un ancien responsable politique américano-irlandais, qui se présente pour la dernière fois comme candidat au poste de maire d'une ville américaine.Frank Skeffington est un ancien responsable politique américano-irlandais, qui se présente pour la dernière fois comme candidat au poste de maire d'une ville américaine.

Réalisation
- John Ford
Scénario
- Frank S. Nugent
- Edwin O'Connor
Casting principal

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7,3/10

4,3 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- John Ford
Scénario
- Frank S. Nugent
- Edwin O'Connor
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Nomination aux 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 victoires et 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
Orson Welles was John Ford's original choice to play Frank Skeffington, but Welles either lost or refused the part after Ward Bond, a Ford friend and an ultra-conservative Republican, publicly questioned Welles' loyalty to the U.S., as Welles was well known as a progressive Democrat. Ford was furious with Bond, since Welles and Ford were fans of each other's work.

Gaffes
Like many films made in the L.A. area, the trees don't match the season. In the scene where the crowd has gathered outside Skeffington's home the morning after his election night heart attack, the tree on his front lawn is full of green leaves. In early November in New England the leaves should have changed color and even fallen off the tree.

Citations
Roger Sugrue: [standing by Skeffington's bed] Well, at least he made his peace with God. There's one thing we all can be sure of - if he had it to do over again, there's no doubt in the world he would do it very, very differently.
Mayor Frank Skeffington: [opening his eyes] Like hell I would.

Connexions
Featured in Directed by John Ford (1971)

Bandes originales
My Pony Boy
(uncredited)
Written by Bobby Heath and Charley O'Donnell

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9/10

Partially true story made exceptional by wonderful character actrs including Spencer Tracy

I was 10 years out of a college in the Boston area when this movie came out, and we remembered Mayor Curley of Boston, a brilliant orator, a charming Irish rogue whom everyone - or almost everyone - found fascinating, even when he was in prison. This story, reduced to specific wonderful vignettes of Mayor "Skeffington's" last election and defeat is admirably played by a group of great character actors of the time. Many faces are hauntingly familiar. Tracy, already old, is superb. I consider this one of his greatest and most convincing roles. Slightly dated now, in black and white without the technical tricks we accept in our time, the plain story is sufficient to hold our attention, make us laugh and make us cry. Watching it now, we feel nostalgia for a simpler time, but realize that some things taking place in politics haven't changed that much. Cheers for Spencer Tracy. Cast your vote for "Skeffington" even though the name is not Irish, and "Irish"is the story.