Last Night

1998
R
1h 35m

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7.1/10

10K

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A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.

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A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

10K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 22 nominations total

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Trivia
This film was a result of director Don McKellar's invitation to participate in a challenge to make a movie about the imminent Millennium. Instead of making a movie that he felt might date itself too quickly, he opted to make it about the end of the world rather than just the end of the Millennium.

Goofs
When Craig agrees to lend his car to Sandra and explains what kind of car it is, he tells her it's a 1970 Lime Green Super Bee with dual overhead cams. The Super Bee was never available with an engine using dual overhead camshafts. In 1970 the Plymouth Super Bee was available with three choices of engines. Base engine was the 383 Magnum, then as options there was the 440 "Six Pack" and the famed 426 "Hemi". All of these used the Overhead Valve design or "OHV" design.

Quotes
Rose: I don't give a damn. People are always saying 'The children. Pity the children'. I'm tired of the children. They haven't lived, given birth, watch their friends die. I have invested 80 years in this life. The children don't know what they're missing.

Crazy credits
Special thanks to the director's exploited friends.

Connections
Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)

Soundtracks
(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
Written by Tony Macaulay
Performed by The The 5th Dimension (as 5th Dimension)
Courtesy of Polygram Music Publishing Ltd.
Reproduced courtesy of Arista Records Inc. and BMG Music Canada Inc.

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what REALLY matters

Don McKellar directs/wrote/stars in one small movie that asks us... what is REALLY important?

The world is about to end (how is irrelevant) and we follow a (seemingly) random bunch of people as they fill there last hours.

On one level they all want to make dreams/desires/fantasies they've held onto happen. Our main character, Patrick Wheeler is caught between fulfilling his parents plans and his own.

I don't want to give too much of this simple, beautiful and heartfelt movie away, but I think it boils down to a question of opening ourselves up - to be less alone - and to let love in. I think that one thing Mr. McKellar is trying to say is that the power of love- true love (NOT lust) will get us through - no matter what the obstacle.

I've seen this movie several times, and am the last person to be swayed by big Hollywood films that try to "steer" you to "feel" for their characters. Last Night is NOT an action picture. It moves slowly, and builds to an ending that never fails to bring a tear to my eye. I hope you enjoy it is much as I do.