At Long Last Love
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| Directed by | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Written by | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Starring | Burt Reynolds Cybill Shepherd |
| Music by | Cole Porter |
| Editing by | Douglas Robertson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | March 1, 1975 |
| Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5.14 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.5 million (US rentals)[2] |
At Long Last Love is an American motion picture musical that was released in 1975. It was written, produced and directed by Peter Bogdanovich and stars Burt Reynolds and Cybill Shepherd.
The film pays homage to the great Hollywood musicals of the 1930s such as Swing Time and Top Hat. It features 16 songs with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
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[edit] Synopsis
Spoiled heiress Brooke Carter runs into spoiled gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track. Spoiled playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into spoiled showgirl Kitty O'Kelly with his car.
Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome does the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
The four friends change partners at a party, where Brooke and Michael step outside behind the backs of Kitty and Johnny. In an effort to make the others jealous, Kitty and Johnny begin a romance and genuinely fall in love, as do Brooke and Michael, and as do Elizabeth and Rodney.
[edit] Production notes
The film is unique as it is the first movie since the early 1930s in which all of the musical numbers were recorded live, without the actors lip-synching to a previously recorded soundtrack.
[edit] Reception
The film opened in March 1975 to scathing reviews and poor box office returns, prompting Bogdanovich to have an open letter of apology printed in newspapers throughout the U.S.
At Long Last Love was cited in Harry and Michael Medved's The Golden Turkey Awards: Nominees and Winners, the Worst Achievements in Hollywood History (1980). They also listed the film in The Hollywood Wall of Shame, writing "The choreography set new standards for flat-footed incompetence, while Bogdanovich's perfectionist refusal to lip-synch the musical numbers drove the budget through the roof. To date, the movie has earned back less than one-fourth its cost of $6 million."[3]
To date, there has never been a home video release of the film in any format, though it became available to stream online in early 2011.
[edit] Cast
- Burt Reynolds .... Michael Oliver Pritchard III
- Cybill Shepherd .... Brooke Carter
- Madeline Kahn .... Kitty O'Kelly
- Duilio Del Prete .... Johnny Spanish
- Eileen Brennan .... Elizabeth
- John Hillerman .... Rodney James
- Mildred Natwick .... Mabel Pritchard
- M. Emmet Walsh .... Harold
[edit] References
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0810842441. p257
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0810842441. p233
- ^ Medved & Medved, The Hollywood Hall of Shame (1984), p. 204
[edit] External links
- At Long Last Love at the Internet Movie Database
- Roger Ebert's review at the Chicago Sun Times website
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