The Last Party (film)
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The Last Party | |
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Directed by | Mark Benjamin Marc Levin |
Written by | Robert Downey Jr. Donovan Leitch Marc Levin Josh Richman |
Starring | Robert Downey Jr. |
Cinematography | Mark Benjamin Mark Zero |
Edited by | Wendey Stanzler |
Distributed by | Live Entertainment Triton Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Last Party is a documentary film co-written by and starring Robert Downey Jr.[1]
Interviews and commentary cover moments of history during the 1992 presidential campaigns and investigate the issues of the day with Downey's particular brand of off-beat humor and satire. Although Downey's political sympathies are clear in the film, he lampoons both Democrats and Republicans equally, and provides elements of general social commentary, as well. The film also provides a snap-shot of Robert Downey Jr., at a point in his life where he was falling into drug addiction that later led to an interruption in his career.
The features appearances by George H. W. Bush, Barbara Bush, Pat Buchanan, Bill Clinton, Patti Davis, Spike Lee, Jerry Brown, Roger Clinton, Oliver Stone, Al Sharpton, Dave Mustaine, G. Gordon Liddy, Marc Levin, Sean Penn, John Kerry, Peter Jennings, Jerry Falwell, Oliver North, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mario Cuomo, John Dean, John Ehrlichman, Betty Friedan, Al Gore, Tipper Gore, H. R. Haldeman, Tom Hayden, Jesse Jackson, Ted Kennedy, Ross Perot, Dan Quayle, Dan Rather, Ronald Reagan, Ann Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Christian Slater.
Two sequel films were made following The Last Party, The Party's Over and The After Party: The Last Party 3.
References
- ^ Holden, Stephen (August 27, 1993). "Review/Film; About America as a Family That's Dysfunctional". The New York Times.