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The Last Days of Disco

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The Last Days of Disco (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 47 Fresh: 31  Rotten:16 Average Rating: 6.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Synopsis: The third in Whit Stillman's excellent trio of talkative yet thought-provoking odes to days gone by. This installment is set in the Manhattan of the early 80's (chronologically between "Metropolitan" and "Barcelona") as the hedonistic disco era is on the wane and the money-grubbing... The third in Whit Stillman's excellent trio of talkative yet thought-provoking odes to days gone by. This installment is set in the Manhattan of the early 80's (chronologically between "Metropolitan" and "Barcelona") as the hedonistic disco era is on the wane and the money-grubbing self-absorbed era of junk bonds and MTV is on the rise. Two conservative recent Hampshire College graduates slave away as editorial assistants by day and vampy party-goers by night. Witty thoughtful banter moves this film along without the need for an oppressive disco soundtrack or gratuitous drug usage that seem to permeate films of the timeframe. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Robert Sean Leonard

Director: Whit Stillman

DVD Info

Release:

Dec 8, 1998

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital - 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Theatrical trailer
  • Cast and Crew Bios and Filmographies
  • Interactive Menus
  • Standard and Widescreen Formats
  • French Subtitles
  • English Closed Captioning
  • Digitally Mastered
  • English and French
  • Filmographies
  • Closed Captioning

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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The ambience is wrong, failing to convey the passion, the erotic heat, and the decadence that characterized discos as the new temples; at the end, we get the strange feeling that the characters too never understood the meaning of disco to their lives.

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Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
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Solid period piece with good dialogue. Standard relationship stuff, but well done.

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Fred Topel
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Jeanne Aufmuth
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02/20/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
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A squawky, self-satisfied bore that isn't likely to get anyone's toes tapping.

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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
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Mr. Stillman more or less saves the movie with Josh, a sweet, muddled guy who deserves better friends than he has in this movie.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
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The performances by the entire ensemble are delightful, with Beckinsale and Keeslar particularly impressive. Of course, it helps that they get most of the sharpest lines.

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James Sanford
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06/05/02
Wade Major
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