Producer Sam Spiegel's contribution is admirable, but Elia Kazan's direction of the Pinter plot seems unfocussed though craftsmanlike. Robert De Niro's performance as the inscrutable boy-wonder of films is mildly intriguing.
The Last Tycoon (1977)
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Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The seedy underbelly of the Hollywood film industry is brought to light in Elia Kazan's powerful adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last, unfinished novel. Robert DeNiro anchors the film with his... The seedy underbelly of the Hollywood film industry is brought to light in Elia Kazan's powerful adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last, unfinished novel. Robert DeNiro anchors the film with his commanding portrayal of 1930s movie mogul Monroe Stahr (modeled after MGM's studio head Irving Thalberg), a ruthless businessman who dominates studio politics but remains haunted by a lost love from his past. Scripted by playwright Harold Pinter, this rich evocation of 1930s Hollywood features strong supporting performances by Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, and Jack Nicholson. [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson
Starring: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Jeanne Moreau, Theresa Russell, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Dana Andrews, Ingrid Boulting, Anjelica Huston
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Screenwriter: Harold Pinter
Story: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Composer: Maurice Jarre
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The movie is full of echoes. We watch it as if at a far remove from what's happening, but that too is appropriate: Fitzgerald was writing history as it happened.
Elia Kazan now admits that he directed this adaptation, his last Hollywood film, for the money. Unfortunately, it looks it.
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