The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Whit Stillman

Written By:
Whit Stillman

Actors:
Chloë Sevigny ..... Alice Kinnon
Kate Beckinsale ..... Charlotte Pingress
Chris Eigeman ..... Des McGrath
Mackenzie Astin ..... Jimmy Steinway
Matt Keeslar ..... Josh Neff
Robert Sean Leonard ..... Tom Platt
Jennifer Beals ..... Nina Moritz
Matt Ross ..... Dan Powers (as Matthew Ross)
Tara Subkoff ..... Holly
Burr Steers ..... Van
David Thornton ..... Bernie Rafferty
Jaid Barrymore ..... Francesca/Tiger Lady
Sonsee Neu ..... Diana (as Sonsee Ahray)
Edoardo Ballerini ..... Victor
Scott Beehner ..... Adam

Synopsis:

As another installment of Whit Stillman's trilogy, The Last Days of Disco fits chronologically between Metropolitan (1990) and Barcelona (1994), with several cameos overlapping and linking the films. During 'the very early 1980s,' friends gather at a popular Manhattan disco club reminiscent of Studio 54, where getting past the velvet ropes and inside was the first step. Edgy ad-exec Jimmy (Mackenzie Astin) can sometimes get his clients in with the help of the club's womanizing assistant manager, his pal Des (Chris Eigeman), who lets them enter via the rear door. Beautiful brunette Charlotte (Kate Beckinsale) and her former college classmate Alice (Chloe Sevigny) move about the club during the 24-minute opening club sequence. Attorney Tom (Robert Sean Leonard) takes an interest in calm, reserved Alice. Both Alice and the opinionated, assertive Charlotte hold day jobs as entry-level editorial associates at a small book publisher. With Holly (Tara Subkoff) as a third roommate, the trio rents a railroad flat in the Manhattan's Yorkville neighborhood. Charlotte throws dinner parties in an effort to solidify a social circle as an alternative to 'the ferocious pairing off' around her.

During the early 1980s as the Disco era comes to an end, a pair of recent Hampshire College grads move to Manhattan and are befriended by a group of Harvard grads.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 17 September, 2007.

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