Goodnight, Joseph Parker ( Last Call ) ( Good night, Joseph Parker )

Goodnight, Joseph Parker (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Last Call
Alternate Title: Good night, Joseph Parker
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
78 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Dennis Brooks

Written By:
Dennis Brooks

Actors:
Paul Sorvino ..... Charlie
Steven Tyler ..... Sammy
Nick Chinlund ..... Joseph Parker
Debi Mazar ..... Rita
Richard Edson ..... Frankie
Kim Dickens ..... Muriel
Ruby Jean Parisi ..... Martha
Will Potter ..... Gino
Shannah Laumeister ..... Gino's Girl
William McLain ..... Carl

Synopsis:

The dejected habitués of a run-down New Jersey bar currently teetering on the brink of bankruptcy receive an encouraging boost of morale when a one-time drinking buddy about to get his big break in show-business returns to find the girl he once left behind as the popular stage drama comes to the screen in a film starring Kim Dickens, Debi Mazar, Nick Chinlund, and Paul Sorvino. A locals-only dive where whiskey flows free and evenings pass in a bitter, alcohol-fueled haze, Charlie's Bar and New Crystal Ballroom is a holding tank for lost souls and forgotten dreams. Despite the dreary nature of the place, however, things suddenly start to look up when one-time local Joey Parker returns to his old watering hole in search of the woman he once left behind. It seems that the celebrated crooner from Manhattan has recently been booked for his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and in order for his success to truly be complete Joey is convinced that he must first wed his long lost love. Now, as the dreams of the weary are re-awakened by the same winds that blew in the man determined to take hold of his fate, the regulars at Charlie's are about to find out why some dreamers are better left asleep.

Down and out denizens of a rundown nearly bankrupt small suburban Jersey bar meet to drink and pass their lives away. Hope appears in the form of Joseph Parker, a one-time habitue who has pursued his show business dreams and is about to make his television debut. As Parker comes back to find the girl he left behind his triumphant return rekindles the long-forgotten dreams of the others - awakening lost suppressed memories of desperation, decline and death.

Unapologetically brash in dialogue and texture GOODNIGHT JOSEPH PARKER is the classic love story brought to a no-pleasantries bar room. Girl loves man who loves woman, woman isn't worth his time. Into that mix throw in a hopeless drunk with a good heart and weak stomach, a bartender who's more desperate than his customers and Steven Tyler as a shameless bad boy looking for a good time and fast woman. Powerful, gritty, hard hitting and raw.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 November, 2011.