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| LAST ACTION HERO (1993) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Action adventure superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger bursts through the screen as bigger-than-life movie hero Jack Slater in this non-stop adventure from acclaimed director John McTiernan. Action buff Danny Madigan recieves a magical movie ticket from a friend that transports him into the screenworld of his hero Jack Slater, where they work together to battle evil in the city. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arnold Schwarzenegger (Jack Slater/Himself), F. Murray Abrahams (John Practice), Art Carney (Frank), Charles Dance (Benedict), Frank McRae (Dekker), Tom Noonan (Ripper/Himself), Robert Prosky (Nick), Anthony Quinn (Tony Vivaldi), Mercedes Ruehl (Mom), Austin O' Brien (Danny Madigan), Ian McKellen (Death), Professor Toru Tanaka (Tough Asian Man), Joan Plowright (Teacher), Jason Kelly (Lt. Governor), Noah Emmerich (Rookie), Tina Turner (The Mayor), Billy D. Lucas (SWAT cop), Ryan Todd (Andrew Slater), Angie Everhart (Video babe), Bridgette Wilson (Whitney/Meredith), Rick Ducommun (Ripper's Agent), Colleen Camp (Ratcliff), Danny DeVito (voice of Whiskers). CAMEOS: Keith Barish, James Belushi, Chevy Chase, Chris Connelly (uncredited), Karen Duffy, Larry Ferguson, Leeza Gibbons, M.C. Hammer, Peter Kent, Little Richard, Robert Patrick, Maria Shriver, Sharon Stone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Melvin Van Peebles, Damon Wayans and Perisa White (uncredited). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| THIS ISN'T THE MOVIES ANYMORE. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: John McTiernan (Predator). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WRITERS: Zak Penn, Adam Leff, Shane Black, David Arnott and William Goldman (uncredited). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCERS: John McTiernan and Stephen J. Roth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CO-PRODUCERS: Neal Nordlinger and Robert E. Relyea. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Robert H. Lemer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Arnold Schwarzenegger. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Michael Kamen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia Pictures. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| QUOTES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danny: How'd you know someone was in there? Slater: There's always someone in there. It costs me a fortune in closet doors. |
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| Slater: Could I speak to the drug dealer of the house, please? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: June 18th, 1993 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slater: I'll be back! Ha! You didn't know I was gonna say that, did you? Danny: That's what you always say! Slater: I do? |
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| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $14.2 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $50.0 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE WORLDWIDE: $121.2 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUDGET: $60 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitney Slater: Freeze! Lose the guns or I redecorate in brain-matter grey, got it? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Many of the props in the film are made by Acme. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - The film contains intentional continuity errors. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danny: I thought I was going to die. Slater: Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but you're gonna live to enjoy all the glorious fruits life has got to offer-- acne, shaving, premature ejaculation...and your first divorce. |
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| - The words "A Franco Columbu film" appear on the screen at the beginning of Jack Slater IV. Columbu is a bodybuilder friend of star Arnold Schwarzenegger's, who has appeared in the following films with him: Pumping Iron, Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator and The Running Man. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slater: And Whitney! Why can't she be like every other teenage. For prom night she stayed home and field stripped an AK-47. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - The schoolteacher who praises Laurence Olivier's performance was played by Joan Plowright, who is Olivier's widow. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benedict: If God was a villain, he would have been me. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Belushi: I'm not really a big fan of Arnold's...She is, you know...Arnold really turns her on and I just want to be there when it happens. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - The video Christmas in Connecticut, directed by Schwarzenegger, is visable in the video store. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominated for several Razzie Awards: Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Screenplay, Worst Director, Worst New Star and Worst Song ("Big Gun"). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CRITICAL COMMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Good action scenes and occasionally clever ideas can't save it." -- Leonard Maltin | "Maybe younger viewers--around the age of the young hero-- will identity with it. It was disappointed. -- Roger Ebert, Siskel & Ebert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Last Action Hero is sporadically entertaining, but it could have been a whole lot more." -- James Berardinelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Arnold's latest should be extinct before Spielberg's dinosaurs." -- John Hartl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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