Last Call (1999 film) (original) (raw)
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1999 Chilean film
| Last Call | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Christine Lucas |
| Screenplay by | Jorge Durán Christine Lucas David T. Page |
| Produced by | Juan Harting |
| Starring | Bastián Bodenhöfer Elizabeth Berkley Garret Dillahunt Peter Coyote Lorene Prieto Eric Michael Cole |
| Cinematography | Antonio Farías |
| Edited by | Danielle Fillios |
| Music by | Andreas Bodenhöfer |
| Productioncompany | Roos Film [es] |
| Distributed by | Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (DVD) |
| Release dates | 3 January 1999 (1999-01-03) (Chile) 8 August 1999 (1999-08-08) (US) |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries | ChileUnited States |
| Language | English |
Last Call is a Chilean-American psychological thriller film. It was released in Chile on 3 January 1999, and in the United States on 8 August 1999 at the Hollywood Film Festival.
As it is a collaboration between both countries, and a Chilean production aimed at the American market, the dialogue is in English. It features American and Chilean actors such as Bastián Bodenhöfer, Elizabeth Berkley, Peter Coyote, and Lorene Prieto.[1][2]
In a central apartment building in Santiago, three foreigners wait impatiently for a call to carry out an illegal operation in the desert. In her apartment, Helena, a lonely American woman, waits for her lover. Upstairs, Nico settles in his brother's apartment. As time goes by, tension increases, intertwining these characters' lives in a sordid and oppressive environment.[3]
- Peter Coyote as Xuave
- Eric Michael Cole as Nico
- Lorene Prieto as Cote
- Elizabeth Rossa as Connie
- Bastián Bodenhöfer as Miguel
- Elizabeth Berkley as Helena
- Garret Dillahunt as Curtis
- Pedro Vicuña [es] as Lucho
- Anita Reeves as Mother
- David Olguiser as Son
- Teresa Berríos as Grandmother
- Roberto "El Rumpy" Artiagoitia [es] as Gangster
- Elizabeth Gomez Aguilera (Ely Sanders) as the cashier
- 3 January 1999 – Chile
- 8 August 1999 – United States (Hollywood Film Festival)[3]
- 5 June 2007 – DVD release in Canada and United States
- ^ "Juan Harting: El Productor Más Controvertido del Cine Chileno" [Juan Harting: The Most Controversial Producer of Chilean Film]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 18 December 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Filman películas chilenas en inglés para entrar al mercado internacional" [Chilean Films are Shot in English to Enter the International Market]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ a b Koehler, Robert (16 August 1999). "Last Call". Variety. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
