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Tale of two U.S. Navy petty officers who are ordered to escort a kleptomaniac from one prison to another.Product Identifiers
ProducerGerald Ayres
EAN5037899069820
eBay Product ID (ePID)20048558473
Product Key Features
ActorRandy Quaid, Jack Nicholson, Clifton James, Otis Young, Carol Kane
Film/TV TitleThe Last Detail
DirectorHal Ashby
LanguageEnglish
Run Time100 Mins
FormatBluraydvd
Release Year2017
Features4K restoration from the original negative \Original mono audio \Two presentations of the feature: the original, uncut theatrical version, and the world exclusive home video presentation of the 1976 TV syndication cut \An Introduction by filmmaker Alexander Payne (2017, 5 mins) \About a Trip (2017, 16 mins): an appreciation by Alexander Payne \A Search for Truth (2017, 21 mins): an interview with editor Robert C. Jones \An Interview with Michael Chapman (2004, 4 mins): the acclaimed director of photography discusses his work on The Last Detail \Isolated score: experience Johnny MandelÆs original soundtrack music \Original theatrical trailer \Image gallery \New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, available for both presentations of the feature \Limited edition exclusive 28-page booklet with a new essay by Michael Pattison, and an examination of the 1976 TV cut \UK Blu-ray premiere \Limited Dual Format Edition of 5,000 copies
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerJohnny Mandel
Production DesignerMichael Haller
ReviewsSight and Sound - ..[A] therapeutic and nicely wrought blow at the authorities...
Additional InformationIn THE LAST DETAIL the winning combination of director Hal Ashby, screenwriter Robert Towne, and actor Jack Nicholson turned an unheralded novel by Darryl Ponicsan into one of the first of what are now thought of as the classic films of the1970s. Navy lifers Badass Budduskey (Nicholson) and Mule Mulhall (Otis Young) are given a week to escort a teenage petty thief, Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid), from Virginia to the naval penitentiary in Maine. Their plan to bring him there quickly, and spend the remaining time having a good time themselves, changes when they come to sympathize with the naive Meadows. He's clearly an uncontrollable kleptomaniac given an unjust sentence, so they decide to include him in their plans. But as they escort him through the entire sixties scene, from bars, brawls, and drug-addled parties to a visit to a prostitute (Carol Kane), they come to feel that showing him the world he'll be missing in prison might not be the act of kindness they intended.<BR>The film features a breakthrough performance by Nicholson. The killer smile, quick anger, and antiestablishment attitude that brought him stardom in CHINATOWN is well controlled by Ashby's direction. He never lets Nicholson steal the show. The balance with Quaid's and Young's strong performances makes for a very moving character-based dramatic comedy.
ScreenwriterRobert Towne
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Last Detail
EditorRobert C. Jones
