THE LAST SUPPER
(1995)


Directed by Stacy Title

Written by Dan Rosen


Main Cast:

Cameron Diaz (Jude) * Ron Eldard (Pete) * Annabeth Gish (Paulie) * Jonathan Penner (Marc)
Courtney B. Vance (Luke) *Bill Paxton (Zachary Cody) * Ron Perlman (Norman Arbuthnot)
Charles Durning (Reverend Gerald Hutchens) * Mark Harmon (Dominant Male)
Nora Dunn (Sheriff Alice Stanley) * Dan Rosen (Deputy Hartford)

Producers:

Matt Cooper, Larry Weinberg

Genre:

Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Crime


Filming Location:

Los Angeles, California, USA


Production Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation [us]


Distributors:

Columbia Pictures [us]
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International [us]
Sony Pictures [us]

Plot Summary:

Set in a household of graduate students who want to make a difference to the world, The Last Supper is a comedy, thriller and an exploration of the political right and left and right and wrong. Each week a carefully chosen, politically controversial guest is invited round for dinner to exchange thoughts on current affairs. If their thoughts are considered to be contentious they are fed with some delicious, but deadly wine, so saving the world today from the hypothetical horrors of tomorrow!The Last Supper is a dark comedy of good food, fine wine and very potent points of view.


Trivia:

• Immediately after shooting was completed, the house that was used in the movie burned to the ground.

• One of the producers has a cameo as the guy getting his book signed by Ron Perlman.

• Beau Bridges was originally asked to play Norman Arbuthnot, but he turned the role down.

• Ron Perlman, who works out at the same gym as Director Stacy Title in L.A., said he started reading the script at 9 on a Sunday morning and was on the phone to Ms Title at 10.30 AM, telling her their friendship was over if he didn't get to play the Rush Limbaugh-type character."

• "The Last Supper" cost around $500,000 to make, and was shot in 18 highly compressed days.

• Veteran actors like Jason Alexander, Mark Harmon, Ron Perlman and Charles Durning worked cheap because they liked the script.