The Last Movie Star

Mar 30, 2018

1h 44m

★ 6.5

The best is yet to come.

Overview

An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Broken Twig Productions Inc.

The Last Movie Star Trailers

Cast

Vic Edwards

Burt Reynolds

Lil McDougal

Ariel Winter

Sonny

Chevy Chase

Doug McDougal

Clark Duke

Shane McAvoy

Ellar Coltrane

Faith Cole

Nikki Blonsky

Claudia

Kathleen Nolan

Bjorn

Juston Street

Stuart Muckler

Al-Jaleel Knox

8 Yr Old Vic (uncredited)

Will Buie Jr.

Father of the Bride

Todd Vittum

Tad

Cody Longo

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

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5.9

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5.6

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5.5

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7.4

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7.3

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