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Aug 1, 2022 · Didion’s The Last Thing He Wanted is known for its intricacies as it makes the Central American crisis of the 1980s as its backdrop. While it is obviously not based on a true story, it is definitely inspired by real events taking place in the 1980s. All of this can be seen both in the book and the movie, as it is set during the time of civil ...
Feb 25, 2020 · What is the true story of The Last Thing He Wanted? Elena McMahon (Hathaway) is a reporter at a fictional newspaper, The Atlantic Post, in the 1980s. At the beginning of the movie, she is on the ...
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Aug 1, 2022 · Directed by Dee Rees, ‘ The Last Thing He Wanted ’ is based on the book of the same name by Joan Didion. The story is set in the 80s and revolves around the Contras and America’s association with them. Taking many twists and turns and handling a lot of things at once, the film moves at a fast pace, which can make it difficult to follow ...
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Feb 28, 2020 · Filmmaker Dee Rees and actress Anne Hathaway talk about the certainties of making ‘The Last Thing He Wanted,’ a story of ambiguity and confusion, adapted from the novel by Joan Didion. Feb. 28 ...
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The Last Thing He Wanted is a novel by Joan Didion. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1996. The story centers on Elena McMahon, a reporter for The Washington Post who quits her job covering the 1984 United States presidential election to care for her father after her mother's death. In an unusual turn of events, she inherits his position ...
- Joan Didion
- 1996
The Last Thing He Wanted is a 2020 political thriller film directed by Dee Rees, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Joan Didion, from a screenplay by Rees and Marco Villalobos. The film stars Anne Hathaway , Ben Affleck , Rosie Perez , Edi Gathegi , Mel Rodriguez , Toby Jones , and Willem Dafoe .
Feb 21, 2020 · The Last Thing He Wanted: Directed by Dee Rees. With Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe. A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break.
