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Last Action Hero is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan and co-written by Shane Black and David Arnott. It is a satire of the action genre and associated clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film . [6]
- $137.3 million
- John McTiernan, Steve Roth
- $85 million
- Michael Kamen
Jun 18, 1993 · Last Action Hero: Directed by John McTiernan. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance. With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.
- John Mctiernan
- 384
- 3 min
digital compositor (uncredited) Alan G. Markowitz. ... optical effects cameraman (uncredited) Gray Marshall. ... 3D animator/digital compositor (uncredited) / motion control operator (uncredited) Jim Morris.
Last Action Hero: Official Clip - This Man's Not Dead! 2:48 Last Action Hero: Official Clip - If God Was a Villain, He'd Be Me Last Action Hero: Official Clip - If God Was a Villain, He'd Be Me 3: ...
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- John Mctiernan
- PG-13
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- THE PRODUCTION ITSELF GOT META EARLY ON. Original screenwriters Zak Penn and Adam Leff wrote what would become Last Action Hero as a film that would work both as an adrenaline-fueled action ride and as a goof on adrenaline-fueled action, but the sources they drew inspiration from soon invaded the project.
- IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE SIMPSONS. Beyond the Schwarzeneggerific action flicks, Penn and Leff launched the project because of an unlikely source: Matt Groening’s irreverent cartoon.
- CARRIE FISHER, WILLIAM GOLDMAN, AND LARRY FERGUSON ALL DID REWRITES. Penn and Leff were replaced by Black and David Arnott, who were replaced by novelist and Oscar winner William Goldman (The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid).
- THE SCHEDULE DOOMED THE MOVIE FROM THE OUTSET. Regardless of any problems finding the right script (rewrites are common on all big movies), the movie had almost zero chance because there simply wasn’t enough time to make it.
Summaries. With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character. Young Danny Madigan is a huge fan of Jack Slater, a larger-than-life action hero played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. When his best friend, Nick the projectionist, gives him a magic ticket to the newest Jack ...
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Jun 18, 1993 · Directed by. John McTiernan. "Last Action Hero" is about the same subject as almost every other feature film ever made: The possibility of blurring the line between the audience and the screen. We go to the movies so that we can vicariously live the lives of the characters who loom so glamorously above us, and the movies know that.
