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Last Orders is a 2001 drama film written and directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay is based on the 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel Last Orders by Graham Swift.
- $6.8 million
- Elisabeth Robinson, Fred Schepisi
Jan 11, 2002 · A group of old friends reminisce about their lives after the death of one of their crew, who wanted his ashes scattered in Margate. The film stars Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay and Helen Mirren, and is based on Graham Swift's novel.
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- Drama
- Fred Schepisi
- 2002-01-11
Last Orders is a 1996 novel by British writer Graham Swift. The book won the 1996 Booker Prize . [2] In 2001, it was adapted for the film Last Orders by Australian writer and director Fred Schepisi .
- Graham Swift
- 304 pp (first edition, hardback)
- 1996
- 26 January 1996
Last Orders. An impressive cast of veteran British actors stars in this adaptation of Graham Swift's novel. Three working-class friends (Bob Hoskins, David Hemmings, Tom Courtenay) mourn the loss ...
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Feb 15, 2002 · Fred Schepisi's thoughtful ensemble drama looks back on the life of Jack (Michael Caine), an amiable London butcher who leaves behind his devoted wife, Amy (Helen Mirren), and a group of loyal pub ...
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- Fred Schepisi
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- Michael Caine
A group of friends remember their lives and their friend Jack, a butcher who died and left them his ashes to be scattered at Margate. The film follows their journey to the sea and their memories of him and his wife.
Jan 29, 1996 · Graham Swift. 3.67. 14,176 ratings699 reviews. Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day's outing, Last Orders ...
