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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
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. [5] 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] The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack ...
- $137.3 million
- John McTiernan, Steve Roth
- $85 million
- Michael Kamen
Benedict : The possibilities are limitless. But I have realized that freedom would elude me until Jack Slater was -- forgive the pun -- taken out of the picture. And I thought that you might be inclined to help. This all must be strange to you. But if you do this right, the world is your oyster.
- 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.
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Charles Dance. Actor: Gosford Park. Charles Dance is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child (1986), Dr. Jonathan Clemens in Alien³ (1992), Benedict in Last ...
Jun 18, 1993 · "Last Action Hero" was written by four writers and directed by John McTiernan, but the auteur of it all is Mr. Schwarzenegger. ... Charles Dance, Mercedes Ruehl, Anthony Quinn, Sharon Stone ...
