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Feb 15, 1974 · The Last Detail: Directed by Hal Ashby. With Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James. Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Hal Ashby
- 1974-02-15
Budget. $2.3 million [1] Box office. $10 million [2] The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, and Carol Kane.
- $2.3 million
- Johnny Mandel
- December 12, 1973
- Gerald Ayres
Feb 18, 2013 · When they finally arrive in Portsmouth, Meadows wants to have a BBQ, so they goto a park and roast some hot dogs. Soon, snow begins falling turning the little picnic into a chilly farewell. What makes The Last Detail such a classic work of furious cinema is the rollicking traveling adventure aspect as well as the rebellious attitude of the ...
The Last Detail (1973) - When the three sailors are in the snowy Boston park cooking hot dogs over the fire, the music being played is The Bells, Suite #6 by William Byrd. This is an "alternate" version to the original, which plays over their resumed trip to Portsmouth & simply fades when they arrive, versus the "closed" ending of the 1st one, which the original is quite dissimilar.
- I ain't going on no shit detail. - Come on, it's my ass. I ain't going on no shit detail! It's your ass too. Maybe your orders came through. - Tell him you couldn't find me. - He knows where you are. When you're in transit in the Navy, nobody knows where you are. Go tell the M.A.A. To fuck himself. I ain't going on no shit detail. - Morning.
Feb 1, 2024 · The countercultural filmmaking career of editor turned film directing loose cannon Hal Ashby’s brief intersection with up-and-coming countercultural movie star Jack Nicholson in the 1973 Columbia Pictures produced adaptation of Darryl Ponicsan’s military prison critique The Last Detail remains one of the greatest examples of what was commonly referred to as a New Hollywood of the 1970s.
