Product Details

• Actors: Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner, Courtney B. Vance
• Directors: Stacy Title
• Writers: Dan Rosen
• Producers: Jonathan Penner, Dan Rosen, David Cooper, Larry Weinberg, Lori Miller
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Japanese
• Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 7, 2003
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007CVRS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,937 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "The Last Supper" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

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Painted in mile-wide strokes of black satirical comedy, The Last Supper turns intolerance into a parlor trick, then repeats it ad nauseam in case we missed the joke. Still, redundancy can be fun when applied to the premeditated murder of right-wing extremists by self-righteous left-wing zealots; director Stacy Title is an equal-opportunity offender, never taking sides. The grisly high jinks commence when a truck-driving, child-molesting, Hitler-loving ex-Marine (Bill Paxton, acing the role) is accidentally killed while dining with a clutch of snobby liberal grad students, played with uniform excellence by Cameron Diaz (showing early promise), Ron Eldard, Courtney B. Vance, Annabeth Gish, and coproducer Jonathan Penner. Having acquired a taste for blood, the wine-poisoning liberals stage "last suppers" with hand-picked targets (Charles Durning, Mark Harmon, Jason Alexander, and ultimately Ron Perlman), eventually attracting a suspicious sheriff (fine work by SNL alumnus Nora Dunn). It's got all the subtlety of a pile-driver, but The Last Supper craftily defends free speech by exposing its most vicious violations. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description

A Group Of Idealistic, But Frustrated, Liberals Succumb To Thetemptation Of Murdering Rightwing Pundits For Their Politicalbeliefs.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Machiavellian Menu? May 9, 2005

By Mamalinde

Format:DVD

It was a dark and stormy night when five liberal graduate students in Iowa meet for Sunday dinner and find that in an excess of gratitude (for providing a ride to one of their members) they have invited a right-wing nut case to join them. Before dinner is over, the guest has pulled a knife and threatened several of the students, and in a move that is obviously defensive but not self-defense, one of the students delivers a knife to the back of the guest, who then dies. Contemplating their options, the students determine the best course is to dispose of the body in the backyard. As they debate the "how the liberals talk and talk and don't do anything" (except that they did) the opportunities for future dinner "dates" and just a bit of arsenic in the wine becomes a reality. As the plants in the backyard flourish with the new fertilizer, the sheriff is becoming curious, the students are nervous and on edge - and the very Last Supper delivers a truly Machiavellian twist.

Did the choice of title chase away the intended audience? Perhaps that is the explanation for why this film is so little known. Save it for a dark and stormy night, and be ready for a surprise.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Independently Stupendous April 26, 2000

By Bethany McKinney

Format:VHS Tape

I saw this movie at a point in my life when I was absolutely fed up with big-budget Hollywood movies and was looking for something...different. And this movie definitely qualifies as different. It's intelligent political humor and its not-so-subtle commentary on the effects of youthful idealism are actually entertaining rather than tiresome and preachy. Even the overly simplistic representation of the tomatoes for blood, which is most apparent when you see the clear tomato-filled jars lining the shelves, didn't feel like a glaring attempt at cinematic sophistication, but is instead realized and relished. This movie is a welcomed break from the cliched explosive action flicks and ho-hum romantic comedies appearing so frequently on the big screen. It would appeal to anyone who can think of a few people this world could do better without...and we all can name a few, right?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and tragic. July 14, 2000

By Altso Nonaz

Format:VHS Tape

What do you get when you mix a house full of self-righteous left-wingers with a lone red neck trucker? You get the film "Last Supper."

Although there are some acting and scripting flaws, this movie is great. It makes you laugh, then it makes you gasp in horror...and best of all: it makes you think.

This film left me thinking, "Do I really care that much about other peoples' opinions?" I walked away from this flick with a new philosophy and way of looking at people who think differently than I: In America, we all have the right to be wrong.

No matter what your political affiliation, you'll probably enjoy this film. Don't be too sensitive or you'll be offended. Just watch, think and then think some more.