Last Call (2002 film)

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Based onAgainst the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Frances Kroll Ring
Written byHenry Bromell
Directed byHenry Bromell
Starring
Last Call
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Based onAgainst the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Frances Kroll Ring
Written byHenry Bromell
Directed byHenry Bromell
Starring
Music byBrian Tyler
Countries of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
CinematographyJeffrey Jur
EditorNeil Mandelberg
Running time96 minutes
Production companies
  • Showtime Entertainment
  • Room 520
  • Brainstorm Films
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseMay 25, 2002 (2002-05-25)

Last Call is a 2002 biographical drama television film about the final years of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. Written and directed by Henry Bromell, the film is based on the 1985 memoir Against the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald by Frances Kroll Ring. It stars Jeremy Irons as Fitzgerald, Neve Campbell as Ring, a young secretary who helps him with The Last Tycoon, and Sissy Spacek as his wife, Zelda.

An international co-production between the United States and Canada, the film premiered on Showtime on May 25, 2002. At the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards, it received two nominations: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (for Spacek) and Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore). Bromell was nominated for Best Long Form – Adapted at the 55th Writers Guild of America Awards.

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