Last Call (2002 film)
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by Frances Kroll Ring
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| Based on | Against the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald by Frances Kroll Ring |
| Written by | Henry Bromell |
| Directed by | Henry Bromell |
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| Music by | Brian Tyler |
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| Original language | English |
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| Cinematography | Jeffrey Jur |
| Editor | Neil Mandelberg |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
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| Network | Showtime |
| Release | May 25, 2002 |
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.
- Jeremy Irons as F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Neve Campbell as Frances Kroll
- Sissy Spacek as Zelda Fitzgerald
- Shannon Lawson as Sarah Kroll
- Paul Hecht as Samuel Kroll
- Natalie Radford as Sheilah Graham
- Kathleen Munroe as Frances "Scottie" Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith
- Brian Paul as Dr. Mahoney
- Marium Carvell as Lucy
- Jonas Chernick as Warren Nagler
- Roman Podhora as Bartender
- Edie Inksetter as Mailclerk
- Eve Crawford as Librarian
- David Clement as Waiter
- John Ford as Maxwell Perkins
