The Last Days of Disco is about a pair of young ladies who work in the publishing business during the day and enjoy the New York disco scene at night. The women are recent college graduates and evolving from the party every night mode toward searching for permanent partners and career goals. In the end disco has faltered, the White Sox stadium riot punctuated that. The ladies with the men in their lives recognize that a stage has passed. Of course there is one who predicts the re-emergence of disco.
My favorite part is the argument about the Disney movie The Lady and the Tramp.
The major players in the cast were....
- Chloë Sevigny as Alice, the heroine, a smart young lady, unafraid to express herself, yet unsure with men.
- Kate Beckinsale as Charlotte, Kate is really young in this movie, plays a bitchy manipulative beauty.
- Chris Eigeman as Des, Chris plays the same roguish character as he does in the previous two Stillman flicks. Best role in the movie.
- Mackenzie Astin as Jimmy, as squeamish little jerk, Astin has a very familiar face but no major parts in is biography.
- Matt Keeslar as Josh, Des's friend and hopeful beau of Alice.
- Robert Sean Leonard as Tom, you would recognize Robert from his role in the series House M.D., was earlier in the movie The Dead Poets Society.
- Jennifer Beals as Nina, one of the girlfriends that Des runs off by claiming to have discovered his gayness.
- Taylor Nichols as Charlie, as veteran like Eigeman, of both previous Stillman movies, plays a small part that dovetails with his leading role in Barcelona.
In typical Whitman style, the dialog is intelligent and if you are not the type that likes to pay attention by listening, don't bother. I enjoyed the movie more on this reviewing than the first time about 10 years ago.
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