Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid
Two bawdy, tough looking navy lifers - "Bad-Ass" Buddusky (Jack Nicholson), and "Mule" Mulhall (Otis Young) - are commissioned to escort a young pilferer named Meadows (Randy Quaid) to the brig in Bos...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 14, 1999
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September 2, 2009You could say The Last Detail is a gritty and realistic version of On the Town, it has its similarities apart from the singing, dancing and the fact that its funny. Ashby gets the balance just right in this sad but hilarious drama. The cast is on top form and personally I don't t...( read more)
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August 5, 2009Hilarious but also touching story about the bond created among three sailors, in their series of mishaps, and attempts to properly bid farewell the younger and inexperienced one in the group, who is about to serve time in prison and knows the other two only because they were comm...( read more)
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March 2, 2009Caught this on tv and jus couldnt look away, I didnt think it was great but it was interesting 2 watch these three characters stray on 2 this little journey before fulfilling their assigned task. Quaid made his character what it was, he was perfect for the role and Jack is Great ...( read more)
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December 2, 2008Since I don't share the admiration with the rest of the world for "Harold and Maude", finding it as a nice picture with flawed ending, and on the other hand admiring "Being There", it is "The Last Detail" that I come back to in Hal Ashby's catalogue, seeing it as his finest film....( read more)
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September 18, 2009A fresh and cool hilarious comedy with 'lol'-ish performances. And Jesus, Jack Nicholson is so fuc#!ng perfect for each role he's got so far that it is unreal! Specially as navy guy Bad-Ass Buddusky. Very recommendable and heartwarming. The tension built by the characters and eac...( read more)
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May 7, 2009This is an awsome film!! I savored every second of The Last Detail. Nicholson's Badass Buddusky is a freakin riot! One can definatly see this character reborn and totaly out of control in Cuckoos Nest, but B.A. is just as nuts. The role give Jack plenty of dramatic scenes but the...( read more)
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April 29, 2009An enjoyable little film with Nicholson in top form. The insane amount of swearing was intentional from screenwriter legend Towne. Point being, these Sailors were metaphorically impotent and the swearing was their substitute for violence. Clever stuff.
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April 8, 2009Swearing like sailors! Oh, that's right, they are sailors. Jack Nicholson & Otis yOung take a young Randy Quaid to prison and have fun on the way. Classic line of Jack's "I am the shore patrol, I am the fuckin shore patrol!"
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November 10, 2007If I'm drunk and I start yelling, "I am the motherfucking shore patrol, motherfucker!" you should turn around and walk the other way. I will not shut up.
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