The Last Ride (2012)
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44% of critics liked it
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78% of users liked it
(1,606 ratings)
After a meteoric rise to radio super-stardom in the late 1940's, Hank Williams, who called himself Luke the Drifter, had made a train wreck of his life. At the end of 1952, Hank Williams gathered what was left of his physical strength to make things right and began the long road back. On his way… More After a meteoric rise to radio super-stardom in the late 1940's, Hank Williams, who called himself Luke the Drifter, had made a train wreck of his life. At the end of 1952, Hank Williams gathered what was left of his physical strength to make things right and began the long road back. On his way to a couple of New Year's shows in West Virginia and Ohio, he hired a local kid who didn't even own a radio, much less know who this legend was, to drive him to the gigs from Montgomery, AL. Hank Williams never got there. Inspired by the mysterious final days of Hank Williams' life, The Last Ride is the story of that final drive through the bleak Appalachian countryside of 1950's America. -- (C) Category One
- Directed By
- Harry Thomason
- Written By
- Howard Klausner, Dub Cornett
- Genres
- Drama
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jun 22, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Catagory One Films
Critic Reviews
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Paul de Barros, Seattle Times
Alas, "The Last Ride" doesn't deliver much insight into Williams or the lifestyle that killed him.
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Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News
The Last Ride doesn't give us a complete picture of Hank Williams. But it does ably illustrate the final days of his life.
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Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
James does a fine job of portraying a naïve youth whose eyes slowly open to glimpse both the pleasures and the pain of living.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Dramatically thin, formally uninspired and thematically weak, "The Last Ride" really goes nowhere.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
Bearing all the hallmarks of a small-budget labor of love, The Last Ride is a leisurely paced but modestly engaging road trip that gets considerable mileage from the byplay between its two lead characters.
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Cast
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Henry Thomas
as Hank Williams, Mr. Wells/Hank Williams
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Jesse James
as Silas
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Kaley Cuoco
as Wanda
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Fred Dalton Thompson
as O'Keefe
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Stephen Tobolowsky
as Ray
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Ray McKinnon
as Stan
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Natalie Canerday
as Nurse
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Danny Thomason
as Dr. Stoneacre
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Lawrence Hamilton
as Street Musician
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Graham Gordy
as Attendant
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Bill Butler
as Bellman
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Mark W. Johnson
as Trooper
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James Hampton
as Judge Matheny
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Jeff Bailey
as Maynard
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Dash Goff
as Stove Keeper
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Clint Albright
as Old Man
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Matt Lindahl
as Store Singer
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Rick Dial
as Dirty John
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Jennifer Pierce
as Good Looking Woman
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Will Koberg
as Leroy
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Gary Newton
as Usher
