Alec Baldwin, Buck Henry, Calista Flockhart

A movie director-screenwriter (Matthew Broderick) finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.

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R, 93 min.

Directed by: Jeff Nathanson

Release Date: September 24, 2004

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DVD Release Date: May 10, 2005

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  • June 6, 2008
    Joe Devine: Have you actually seen a person die, watched them bleed to death, seen them take their last breath? I've seen that... many times.
    Steven Schats: Why have you seen that?
    Joe Devine: ... I used to produce music videos.

    Said to be based on a true story, this is a very f...( read more)unny movie about an FBI agent setting up an elaborate sting operation to catch a mobster, by using a wide eyed, wannabe filmmaker and coaxing him into making a movie.

    Mathew Broderick and Alec Baldwin head a surprisingly large cast for a small indie-movie, including Ray Liota, Toni Collette, Tim Black Nelson, Tony Shalhoub, and Calista Flockheart, and they are all great. Plus, Joan Cusack shows up for a few minutes of just pure hilarity.

    Lots of funny jokes about Hollywood and the hilarious elaborate setup to get this movie made, which goes on and on to become more of a possibility that the FBI might pursue. It becomes funnier for the con that Baldwin puts Broderick through, such as telling him that his movie, titled Arizona, should be shot in Rhode Island.

    Then you have the zany performances from Shaloub as a mobster:

    Tommy Sanz: It's my face, Willie. The guys back home can't stand to look at me. I thought after the second surgery things would change.
    Willie Gratzo: Did you talk to that plastic surgeon?
    Tommy Sanz: He said he wanted to take skin from my ass cheeks and put it on my face. I beat that cocksucker with his own chair.

    And Collette as a has-been actress:


    Emily French: After my nomination, I just... freaked out. Turned everything down that they sent. Then I had a late-term abortion, went into deep depression, got really into coke, moved to Florida for a year and made a bunch of B-movies for my Eurotrash boyfriend, who wrote and directed and made sure I got my tits out in every other scene. The truth is, I was blackballed in Hollywood, because the great Jed Walker claimed that the baby was his, that I had murdered his baby in the fifth month, which, if you had seen it, it clearly was not.

    This movie was written and directed by Jeff Nathanson, responsible for screen writing duties on several Spielberg movies. He only managed to put this movie onto a few screens before it left theaters, basically meaning that this is a low profile movie, which should be seen more. Its very funny and filled with great talent.

    Joe Devine: At this time, I would like to introduce Fanny Nash, the producer of the hit comedy "No Means No" to discuss proper Hollywood protocol.
    Fanny Nash: I am over 35 years old. I am physically unable to bear children. And I pay alimony to my ex-husband, who is a faggot. Yet I am willing to bet that all of you would fuck me over that desk right now if you knew you'd be having lunch with Harrison Ford as soon as you blew your wad. If you wanna carry yourself like you're in the movie business, you need to act like the big dog, Clifford, and remember that everyone in the entire world is desperate to play with your big red balls.
  • March 14, 2009
    Really funny and silly.
  • November 29, 2007
    I watched this movie and it was brilliant.
  • August 30, 2009
    wierd wierd movie, but a few really funny lines in it.
  • June 16, 2009
    Inspirada en una operación real del F.B.I., Alec Baldwin interpreta a Joe Devine un agente del F.B.I. que para poder detener a una banda de mafiosos chantajistas con ramificaciones en varias ciudades, que se encargan de controlar a los sindicatos de camioneros necesarios cuando s...( read more)e va a rodar una película, debe fingirse un productor de Hollywood y buscar a algún guionista y director para que crea que está rodando la cinta, poder infiltrarse entre los mafiosos y detenerles. Alec vive a la sombra de su hermano (Ray Liotta), que encima es su superior y quien ha de encargarse de darle el tan ansiado ascenso que no llega.

    De este modo, en Hollywood conoce a Steven Schats (Matthew Broderick), un taquillero de cine que escribió hace unos años junto con su hermano, el guión de 'Arizona', la búsqueda de su "fallecida hermana" Charlotte por el desierto de Arizona de un santuario de los indios Hoppi para intentar sanar su cáncer, sin conseguir curarse al final. Haciéndose pasar por productor, convence a Steven y a su mujer (Calista Flockhart) de que va a producir la película y comienzan los preparativos con un presupuesto limitado y trasladándose a la fría Providence, donde están los mafiosos, a rodar.

    El rodaje se complica porque la noticia se filtra a la prensa, se enteran en el pueblo y Emily French (Toni Collette), una actriz que estuvo nominada a los Oscar y que estaba de retiro tras caer en las drogas, aparece como por arte de magia para el papel protagonista, al igual que Pat Norita (el Sr. Miyagi de 'Karate Kid') por lo que la película comienza a coger demasiada forma para lo que inicialmente se pensaba en el plan. Al mismo tiempo, Joe se emociona con su recién descubierta vocación de productor y lucha más por la película en sí que por la operación.

    Todo se truncará cuando se descubra la verdad y aparezca el hermano del agente del F.B.I. para adelantar acontecimientos.

    A pesar de querer ser una comedia, la película es más bien aburrida, con algunas secuencias levemente graciosas, pero sin matarse. Un forma de perder 90 minutos un tanto desaprovechada.
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • August 14, 2008
    wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch....this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that Matthew Broderick plays a good part throughout this movie...this is a good Mystery & Suspense, Comedy mov...( read more)ie 2 watch because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...its enjoyable n i was shocked 2 learn that this is a true story but its still good
  • August 12, 2008
    such a let down. i don't understand why the actors signed up for this film - the script is soooo bad even if its based on a true story
  • February 21, 2008
    A lame attempt to a comedy, though i like the story.
  • January 16, 2008
    Good,but not funny.The story is very interesting,most because it happened.Matthew Broderick plays great one more time,and Baldwin is very good too as the FBI agent.

Critic Reviews


September 24, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

It's all very loose and, while occasionally diverting, doesn't really add up to anything. full review

September 24, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It's so screwy you feel affection for it. full review

September 23, 2004
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

The level of enjoyment one might get from a film about the film industry is probably exponentially based on one's own interest or involvement within the film industry. full review

September 23, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The premise of this Disney-funded movie, based on a true story, is promising, but the film itself is a hard slog. full review

September 23, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Never achieves liftoff. full review

September 23, 2004
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Cross Get Shorty with State and Main -- Hollywood hustlers, colorful crooks, crafty poseurs, and a production crew on location -- and you have the stuff of The Last Shot. One other thing: eliminate an... full review

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