The Last Shot

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The Last Shot

Directed by	Jeff Nathanson
Produced by	Larry Brezner David Hoberman
Written by	Jeff Nathanson
Starring	Matthew Broderick Alec Baldwin Toni Collette Calista Flockhart Ray Liotta Tony Shalhoub
Music by	Rolfe Kent
Cinematography	John Lindley
Editing by	David Rosenbloom
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	September 24, 2004
Running time	93
Country	USA
Language	English
Gross revenue	$464,000
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The Last Shot is a 2004 action comedy film starring Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tim Blake Nelson, an uncredited Joan Cusack, Tony Shalhoub, Ray Liotta and Calista Flockhart. The movie is written and directed by Jeff Nathanson, who wrote The Terminal and Catch Me if You Can.

1 Plot
2 Reaction/Business
3 Trivia
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Plot

FBI Agent Joe Devine (Baldwin) is assigned to take down the famous mob boss John Gotti. He decides to produce a movie as a sting operation. But what movie? Devine gets wannabe director Steven Schats (Broderick), as Schats is desperate to make a movie and will fall for anything. Soon the film Arizona is getting ready...except the film will never be made.
The premise behind the real-life FBI sting, called Dramex^[1], was that in order to catch bad guys in the movie business, the good guys had to start making movies.

[edit] Reaction/Business

Critics liked the film, with a rating of 61 % Rotten Tomatoes^[2]. However, audiences did not, as the film was not marketed well and had no audience. The film only opened in 35 theaters limited, grossing only $463,730.

[edit] Trivia

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The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

Inspired by a true story, as written in an article by Steve Fishman (What's Wrong With This Picture?)
This piece sets up the real FBI agent, Garland Schweickhardt, who did use two aspiring filmmakers named Dan Lewk and Gary Levy, to make a movie for a sting operation.
Eric Roberts, Robert Evans, and Pat Morita have uncredited cameos as themselves.
The folk-duo/filmmaking team, Bright Blue Gorilla, play musical friends of Steven Schats and perform several songs in the film.