The Last Word

Name: The Last Word
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Heche, Tom Everett Scott, Thomas Sadoski

2017

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Title: The Last Word

Original Title: The Last Word

Year: 2017

Info

Country: USA
Length: 108 Minutes (1 hour 48 min)
Genre: Comedy Drama
Distributor: Vertigo Releasing
Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)

Release Dates

UK: July 07 2017
United States: March 03 2017

Plot

Harriet (Shirley MacLaine) is a retired woman who was a great publicist and who loves controlling absolutely everything around her. So she decides that, before she passes away, she will hire Anne, a young journalist, so she will write her obituary. Anne (Amanda Seyfried) will look for the people Harriet used to know so they will describe her, but she will be unable to find anyone who keeps a good memory of Harriet. Everybody hated her. So, in order to leave a legacy, Harriet will join Anne in the work of improving her image. The woman seeks a new job, plans the reconciliation with her family and changes the way she lives in order to achieve her objective: get someone to remember something good about her when she dies.

Cast

Director:

Mark Pellington Mark Pellington

Harriet Lauler

Anne

Elizabeth

Ronald Odom

Robin Sands

Joe Mueller

Bree Wilson

Videos

0:51

'The last word' Clip - Obituary

July 24 2017

2:58

'The Last Word' trailer

June 30 2017

Photos

Trivia

A zero in geography

At the film, Harriet's gift to Anne is a pair of airline tickets to From LAX to Andalusia. Andalusia isn't a single city or airport. It's an autonomous region in southern Spain divided into eight provinces.

Based on a true story

May have been inspired by the Alfred Nobel incident. Upon reading his prematurely published obituary with horror, the Swedish inventor of dynamite left the majority of his considerable fortune to fund the Nobel Prizes, in an attempt to improve his legacy.

Margaret Dumont

Veteran British actress Millicent Martin enjoys a quick cameo as a Margaret Dumont. This was surely slipped in as a sly tribute to the legendary character actress Margaret Dumont by the film's star, Shirley MacLaine, who'd appeared with her in 'What a Way to Go!'.