The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon is a 1976 American period romantic drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Sam Spiegel, based on Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel The Last Tycoon. It stars Robert De Niro and features Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Jeanne Moreau, Theresa Russell and Ingrid Boulting.
Plot
Monroe Stahr is the young production chief and the most creative executive at one of the biggest studios during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Stahr's public recognition is coveted by Pat Brady, an older movie producer. From a distance, Stahr supervises the production of a film, and watches Didi, an older actress, have creative differences with director Red Ridingwood. As Stahr critiques the dailies, an earthquake erupts and bursts a water pipe inside the water tower, which floods a nearby set. During the commotion, Stahr glances at two women who are desperately clinging to the head of a statue; one of them is a young woman, Kathleen Moore. Stahr returns to his mansion and asks his secretary to identify the women.
Awards
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| author | Harold Pinter |
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| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Elia Kazan |
| editor | Richard Marks |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | build chief executive officer cinema of the united states daily dinner party dressing room engage flood golden age golden age of hollywood labor organizer learn meet morning production chief rid studio studio executive unfinished young woman |
| musicBy | Maurice Jarre |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Production Design |
| producer | Sam Spiegel |
| productionCompany | Academy Pictures Corporation Gelderse Maatschappij N.V. |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | films à clef romantic drama |