The Last Movie Star – Blu-Ray Movie Review

Synopsis

An aging movie star confronts his past as he accepts an award from fans at a Nashville Film Festival.

Specifications

Lionsgate (2017)
Color Rated R
Blu-ray 1080p
16×9 Widescreen
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Starring Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase
Directed by: Adam Rifkin

Rating

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Violence: No
Sex: Yes
Language: Yes

Commentary

We know what this movie is about when we see Burt Reynolds, essentially playing himself, put down his dog at the veterinarian’s office. Reynolds plays Vic Edwards, whose life arc pretty much mirror Reynolds’ in real life; a former sports star, stuntman, lot’s of marriages, career ups and downs and finally old age dotted with memories and regrets.

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Edwards gets invited to a Nashville Film festival to collect an award, and finds out it’s a sham with only a few fans there to see the aging star. His first clue was his airplane ride was in coach, and he’s in a crummy hotel.

Technical

The video looked fine. There are quite a few dark scenes, but the picture never got murky.

Audio is not spectacular, but what you would expect from the subject matter. There’s a bit of surround when the characters are outside, and at the ‘film festival’. It’s a pleasing enough mix.

Extras

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Deleted Scenes:
The Best is Yet to Come – Adam Rifkin with a featurette about the making of the film
Audio commentary with Director Adam Rifkin

Mel Martin

Mel spent most of his life working in television journalism in Ohio, Florida, the BBC in London, and in Seattle, WA. He won a few EMMY awards along the way which most people mistake for bowling trophies. Being around all those expensive monitors frustrated him when he got home to his threadbare TV and stereo, so he began to improve things, brand by brand, upgrade by upgrade. He’s got a lovely OLED TV now, flanked by Magnepan 3.6r speakers, and a Home theater with an Epson Projector and Focal speakers. Also scatted about the house are HiFiMan headphones, and 6 Sonos Connect devices that are spraying his rather large music collection from room to room. Other equipment is from Oppo, Sony, Aurender, PS Audio and Emotiva. Musical tastes range from Classical to Jazz to New Age to classic Rock and Roll. Mel has written a biography of film producer Samuel Bronston (El Cid, King of Kings) and is working now on a second film related book. He resides in Arizona where, when he’s not adjusting his home theater, he dabbles in landscape and astronomical photography.