The Last Seduction

Director: John Dahl John Dahl

Overview

Director John Dahl's The Last Seduction is an updated film noir centering around a seductive, cheerfully lethal femme fatale. Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) talks her gullible, easily manipulated, doctor-husband Clay (Bill Pullman) into pulling off a $700,000 drug deal to pay off his gambling debts. But while Clay is in the shower, Bridget quietly leaves with the money. She ends up in a bar in a small town where she meets Mike (Peter Berg) and uses him to further her scheme to keep the money and get rid of her inconvenient husband. Linda Fiorentino was championed by many critics for a Best Actress Academy Award nomination, but neither she nor the movie could be nominated since the film had made its debut on cable television.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/20/2018
UPC:	0738329233747
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	R
Source:	Scorpion Releasing
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Linda Fiorentino	Bridget Gregory
Peter Berg	Mike Swale
Bill Pullman	Clay Gregory
J.T. Walsh	Frank Griffith
Bill Nunn	Harlan
Herb Mitchell	Bob Trotter
Brien Varady	Chris
Donna Wilson	Stacy
Mik Scriba	Ray
Mike Lisenco	Bert
Serena	Trish Swale
Erik-Anders Nilsson	1st Beston Passerby
Patricia R. Caprio	2nd Beston Passerby
Walter Addison	Detective
Michelle Davison	911 Operator
Zack Phifer	Gas Station Attendant
Bill Stevenson	Mail Boy
Jack Shearer	Public Defender

Technical Credits

Steve Barancik

John Dahl	Director
Steve Barancik	Screenwriter
Eric L. Beason	Editor
Mark Deren	Sound/Sound Designer
Terry Dresbach	Costumes/Costume Designer
John Hartigan	Special Effects
Camille Henderson	Makeup
Jeff Jur	Cinematographer
Dina Lipton	Art Director
Linda Pearl	Production Designer
David Rubin	Casting
Jonathan Shestack	Producer
Nancy Rae Stone	Co-producer
Joseph Vitarelli	Score Composer
Debra Zane	Casting

Editorial Reviews

From Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity to Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice to Jane Greer in Out of the Past to Kathleen Turner in Body Heat, the femme fatale is as juicy as a movie role gets. In The Last Seduction, one of the most interesting neo-noirs of the '90s, Linda Fiorentino makes a worthy addition to this pantheon. She's got all the sexiness, the braggadocio, the brains, and, most important, the answers. As expressed in her much-talked-about sex scenes, this character is pure dominatrix. . .with a subtle smile. This is clearly a role that Fiorentino sinks her teeth into, and she probably would have been nominated for an Oscar if the movie hadn't appeared on cable before its theatrical run, invalidating it for Academy selection. This was director John Dahl's third movie and third successful foray into modern-day film noir.

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