The Last Detail [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

Director: Hal Ashby

Overview

Jack Nicholson and Otis Young portray hard-nosed sailors who are chosen to escort convicted thief Randy Quaid to a naval prison. Realizing that Quaid is about to lose years of his life, Nicholson determines that the lad will have as good a time as possible in his remaining hours of freedom.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/2022
UPC:	0826663231212
Original Release:	1973
Rating:	R
Source:	Studio Distribution Servs Llc
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	8,671

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jack Nicholson	Buddusky
Otis Young	Mulhall
Randy Quaid	Meadows
Michael Moriarty	Duty Officer
Carol Kane	Young Whore
Luana Anders	Donna
Kathleen Miller	Kathleen
Nancy Allen	Nancy
Gerry Salsberg	Henry
Don McGovern	Bartender
Pat Hamilton	Madame
Jim Henshaw	Sweek
Clifton James	Chief Master-At-Arms
Derek McGrath	Nichiren Soshu Member
James Horn	Actor
Michael Chapman	Taxi Driver
Gilda Radner	Religious zealot
John Castellano	Nichiren Shoshu Member
Johnny Mandel	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Towne

Robert Towne	Screenwriter
Gerald Ayres	Producer
Charles Mulvehill	Producer
Tom Overton	Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Portman	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The Last Detail fits very nicely into its early 1970s milieu: distinctly anti-authoritarian, the film is chock full of cursing, sexual language, rowdiness, and downright rudeness. Of course, Jack Nicholson's devilish grin was the perfect vehicle to carry this sort of pointedly subversive material, because he was so likable doing it. From Easy Rider to Five Easy Pieces to The Last Detail to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Nicholson made the role of the (often hilarious) nonconformist his own. Reclusive director/editor Hal Ashby was also a perfect fit for the film and the time period. Fresh from the offbeat critical success of the serio-comic Harold and Maude, Ashby brought an "experimental" feel to the film, most obviously in the jump cut editing borrowed from the French New Wave. Screenwriter Robert Towne was nominated for an Academy Award (his second of three in a row, following Chinatown and preceding Shampoo). Towne's f-word-strewn dialogue had Columbia shaking in their boots, and they refused to release the picture. It was only after Nicholson won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival that they gave it a run. But they never supported it much, and it died an unnecessary death at the box office. It has since come to be regarded as one of Nicholson's best, if not best-known, performances.