Last Call | |
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Directed by | Paolo Pilladi |
Screenplay by | Paolo Pilladi Greg Lingo |
Story by | Greg Lingo Michael Baughan Billy Reilly |
Produced by | D.J. Dodd Rob Simmons Ante Novakovic Paolo Pilladi |
Starring | Jeremy Piven Taryn Manning Zach McGowan Jack McGee Cathy Moriarty Cheri Oteri Jamie Kennedy Bruce Dern |
Cinematography | George Gibson |
Edited by | Ethan Maniquis Pete Talamo |
Music by | Jon Natchez |
Production companies | Future Proof Films Goodie Goodie JARS Media Group Novakovic Bros. |
Distributed by | IFC Films Cornell Ventures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $264,961 [1] [2] |
Last Call is a 2021 comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Pilladi, written by Paolo Pilladi and Greg Lingo and based on a story by Greg Lingo, Michael Baughan and Billy Reilly. It was originally under the working title Crabs in a Bucket, [3] The film stars Jeremy Piven , Taryn Manning, Zach McGowan, Jamie Kennedy and Bruce Dern. [4]
Last Call had a limited theatrical release in the United States on March 19, 2021 by IFC Films, however, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was simultaneously made available via streaming OnDemand, YouTube, iTunes, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, Amazon Video, Xbox, DirecTV, and IFC Center. It was released separately in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2021.
Mick (Jeremy Piven) is a local success story and Philadelphia real estate developer. He returns home to his blue-collar neighborhood, fictional "Darby Heights (based on Upper Darby, a suburb of West Philadelphia), for a funeral and is obligated to stay to ensure his parents’ ailing family business gets back on course.
In the meantime, he begins to grow closer to his childhood crush, Ali (Taryn Manning) whilst enduring constant ridicule from his old hometown crew. As Mick begins to reconnect with the neighborhood, he finds himself at a crossroads when forced to either raze or resurrect the family bar.
Filming took place in September 2019 in Bayonne, New Jersey. [5] There was additional filming that also took place in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. [5]
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