Last Request (film)

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Last Request
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Directed by John DeBellis
Release date
  • 2006 (2006)
Country United States
Language English

Last Request is a 2006 American comedy directed by John DeBellis. The film features T.R. Knight, as a son who leaves the seminary responding to the last request of his father Danny Aiello to find a wife and prolong the family name. [1] [2]

John DeBellis is an American writer, director and stand-up comedian best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and Politically Incorrect. In addition he wrote and directed the film The Last Request and is a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post. He has written the book Standup Guys about his rising star friends including Larry David, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Bill Maher, Gilbert Gottfried, Rita Rudner, Joe Piscopo, Paul Reiser, and Jerry Seinfeld.

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References

  1. Timothy Shary, Nancy McVittie Fade to Gray: Aging in American Cinema 2016 1477310630 p193 "The Last Request, features Danny Aiello as a patriarch who asks his seminarian son to produce a grandchild for him before he dies, leading to entertaining family hijinks."
  2. "The Last Request (2006)".