The Last Lullaby

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The Last Lullaby
Poster of the movie The Last Lullaby.jpg
Directed byJeffrey Goodman
Written by Peter Biegen
Max Allan Collins
Produced byDavid Koplan
Starring Tom Sizemore
Sasha Alexander
Sprague Grayden
Randall Batinkoff
Bill Smitrovich
CinematographyRichard Rutowski
Music by Ben Lovett
Distributed byChaillot Films
Release date
  • March 28, 2008 (2008-03-28)(AFI Dallas International Film Festival)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,000,000

The Last Lullaby is a 2008 film noir starring Tom Sizemore, and Sasha Alexander. Filming took place in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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The film won the Best Actress (Sasha Alexander) and Audience Award at the San Diego Film Festival in 2008. [1]

Plot

Price is an ex-hitman who retired to live the "easy life" only to find himself restless. He takes one final contract on Sarah, a small town library employee, only to fall in love with his target.

Production

The film, an adaptation of the novel The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins , [2] [3] was entirely shot in and around Shreveport. [4] It was the director’s first feature film. [5]

In an interview, Sizemore said that the film was one of the things he had done he liked best. [6]

Cast

Reception

A review wrote: "As per its noir pedigree, The Last Lullaby peppers the tale with colorful characters and familiar faces (including excellent aging character actors like Bill Smitrovich and Jerry Hardin, doing yeoman’s work as those immoral top-of-the-food-chain characters deviously pulling their strings).” [2]

Another review praised the lead actor and direction: ”Tom Sizemore as the lead carries the movie very effectively. Goodman give scenes time to build, allowing Sizemore’s fidgetiness, twitching and somber gaze to accentuate the character’s melancholy. ” [7]

References

  1. "Award Winners". 2010-08-28. Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. 1 2 "A Matter of Principal (Jeffrey Goodman , 2003) & The Last Lullaby (Jeffrey Goodman, 2008)". offscreen.com. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  3. Mills, Travis (2011-10-19). "Director Interviews Director: Jeffrey Goodman and The Last Lullaby". Running Wild Films. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  4. Goodman, Jeffrey (2009-01-22). "Adventures in Self-Releasing: The Last Lullaby - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  5. "The Last Lullaby : Sonic Cinema" . Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  6. "Actor Tom Sizemore, star of 'Saving Private Ryan,' dies at 61". ABC News. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  7. Stark, Clinton (2009-05-21). "Film review: 'The Last Lullaby' delivers — Director Jeffrey Goodman one to watch". Stark Insider. Retrieved 2025-12-21.