Title: The Last Word
Original Title: The Last Word
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Length: 108 Minutes (1 hour 48 min)
- Genre: Comedy Drama
- Studios: Black Bear
- Distributor: Vertigo Releasing
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: July 07 2017
- United States: March 03 2017
Plot
Harriet (Shirley MacLaine) is a retired woman who was a great publicist and who loves controlling absolutely everything around her. So she decides that, before she passes away, she will hire Anne, a young journalist, so she will write her obituary. Anne (Amanda Seyfried) will look for the people Harriet used to know so they will describe her, but she will be unable to find anyone who keeps a good memory of Harriet. Everybody hated her. So, in order to leave a legacy, Harriet will join Anne in the work of improving her image. The woman seeks a new job, plans the reconciliation with her family and changes the way she lives in order to achieve her objective: get someone to remember something good about her when she dies.
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Videos
'The last word' Clip - Obituary
July 24 2017
June 30 2017
Photos
Trivia
An irreal station
KOXA, the radio station Harriet gets a job at, is 107.2 FM. In the U.S., FM-radio stations broadcast on odd frequencies. It would be either 107.1 or 107.3, not 107.2.
Based on a true story
May have been inspired by the Alfred Nobel incident. Upon reading his prematurely published obituary with horror, the Swedish inventor of dynamite left the majority of his considerable fortune to fund the Nobel Prizes, in an attempt to improve his legacy.
Margaret Dumont
Veteran British actress Millicent Martin enjoys a quick cameo as a Margaret Dumont. This was surely slipped in as a sly tribute to the legendary character actress Margaret Dumont by the film's star, Shirley MacLaine, who'd appeared with her in 'What a Way to Go!'.
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