Genre: Drama, Comedy, Military, Buddies, On The Road, Teenage, Prostitution, Racy, Thieves, Prison, Cult Classic
Tagline: No *#@!!* Navy's going to give some poor **!!@* kid eight years in the #@!* brig without me taking him out for the time of his *#@!!* life.
Plot: In THE LAST DETAIL the winning combination of director Hal Ashby, screenwriter Robert Towne, and actor Jack Nicholson turned an unheralded novel by Darryl Ponicsan into one of the first of what are now thought of as the classic films of the1970s. Navy lifers Badass Budduskey (Nicholson) and Mule Mulhall (Otis Young) are given a week to escort a teenage petty thief, Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid), from Virginia to the naval penitentiary in Maine. Their plan to bring him there quickly, and spend the remaining time having a good time themselves, changes when they come to sympathize with the naive Meadows. He’s clearly an uncontrollable kleptomaniac given an unjust sentence, so they decide to include him in their plans. But as they escort him through the entire sixties scene, from bars, brawls, and drug-addled parties to a visit to a prostitute (Carol Kane), they come to feel that showing him the world he’ll be missing in prison might not be the act of kindness they intended.The film features a breakthrough performance by Nicholson. The killer smile, quick anger, and antiestablishment attitude that brought him stardom in CHINATOWN is well controlled by Ashby’s direction. He never lets Nicholson steal the show. The balance with Quaid's and Young’s strong performances makes for a very
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| Directed by |
Hal Ashby
Being There, Harold and Maude, Shampoo |
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| Written by |
Robert Towne
Chinatown, Days of Thunder, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
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| Cast |
Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, As Good as It Gets |
 | Randy Quaid
Independence Day, Brokeback Mountain, Not Another Teen Movie |
 | Carol Kane
The Princess Bride, Annie Hall, Dog Day Afternoon |
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 | Gilda Radner
The Woman in Red, The Rutles, Haunted Honeymoon |
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