The best is yet to come.
An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.
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Classical in form, nostalgic, effortless and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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“Is Burt Reynolds the best thing in The Last Movie Star?”
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Cast
- Burt ReynoldsVic Edwards
- Ariel WinterLil McDougal
- Chevy ChaseSonny
- Clark DukeDoug McDougal
- Ellar ColtraneShane McAvoy
- Nikki BlonskyFaith Cole
- Kathleen NolanClaudia
- Juston StreetBjorn
- Al-Jaleel KnoxStuart Muckler
- Will Buie Jr.8 Yr Old Vic (uncredited)
Crew
- Adam RifkinDirector
- Adam RifkinWriter
- Scott WinigDirector of Photography
- Austin WintoryOriginal Music Composer
- Dan FlesherEditor
- Neil MandtProducer
- Gordon WhitenerProducer
- Brian CavallaroProducer
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