The Last Shot [HD]

Off-Beat Comedy on Film-making from the Writer of 'Catch Me If You Can'
Based on an article on unique FBI operation to arrest a mobster, slightly off-beat comedy 'The Last Shot' offers two good things -- one is the comical look on Hollywood movies and the people involved, and the other is the endearingly funny "odd couple" of Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin.

FBI thought of a brilliant idea (believe it or not, it's based on truths). FBI agent Joe (excellent Baldwin) is assinged a strange job by his boss Ray Liotta to disguise himself as Hollywood producer, and invite unsuspecting, unemployed film director Steve (Broderick at his best) to join in his 'project' to make a film. Incredibley to Steve, Joe allows him eveything -- final cut, casting approval, everything. Very happy Steve joins in the project, not knowing the truths behind that.

Actually, this is a sting to arrest a mobster boss Tony Shalhaub for racketeering. Believing all these lies, however, Broderick's Steve cast his girlfriend (Calista Flockhart) as the lading...

Satirical Take on Filmmaking. Inspired by True Story.
"The Last Shot" is a satirical but good-natured look at the film industry and the passion to make movies. It was inspired by a real 1989 FBI sting operation, in which an FBI agent posing a producer enlisted two unwitting filmmakers to make a movie in Providence, Rhode Island in order to net some mobsters. In "The Last Shot", ambitious FBI agent Joe Devine (Alec Baldwin) dreams up "Operation Dramex" to nail mobster Tommy Sanz (Tony Shalhoub) by bribing him to intercede with the Teamsters on a movie that Divine will pretend to produce. But first Divine will need a script. Stephen Schats (Matthew Broderick) has been trying to stir up interest in his script, called "Arizona", for years while managing a movie theater and running a kennel for celebrities' dogs in Hollywood. He thinks his dreams have finally come true when Joe offers to finance the film, with Stephen allowed to direct, no less. Devine doesn't actually want to make the movie, but only to use pre-production to trap Sands. But...

ONLY IN HOLLYWOOD
THE LAST SHOT is based on an amazing true story wherein the FBI sets up a phony movie production to snare some top criminal figures, such as John Giotti and his gang. Alec Baldwin plays FBI agent Joe Devine, who wants to move on to bigger and better things, especially after the suicide death of his beloved dog, Sasha. He convinces the agency to front a fake movie in order to catch a big crime ring in Providence, Rhode Island, of all places. He manages to convince aspiring screenwriter Matthew Broderick that his script for "Arizona" is a movie he is willing to produce, and from thereon, things get sticky. Baldwin is very good in his role as is the sheepish Broderick. A strong supporting cast including Toni Collette as a fading actress; Tony Shalhoub as the target of the scam; Joan Cusack as a sharp-tongued agent; Tim Blake Nelson as Broderick's frustrated brother; Calista Flockhart as Brodericks neurotic girlfriend, help make THE LAST SHOT an entertaining, bittersweet dramedy...

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