El novelista Jonathan Stitch acaba de aceptar el encargo de escribir las memorias del veterano presentador J.J. Curtis. Wood had hoped to use the film as the pilot for a television series he intended to produce called Portraits of Terror. Part of JJ's reason for wanting the book written is to increase his profile in order to sell his show to the lucrative US market. After a horror play's final performance, The Vampire roams the theater. Diagnosed with brain cancer, Curtis decides to ignore the condition and employs award winner new author Jonathan Snitch to write the story of his life. While trying to make a lucrative deal to air his program in the U.S., the competition rears its ugly head in the form of young Dave Turner, host of a different tacky and truly `shocking' game show (pun intended). | It seems awfully redundant to have to say that Peter O'Toole is good, but the truth is that he really is. Contacta con nosotros | The opening credits of THE FINAL CURTAIN rolled and the very first credit stated that this was a film produced by Universal Studios in conjunction with DNA films . Good performances, probably not a repeater. I missed the rest of the credits because I was through the kitchen making a cup of tea but when I came back I was struck as to how the film played out because the whole style of the movie screamed " British lottery funding " . Curtis receives the unwelcome news from his Harley Street doctor that he has cancer. External Reviews For wing nuts only. What we get is a one-note petulant whiner. He and Adrian Lester as the writer hired to do O'Toole's own version of his autobiography provide the most memorable characters. Two angels are sent to Earth to check if love is possible in this case. Peter O'Toole stars as the complex, funny, charming, and hard-drinking Jeffrey Bernard in this live performance at the Old Vic Theatre in London. The Final Curtain is a 2002 British film directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole.[1]. Marc Munden, Reparto The performances were great, and it was especially enjoyable to watch Peter O'Toole. So upon reading that it was from the makers of 'Shallow Grave' I was intrigued and decided to make it my choice of viewing for the evening. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Final Curtain was a television pilot written and directed by Ed Wood in 1957. The only good thing one can say about this budget conscious, garish, cockamamie kludge is O'Toole. A famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Final_Curtain_(film)&oldid=949012915, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 April 2020, at 06:04. Peter O'Toole plays the aging actor/entertainer JJ Curtis, whose fame now revolves around `The Big Prize', the tacky game show he produces and hosts. The Final Curtain is a 2002 British film directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. A través de flashbacks, la historia se remonta a los años 70, década en la que el famoso concurso "El gran premio", presentado por J.J. Curtis, era uno de los programas más vistos de la televisión. A pesar de los éxitos cosechados a lo largo de su carrera, Curtis se siente amenazado por el joven Dave Turner, presentador de un concurso llamado "Cuenta corriente", donde los concursantes dan a sus seres queridos descargas eléctricas. Obviously made on a low budget, so we have to concentrate on the story & the acting rather than computerised special effects or big Hollywood names. User Ratings Doesn't work. Telling of competing game show hosts, one old (O'Toole) and one young (Gillen), who have more in common than meets the eye, this dark comedy has little to offer beyond the Shakespearean performance of O'Toole who trudges doggedly through the script with inevitable futility. I found myself engaged in the story line, the dialogue and the plot. Patrick Harkins (más conocido por su trabajo en la pequeña pantalla) debuta en la dirección con esta comedia negra protagonizada por Adrian Lester ('El día de mañana') como Jonathan Stitch, Peter O'Toole ('El último emperador') en el papel de J.J. Curtis y Aidan Gillen ('El caballero oscuro: La leyenda renace') como Dave Turner. The film is narrated by Dudley Manlove. [4], "Never seen 1950s Ed Wood movie recovered", "Sun Never Quite Sets on Work of Ed Wood", Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Final_Curtain_(film)&oldid=968166687, Television pilots not picked up as a series, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 July 2020, at 17:09. Later that day while watching television, Curtis sees acclaimed novelist Jonathan Stitch's acceptance speech for an award he gained at a prestigious book awards ceremony. I recently watched this film on the Sundance channel, and it was wonderful. I would recommend this film for younger audiences (18+) who maybe have not seen some of Peter O'Toole's older films. 4 of 9 people found this review helpful. Final Curtain (C) es una película dirigida por Ed Wood con Duke Moore, Dudley Manlove, Jeannie Stevens. The show was mostly ignored by the critics apart from those that derided it for its blatant promotion of greed but, of course, is watched by millions and millions of families around the UK.