On 2009-11-09 Lionel Bourg, Natchitoches, LA---USA wrote: THE LAST TYCOON(1976)---Robert de Niro, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Boulting, Theresa Russell, Jeanne Moreau, Tony Curtis, Ray Milland, Dana Andrews.
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald´s last novel, de Niro plays an obsessive production chief loosely based on Irving Thalberg. I found the movie very unsatisfying, despite the impressive cast. It seemed to me to lack any sort of ´thematic unity´, other than de Niro´s preoccupation with the smallest details of every movie he´s making. There is an odd sort of ´love story´, between de Niro and a British actress by the name of Ingrid Boulting, that never seems to have a point---they are ´on´, they are ´off´, they are ´on´ again and we never really understand what´s going on with them. Angelica Huston has a small cameo role. To my knowledge, this is the only time that de Niro and Nicholson are paired on the screen---their scenes together are brief---perhaps 5-10 minutes total, but, not surprisingly, they are one of the best things about this troblesome film.
. And summed up by saying A Major Disappoinment. Currently The Last Tycoon has an overall rating of 6 over 10.
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Victor J. Kemper claimed No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: PGRelease Date: 2-MAY-2006Media Type: DVD
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