The Last Days of Disco: Pop Paradise
By August 25, 2009
Whit Stillman took a risk to set his third film during (and title it after) the disco era, whose erstwhile existence, from almost the moment it ended, has seemed to embarrass most Read more »
- United States
- 1998
- 113 minutes
- Color
- 1.78:1
- English
- Spine #485
SYNOPSIS: The Last Days of Disco is a clever, comic return to the nighttime party scene in early eighties Manhattan from director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan). At the center of the film’s roundelay of revelers are the icy Charlotte (Kate Beckinsale) and the demure Alice (Chloë Sevigny), by day toiling as publishing house assistants and by night looking for romance and entertainment at a premier, Studio 54–like club. The Last Days of Disco is an affectionate yet unsentimental look at the end of an era, brimming with Stillman’s trademark dry humor.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Alice | Chloë Sevigny |
| Charlotte | Kate Beckinsale |
| Des | Chris Eigeman |
| Jimmy | Mackenzie Astin |
| Josh | Matt Keeslar |
| Tom | Robert Sean Leonard |
| Nina | Jennifer Beals |
| Dan | Matthew Ross |
| Holly | Tara Subkoff |
| Van | Burr Steers |
| Bernie | David Thornton |
| Tiger Lady | Jaid Barrymore |
| Hap | Michael Weatherly |
Credits
| Director | Whit Stillman |
| Screenplay | Whit Stillman |
| Producer | Whit Stillman |
| Cinematography | John Thomas |
| Editing | Andrew Hafitz and Jay Pires |
| Executive producer | John Sloss |
| Co-producers | Cecilia Kate Roque and Edmon Roch |
| Composer | Mark Suozzo |
| Production design | Ginger Tougas |
| Costumes | Sarah Edwards |
| Choreography | John Carrafa |
| Music supervisor | Peter Afterman |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Whit Stillman
- Audio commentary featuring Stillman and actors Chloë Sevigny and Chris Eigeman
- Four deleted scenes with commentary by Stillman, Eigeman, and Sevigny
- Audio recording of Stillman reading a chapter from his book The Last Days of Disco, with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards
- Behind-the-scenes featurette
- Stills gallery with captions by Stillman
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: An essay by novelist David Schickler
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News
Whit Stillman Is Back
March 29, 2011
Attention, all debutantes, disco lovers, and urban haute bourgeoisie: the first film in well over a decade from Whit Stillman—whose comedies of manners Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco are Read more »
Clippings
Disco 2.0
September 04, 2009
What would The Last Days of Disco’s Charlotte and Alice look like in today’s New York? On the occasion of Criterion’s release of Whit Stillman’s stylish look back at the early eighties, Interview magazine asked Read more »
Press Notes
Press Notes: The Last Days of Disco
August 27, 2009
Known for creating some of American independent cinema’s chattiest characters, writer-director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan) is apparently feeling rather talkative himself this week. Stillman Read more »
