The Last Supper (1994 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Last Supper


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director = Cynthia Roberts
producer = Greg Klymkiw
writer = Greg Klymkiw
Hillar Liitoja
Cynthia Roberts
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starring =
music = Nicholas Stirling
cinematography = Harald Bachmann
editing = Cynthia Roberts
Su Rynard
distributor = British Film Institute
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runtime = 96 mins.
country = Canada
language = English
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amg_id = 1:134096
imdb_id = 0110310

"The Last Supper" is a 1994 drama film directed by Cynthia Roberts.

Plot

Chris (Ken McDougall) is a dancer dying of AIDS. Before his assisted suicide he shares a last meal with his lover Val (J.D. Nicholsen).cite web
last = Brennan
first = Sandra
title = Overview
publisher = Allmovie
url = http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:134096
accessdate =2008-01-22 ]

Cast

*Daniel MacIvor as Dr. Parthens
*Ken McDougall as Chris
*J.D. Nicholsen as Val

Production

"The Last Supper" is adapted from the Toronto play of the same name by Hillar Liitoja. The same actors perform in the film as in the play.cite web
last = Thompson
first = Jennifer
title = The last dance
publisher = greenleft.org.au
date = 1995-02-15
url = http://www.greenleft.org.au/1995/175/12614
accessdate =2008-01-22 ] It was shot in real time and set entirely in one room in a Toronto hospice.Citation
last = Kelly
first = Brendan
title = The Last Supper
newspaper = Variety
date = 1994-09-26
url = http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117909200.html?categoryid=31&cs=1
accessdate= 2008-01-22] Ken McDougall died of AIDS complications four days after filming finished.

Reception

"The Last Supper" won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival. [cite web
title = Awards for The Last Supper
publisher = Internet Movie Database
url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110310/awards
accessdate =2008-01-22 ] "Time Out" called the film "simple but devastating study of the human condition in extremis". [Citation
title = The Last Supper
newspaper = Time Out
url = http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/80166/the-last-supper.html
accessdate=2008-01-22] "Variety" called it "an important addition to the growing body of pix about AIDS-related issues" but said that it may be too gruelling for some viewers.

References

External links

*imdb title|0110310|title=The Last Supper