- The Last Supper (1994 film)
Infobox Film
name = The Last Supper
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director =Cynthia Roberts
producer =Greg Klymkiw
writer = Greg KlymkiwHillar Liitoja Cynthia Roberts
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starring =
music =Nicholas Stirling
cinematography =Harald Bachmann
editing = Cynthia RobertsSu 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 byCynthia Roberts .Plot
Chris (Ken McDougall) is a dancer dying of
AIDS . Before hisassisted 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
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Daniel MacIvor as Dr. Parthens
*Ken McDougall as Chris
*J.D. Nicholsen as ValProduction
"The Last Supper" is adapted from the
Toronto play of the same name byHillar 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 inreal 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 ofAIDS complications four days after filming finished.Reception
"The Last Supper" won the
Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 1995Berlin 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
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