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Last Action Hero
Synopsis
Arnold Schwarzenegger appears as a pumped-up Shakespearian hero while an announcer bellows, Something is rotten in Denmark -- and Hamlet is taking out the trash! This gag sets the stage for the post-modernist action epic The Last Action Hero. The film concerns Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien), a lonely eleven-year-old boy who escapes from his bleak New York City reality by glorying in the action adventure movies of his favorite film character, Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Danny's friend is an elderly movie projectionist, Nick (Robert Prosky), who lets Danny into the shabby Times Square movie theater where he works so Danny can see Slater's new movie. He hands Danny a magic ticket given to him years ago by Houdini, and when Nick rips the ticket and gives Danny the stub, Danny finds himself catapulted from the theater into the back seat of Slater's speeding sports car in Jack Slater IV. Danny becomes Slater's helper as Jack battles a trio of nefarious bad guys --Benedict (Charles Dance), Vivaldi (Anthony Quinn) and The Ripper (Tom Noonan). But things get out of hand when Benedict steals Danny's magic ticket stub and transports himself into Danny's reality. Benedict and The Ripper proceed to wreak havoc along Broadway, forcing Slater to cross into reality to get the villains and, in the process, learn about blood and pain.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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  • Director:
    John McTiernan,
  • Writer:
    Shane Black, David Arnott, Zak Penn, Adam Leff,
  • Producer:
    John McTiernan, Stephen J. Roth,
  • Cinematographer:
    Dean Semler,
  • Editor:
    John Wright, Richard A. Harris,
  • Executive Producer:
    Arnold Schwarzenegger,
  • Cast:
    Charles Dance, Austin O'Brien, Art Carney, Frank McRae, F. Murray Abraham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bridgette Wilson,
  • Associate Producer:
    Robert H. Lemer,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Neil Greenberg,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Richard Baratta, Bruce Moriarty, Newt Arnold, Brian W. Cook,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    David Ticotin, Dana J. Kuznetzkoff, Cellin Gluck, Carl Goldstein,
  • Co-Producer:
    Robert E. Relyea, Neal Nordlinger,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Jerry Ross,
  • Camera Operator:
    Douglas Ryan,
  • Script Supervisor:
    J. Ellen Evans, Suzan Lowitz, Susan Malerstein,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Jeff Gomillion,
  • Assistant Production Coordinator:
    John DeSimone,
  • Boom Operator:
    Nicholas R. Allen,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Stacey S. McIntosh,
  • Construction Foreman:
    Walt Hadfield,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Lee Blasingame,
  • Location Manager:
    Robert H. Lemer,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Susan Dukow,
  • Production Sound Mixer:
    Lee Orloff,
  • Property Master:
    Tommy Tomlinson,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    David A. Arnold,
  • Editorial Consultant:
    Frank J. Urioste,
  • Stunts:
    Harry Wowchuk, Troy Gilbert, Debbie Evans, Pete Antico, Kenny Endoso, Bennie Moore, Merritt Yohnka, Scott Rogers, Doc D. Charbonneau, James M. Halty, Eugene Collier, Damon Caro, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Lance Gilbert, Billy D. Lucas, John Meier, William H. Burton Jr., Ric Roman Waugh, Norman Howell, Charlie Brewer, David Lea, Richard L. Blackwell, Dick Ziker, Jim Stephan, Peter Kent, Bobby Bass, Ericka Bryce Poniewaz, Kristy Sexton, Wally Crowder, Manny Perry, Sharon Kramer, Keith Campbell, Gregg Smrz, Norm Compton, Gene Hartline, Jeffrey J. Dashnaw, Ron Stein, Charles A. Tamburro, Jon H. Epstein, Peewee Piemonte, Andy Epper, Lane Leavitt, Gary McLarty, Buddy Joe Hooker, Michael Runyard, Jimmy Nickerson, Chuck Zito, Gregory J. Barnett, Henry Kingi, Annie Ellis, Janet Brady, Scott Waugh, Guy Manos, Billy Hank Hooker, Pat Romano, David Webster, Matt Johnston, David Walling, Alan Oliney, Danny Rogers, Tommy J. Huff, Chuck Picerni Jr., Al Leong, Glenn R. Wilder, Scott Wilder,
  • Video Assist Operator:
    Douglas A. Degrazzio,
  • Additional Editing:
    Robert K. Lambert,
  • Electrician:
    David Bartholomew,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Natalie Wood, Michael Key,
  • Sculptor:
    Joe Colwell,
  • Second Unit Director:
    Fred Waugh, Vic Armstrong,
  • Payroll Accountant:
    Liz Probst,
  • Production Office Coordinator:
    Katherine Kennedy,
  • Set Decoration:
    Cindy Carr,
  • Utility Stunts:
    Anthony G. Schmidt, Clint Cadinha,
  • 3D Animator:
    Gray Marshall,
  • Set Designer:
    Peter J. Kelly,
  • Assistant Accountant:
    Terry Dunn,
  • Stunt Double:
    Laura Dash, Bob Brown, Charlie Brewer, Peter Kent,
  • Set Production Assistant:
    Charles Montoya,
  • Digital Compositors:
    Don Lee,
  • Set Costumer:
    James Roberts,
  • Art Department Production Assistant:
    David Cooney,
  • Production Manager:
    Craig Sost,
  • Telecine Colorist:
    Scot Deer,
  • Leadman:
    Jon Danniells,
  • Special Effects Assistant:
    Scott R. Fisher,
  • Special Effects Coordinator:
    Thomas L. Fisher,
  • First Assistant Sound Editor:
    Linda Symcox,
  • Special Effects Technician:
    George Zamora,
  • Contact Lens Designer:
    Richard Snell,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Mark O'Kane,
  • Craft Service:
    Michael Kehoe,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Michael Kamen,
  • Grip:
    Doug Cowden,
  • Assistant Makeup Artist:
    Craig Lyman,
  • Standby Painter:
    William Girod,
  • Art Direction:
    Rick Heinrichs, Marek Dobrowolski,
  • Hairstylist:
    Peter Tothpal,
  • Driver:
    Carol Autenrieth,
  • Key Grip:
    William 'Bear' Paul,
  • Greensman:
    Randy Martens,
  • Set Painter:
    Tamar Dick,
  • Visual Effects Coordinator:
    Suzanne Pastor,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Tricia Henry Ashford,
  • Visual Effects Production Assistant:
    Christer Hokanson,
  • Propmaker:
    Daniel W. Blaha,
  • Story by:
    Adam Leff, Zak Penn,
  • Technical Advisor:
    Craig Mizutari,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Sal Lanza,
  • Supervising Dialogue Editor:
    Cindy Marty,
  • Armorer:
    Harry Lu,
  • Casting:
    Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Clayton Collins,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Ronald Plant,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Catherine Calleson,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Neil Krepela,
  • Best Boy Electric:
    Peter John Petraglia,
  • Digital Effects Supervisor:
    Laurel Klick,
  • Transportation Co-Captain:
    John Hager,
  • Stand In:
    Dieter Rauter,
  • Screenplay:
    Shane Black, David Arnott,
  • Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Bill W. Benton,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Donald R. Casella,
  • Visual Effects Camera:
    Michael Talarico,
  • Scenic Artist:
    Michael Denering,
  • Orchestrator:
    Lolita Ritmanis,
  • Still Photographer:
    Zade Rosenthal,
  • Swing:
    Sean Hood,
  • Carpenter:
    Doug Crawford,
  • Costumer:
    Danna Edwards,
  • Visual Effects Assistant Editor:
    Tatiana S. Riegel,
  • Production Assistant:
    Joseph Aspromonti,
  • Animation Supervisor:
    Jane Baer,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    William C. Gerrity,
  • Assistant Location Manager:
    Jordana Kronen,
  • Makeup Supervisor:
    Jeff Dawn,
  • Production Accountant:
    Diane Bandolas,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Jim Dultz,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Fred Waugh, Joel Kramer, Vic Armstrong,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Michael Sweeney,
  • Visual Effects Editor:
    Miller Drake,
  • First Assistant Accountant:
    Maureen 'Mo' Crutchfield,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Lisa J. Feitelberg,
  • Trainee Production Coordinator:
    Jono Oliver,
  • Production Design:
    Eugenio Zanetti,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    William F. McLaughlin,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Rebecca Bennett,
  • Foley Artist:
    Zane D. Bruce,
  • Foley Editor:
    Linda Folk,
  • VFX Director of Photography:
    Christopher Nibley,
  • Studio Teachers:
    Pia Mehr,
  • Roto Supervisor:
    Bret Mixon,
  • Key Hair Stylist:
    Robert Chiu,
  • Set Medic:
    Jeffrey D. Stevens,
  • Production Illustrator:
    Mauro Borrelli,
  • Music Editor:
    Christopher Brooks,
  • ADR Editor:
    Jerelyn J. Harding,
  • Gaffer:
    Andrea Sachs,
  • Costume Design:
    Gloria Gresham,
  • Set Dressing Artist:
    P. Scott Bailey,
  • Loader:
    Larissa Supplitt,
  • Foley Mixer:
    David W. Alstadter,
  • Supervising Sound Effects Editor:
    Jay Wilkinson,
  • Key Rigging Grip:
    Billy Kerwick,
  • Assistant Director:
    Brian W. Cook,
  • Casting Assistant:
    Susanna Griffith,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Dwight Campbell,
  • Painter:
    Sharon Barnebey,
  • Supervising ADR Editor:
    Lauren Palmer,
  • Assistant Camera:
    Richard A. Kelley,
  • Foley Recordist:
    Nerses Gezalyan,
  • I/O Manager:
    Linda Renaud,
  • Decorator:
    Craig T. Shordon,

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