Last Flag Flying | Sequel to The Last Detail | Richard Linklater | Cranston, Carell, Fishburne | November 3, 2017

[Jake Gittes]

Quote

 

Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne are in talks to star in Richard Linklater's next movie, Last Flag Flying.

 

The project is Linklater’s long-in-the-works "sort of" sequel to the classic 1970s dramatic comedy The Last Detail that starred Jack Nicholson.

 

Last Flag was Darryl Ponsican’s sequel -- published in 2005 -- to his own 1970 landmark novel. It was made into the 1973 comedy-drama that was directed by Hal Ashby and starred Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid and Otis Young. The Last Detail was nominated for three Oscars and Nicholson won a BAFTA for his work.

 

Linklater first spoke about his interest in adapting Darryl Ponicsan's book into a film back in 2006 and was at the time hoping to reunite Nicholson and Randy Quaid, with Morgan Freeman taking on the part played by Otis Young, who had passed away in 2001.

 

Now it looks like Linklater is finally hoisting it up the flagpole, with sources telling The Hollywood Reporter Amazon Studios has landed the project. It'll be Linklater's first project with the streaming giant, which recently released Woody Allen's Cafe Society and Nicholas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon.

 

The original story centered on two Navy men (Nicholson, Young) who are ordered to bring a young offender (Quaid) to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way. Last Flag reunites the reader with the trio, now living in a  post-9/11 American life: the former Naval Petty Officers come to the aid of their former prisoner who needs their help to bring home the body of his son, the latter who was killed in Iraq. The request that sends them back retracing their journey from Norfolk, Virginia, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

 

A November start is being eyed.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-carell-bryan-cranston-laurence-920440

 

Edited August 24, 2017 by Jake Gittes

[Eric Duncan]

http://deadline.com/2017/06/last-flag-flying-new-york-film-festival-opening-night-film-richard-linklater-1202111577/

 

Premiering at the NY Film Festival on September 28. It releases in theaters on November 17th. Also @God Emperor Tele @CJohn or @baumer could one of y'all move this to the main forum?

[Jake Gittes]

lmao I completely forgot that I made a topic for this or that this movie was even being made. 

[WrathOfHan]

http://filmratings.com/Content/Downloads/cara_rating_bulletin.pdf

 

Rated R for language throughout including some sexual references.

[Ethan Hunt]

We're getting new Linklater this year. neat-o

[aabattery]

 

Release date moved up I guess.

[WrathOfHan]

I'm guessing it goes wide over Thanksgiving or the first two weeks of December.

[Eric Duncan]

http://digitalcinema.bydeluxe.com/site/dlxportal/docs/TrailMix_by_Deluxe-_WK_33_US_1.pdf

 

Trailer drops this week.

[filmlover]

 

[WrathOfHan]

This looks very good. Carell seems to have the best role based on the trailer IMO

[Jake Gittes]

Linklater's movies with their gradual accumulation of nuances really aren't made for trailers. Looks promising, I'll trust that the actual movie is better.

 

Still taken aback by how young the actors look. Cranston at 60 is in the role Nicholson played at 36, so it shouldn't be that jarring considering the movies take place three decades apart, except Cranston could still easily pass for mid-40s. Carell is even weirder even though he's 32 years older than Randy Quaid was in the original. I'm continually shocked by how old he actually is.

[Ethan Hunt]

It's Linklater. it'll be great

[filmlover]

Reviews coming in before the premiere at NYFF:

 

The Guardian (2/5): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/28/last-flag-flying-review-richard-linklater

Slant (positive): https://slate.com/arts/2017/09/richard-linklaters-last-flag-flying-reviewed.html

Uproxx (positive): http://uproxx.com/movies/last-flag-flying-review/2/

Film School Rejects (positive): https://filmschoolrejects.com/last-flag-flying-review/

The Film Stage (C+): https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/nyff-review-last-flag-flying-is-a-road-trip-movie-that-charts-a-familiar-path/

Indiewire (B+): http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/last-flag-flying-review-bryan-cranston-steve-carrell-lawrence-fishburne-richard-linklater-1201880777/

Edited September 28, 2017 by filmlover

[WrathOfHan]

This was also an Oscar contender.

[EmpireCity]

Meh.  

[WrathOfHan]

2 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

Meh.  

Are you at NYFF? 

[filmlover]

Also a blah review from The Wrap: http://www.thewrap.com/last-flag-flying-review-steve-carell-richard-linklater/

 

Variety/HR haven't chimed in yet but yeah, we can probably use the Mariah putting flowers on the grave gif for this one's Oscar chances.

[Ethan Hunt]

who cares about reviews... It's Linklater 

[Jake Gittes]

Well that doesn't sound great but I hope it's more quietly rewarding than the less positive reviews suggest. 

[SLAM!]

I am of the belief that not every film has to be perfect. Les Miserables (2012) is one of my personal favorites, to be honest.