The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon (1976)


The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon (1974)

Budget (GBP) 5,000,000
Distribution Company

Paramount Pictures   (Distributor | Est. Unknown)

Release Date 17 November 1976   Confidence Level  
Black and White No
Regional Release No
Release Notes USA 17 November 1976 (New York City, New York);
USA 18 November 1976 (Los Angeles, California);
USA 19 November 1976;
Austria 1977;
Italy 8 January 1977;
Argentina 10 February 1977;
UK 24 February 1977;
West Germany 11 March 1977;
Finland 25 March 1977;
Netherlands 31 March 1977;
Ireland 1 April 1977;
France 13 April 1977;
Sweden 2 May 1977;
Denmark 11 May 1977;
Spain 23 May 1977;
Japan 28 January 1978;
France 22 January 2014 (re-release);
Greece 14 October 2014 (Greek Film Archive).
Description Sir Robert Thorndyke (Peter O'Toole) is an aristocrat and hunter who, just for the sport of it, tracks Adolph Hitler to his mountain retreat. With the Fuhrer in his crosshairs, Thorndyke is caught and subsequently tortured by the SS. They attempt to kill him and make his death seem like a hunting accident, but Thorndyke escapes back to England -- only to find that German agents have followed him there. The hunter soon finds himself the hunted in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Pinter wrote the screenplay based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished 1941 novel.
Language English

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

Elia Kazan (1909 - 2003)

Creative | Director


F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)

Creative | Author (original novel)


Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Screenplay


Sam Spiegel (1901 - 1985)

Production | Producer


Maurice Jarre (1924 - 2009)

Creative | Music


Victor J. Kemper (1927)

Creative | Cinematographer


Richard Marks (1943 - 2018)

Creative | Film Editor


Jane Feinberg

Creative | Casting


Mike Fenton

Creative | Casting


Jack T. Collis (1923 - 1998)

Creative | Art Director


Jerry Wunderlich (1925 - 1999)

Creative | Set Decoration


Anna Hill Johnstone (1913 - 1992)

Creative | Costume Designer


Anthea Sylbert (1939)

Creative | Costume Designer


Gary Liddiard

Creative | Makeup Artist


Jean Burt Reilly (1915 - 1981)

Creative | Hairstylist


Lloyd Anderson (1916 - 1996)

Production | Production Manager


Gary Daigler

Creative | Second Assistant Director


Daniel McCauley (1916 - 2004)

Creative | First Assistant Director


Ron Wright (1943)

Creative | Second Assistant Director


Larry Jost (1921 - 2001)

Technical | Sound Mixer


Barbara Marks

Technical | Sound Editor


Robert Poore

Technical | Sound Editor


Robert Reitano

Technical | Sound Editor


Winston Ryder (1915 - 1999)

Technical | Sound Editor


Dick Vorisek (1918 - 1989)

Technical | Re-recording mixer


Henry Millar

Technical | Special effects


Ray De La Motte (1944)

Technical | First assistant camera


Earl Gilbert

Technical | Gaffer


Marcia Reed

Technical | Still Photographer


Bob Rose

Technical | Key grip


Robert C. Thomas

Technical | Camera operator


Robert L. Vargas Jr.

Technical | Assistant camera


Joseph Glassman

Technical | Music editor


Maurice Jarre (1924 - 2009)

Creative | Conductor


Joseph Sullivan

Technical | Driver


Karen Wookey

Production | Script supervisor


Daniel McAuley

Creative | Title Designer


Frank L. Brown

Technical | Set dressing lead man

Uncredited


Gary L. King

Technical | Propmaker

Uncredited


Gene Callahan (1923 - 1990)

Creative | Production Designer


Linked Organisations

No Linked organisations have been added to this production record yet.

Characters

Monroe Stahr (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Robert De Niro (1943)

Rodriguez (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Tony Curtis (1925 - 2010)

Pat Brady (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Robert Mitchum (1917 - 1997)

Didi (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Jeanne Moreau (1928 - 2017)

Brimmer (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jack Nicholson (1937)

Kathleen Moore (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Ingrid Boulting (1947)

Fleishaker (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Ray Milland (1907 - 1986)

Red Ridingwood (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Dana Andrews (1909 - 1992)

Cecilia Brady (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Theresa Russell (1957)

Wylie White (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Peter Strauss (1947)

Popolos (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Tige Andrews (1920 - 2007)

Marcus (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Morgan Farley (1898 - 1988)

Guide (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: John Carradine (1906 - 1988)

Doctor (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jeff Corey (1906 - 1988)

Edna (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Angelica Houston (1951)

Brady's Secretary (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Bonnie Bartlett (1929)

Brady's Secretary (2) (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Sharon Masters

Norman (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Eric Christmas (1916 - 2000)

Esther Rodriguez (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Leslie Curtis

Kino (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Lloyd Kino (1919 - 2012)

Assistant Editor (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Brendan Burns

Lady in Restaurant (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Carrie Miller

Hairdresser (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Peggy Feury (1924 - 1985)

Lady Writer (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Betsy Jones-Moreland (1930 - 2006)

Girl on Beach (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Patricia Singer

Monroe Stahr's Secretary (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Rutanya Alda (1942)

Executive (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jack Berle (1904 - 1985)

Man at Front Table (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Nick Cairis

Monroe Stahr's Secretary (2) (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Pamela Guest (1950)

Waiter in Stahr's Office (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jester Hairston (1901 - 2000)

Executive (2) (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: George DeNormand (1903 - 1976)

Doorman (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Bob Harks (1927 - 2010)

Studio Executive (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Byron Morrow (1911 - 2006)

Film Crew Member (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Cosmo Sardo (1909 - 1989)

Disgruntled Lady in Elevator (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Montana Smoyer (1924 - 2004)

Man at Dailies (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: H. M. Wynant (1924 - 2004)

Extra on Set (The Last Tycoon) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Don Brodie (1904 - 2001)

Boxley (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Donald Pleasence (1919 - 1995)

Linked Awards

National Board of Review Award

1975

Won: Best English-Language Film

National Board of Review Award

1975

Ten Best Films list

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award

1975

Nominated: Best Art Direction

New York Film Critics' Circle Award

1975

Nominated: Best Screenwriting

Linked Places

Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu

Unfinished Beach House.


Paramount Studio, Hollywood

Studio.


Resources

Tom Allen, 'The Last Tycoon', Soho Weekly News, 18 November 1976 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/DocDetail?docId=5652

PDF available

Andrew Sarris, 'A Stahr is reborn', Village Voice, 15 November 1976 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/DocDetail?docId=5653

PDF available

'Fitzgerald divided by Pinter equals a minus sum', West Bay Today, 26 December 1976 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/DocDetail?docId=5657

PDF available

Irene Atkins, 'Hollywood Revisited: A Sad Homecoming', Literature/Film Quarterly, 5:2 (1977), pp. 105-11. (Paper-based)

Type: Article

External Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43796067?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Jay Cocks, 'Babylon Revisited', Time, 6 December 1976, pp. 87-88 (Paper-based)

Type: Review

Robert Hatch, 'Films, The Last Tycoon', Nation, 11 December 1976, p. 637 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://www.unz.com/print/Nation-1976dec11-00637/

PDF currently unavailable

Stanley Kauffmann, 'The Last Tycoon', The New Republic, 4 December 1976, pp. 20- 21 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://www.unz.com/print/NewRepublic-1976dec04-00020/

PDF currently unavailable

Stephen Koch, 'Humiliation in Hollywood, "A Review of The Last Tycoon"', Harper's, March 1977, pp. 102-4 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://www.unz.com/print/Harpers-1977mar-00102/

PDF currently unavailable

Jack Kroll, 'Falling Stahr', Newsweek, 22 Nov.ember 1976, pp. 107-8 (Paper-based)

Type: Review

External Link: https://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/DocDetail?docId=5723

Document available by request from UC Berkley database.

Saturday Review, 11 December, 1976, pp. 77-78 (Paper-based)

Type: Review

A. D. Murphy, 'The Lasty Tycoon', Variety, 17 December 1976 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/DocDetail?docId=5725

PDF available

The Last Tycoon Trailer, 1976 (URL)

Type: Trailer

External Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqrU8KK3inc

Original trailer

Sources

IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074777/

URL

Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process

Steven H. Gale, Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003)

Academic book

Contains chapters on each of Harold Pinter's filmed screenplays and includes a bibliography of reviews of films up to 1999.

'Pinter to Adapt "The Last Tycoon"', 20 January 1974

https://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/DocDetail?docId=5726

URL

Source for budget range. Amount given in dollars with range of 5-7000000.