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Last Action Hero is a 1993 American action, adventure, and comedy film directed by John McTiernan and produced by Columbia Pictures and Oak Productions. The screenplay was written by Shane Black, David Arnott, William Goldman, and Zak Penn. The cast includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Charles Dance, and Tom Noonan. Michael Kamen composed the score, while Dean Semler served as director of photography.
The narrative is set in New York City and Los Angeles, focusing on the Los Angeles Police Department. Filming took place in Long Beach, New York City, Los Angeles, and Malibu. The movie theater serves as a key setting within the story. The film has a runtime of 130 to 131 minutes and was released in the United States on June 18, 1993, with subsequent releases in September and October of that year.
The production cost was 85,000,000, and the film grossed 137,298,489 at the box office. It is available via video on demand. Critical reception includes a rating of 6.5 out of 10 on IMDb and a 42% score on other platforms. The tagline for the film is "This isn't the movies anymore."
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6.5After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater / Self
- Austin O'Brien as Danny Madigan
- Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as Whitney / Meredith
- F. Murray Abraham as John Practice
- Art Carney as Frank
- Charles Dance as Benedict
Themes
- hero
- magic
- villain
- parody
- child in peril
- film in film
- breaking the fourth wall
- spoof
- magical object
- cartoon cat
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John McTiernan
- Screenplay by
- Shane Black David Arnott
- Story by
- Zak Penn Adam Leff
- Produced by
- John McTiernan Steve Roth
- Starring
- Arnold Schwarzenegger F. Murray Abraham Art Carney Charles Dance Frank McRae Tom Noonan Robert Prosky Anthony Quinn Mercedes Ruehl Austin O'Brien
- Cinematography
- Dean Semler
- Edited by
- Richard A. Harris John Wright
- Music by
- Michael Kamen
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Steve Roth/Oak Productions
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release dates
- June 13, 1993 ( 1993-06-13 ) ( Westwood ) June 18, 1993 ( 1993-06-18 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 131 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $85 million
- Box office
- $137.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Screenwriter
- Zak Penn
- Cast member
- Basil Sydney
- Composer
- Michael Kamen
- Producer
- John McTiernan
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Dean Semler
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- San Diego
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 758222
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-10-07
- film editor
- John Wright
- title
- Last Action Hero
- production designer
- Eugenio Zanetti
- capital cost
- 85000000
- box office
- 50016394
- set in environment
- movie theater
- review score
- 6.5/10
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- form of creative work
- feature film
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Encyclopedic overview
Last Action Hero is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan and co-written by Shane Black and David Arnott. It is a satire of the action genre and associated clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater, a Los Angeles police detective within the Jack Slater action film franchise, while Austin O'Brien co-stars as Danny Madigan, a boy magically transported into the Slater universe, and Charles Dance as Mr. Benedict, a ruthless assassin from the Slater universe who escapes to the real world. Schwarzenegger also served as the film's executive producer and plays himself as the actor portraying Jack Slater.
Last Action Hero premiered in Westwood on June 13, 1993 and was released by Columbia Pictures on June 16, 1993 and failed to meet the studio's expectations at the box office, and was both a critical and commercial disappointment. Since its release Last Action Hero gained a cult following, with some noting it as underrated in Schwarzenegger's catalogue.
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