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The Last Castle is a 2001 American thriller, drama, and action film directed by Rod Lurie. The screenplay was written by Graham Yost and David Scarpa, with production handled by DreamWorks and Robert Lawrence Productions. Robert Lawrence served as producer, while Jerry Goldsmith composed the music. The film features Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, and Delroy Lindo in the cast. Shelly Johnson served as the director of photography.
The plot follows a court-martialed general who rallies 1,200 inmates to rise against the system that imprisoned him. The tagline states, "A Castle Can Only Have One King." The film has a runtime of 131 minutes and was originally released in English. It was distributed by United International Pictures and Netflix, with video on demand as a format.
The production had a budget of $72,000,000 and grossed $27,642,707 at the box office. Critical reception included a 53% rating, a 5.6/10 score, and a 43/100 Metascore. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.0 based on 90,627 votes and a TMDb average of 7.173. The film received one win and four nominations for awards and is rated R.
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7.2A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Cast
- Robert Redford as Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin
- James Gandolfini as Col. Winter
- Mark Ruffalo as Yates
- Delroy Lindo as Gen. Wheeler
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Cp. Ramov Aguilar
- Kristen Shaw as Clerk (Staff Sgt.)
Themes
- prison
- general
- military officer
- investigation
- coercion
- oppression
- us military
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
90,627 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
52%
Metacritic
43/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Rod Lurie
- Screenplay by
- David Scarpa Graham Yost
- Story by
- David Scarpa
- Produced by
- Robert Lawrence
- Starring
- Robert Redford James Gandolfini Mark Ruffalo Clifton Collins Jr. Delroy Lindo
- Cinematography
- Shelly Johnson
- Edited by
- Michael Jablow Kevin Stitt
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production company
- Robert Lawrence Productions
- Distributed by
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Release date
- October 19, 2001 ( 2001-10-19 )
- Running time
- 131 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $72 million
- Box office
- $27.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Rod Lurie
- Screenwriter
- David Scarpa
- Cast member
- Steve Burton
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Robert Lawrence
- Production company
- DreamWorks
- Cinematographer
- Shelly Johnson
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 279116
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thelastcastle.com
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- publication date
- 2002-01-04
- title
- The Last Castle
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 43/100
- capital cost
- 72000000
- box office
- 18244060
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Encyclopedic overview
The Last Castle is a 2001 American action drama film directed by Rod Lurie, starring Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, and Delroy Lindo. The film portrays a struggle between inmates and the warden of a military prison, based on the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth.
A highly decorated U.S. Army Lieutenant General, court martialed and sentenced for insubordination, challenges the prison commandant, a colonel, over his treatment of the prisoners. After mobilizing the inmates, the former general leads an uprising aiming to seize control of the prison.
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