Main Cast: Ken McDougall, Jack Nicholsen, Daniel MacIvor
Release Year: 1994
Country: CA/US
Run Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
The subject of this film may be highly disturbing to some viewers. This dark, Canadian film, based on the award winning Toronto play, graphically chronicles the last days and doctor-assisted suicide of Chris, a fictional dancer and choreographer with AIDS. This picture was shot in real time and focuses upon the last meal Chris shares with his lover, Val before the doctor administers a lethal injection. Four days after this film was finished, Ken McDougall, the actor who played Chris, died of AIDS related complications. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast
Ken McDougall - Chris
Jack Nicholsen - Val
Daniel MacIvor - Dr. Parthens
Credit
David Cooper - Associate Producer, Debra Zane - Casting, Bonnie Zane - Casting, Hillar Liitoja - Co-producer, Lori Miller - Co-producer, Cynthia Roberts - Co-producer, Cynthia Roberts - Director, Cynthia Roberts - Editor, Su Rynard - Editor, Nicholas Stirling - Composer (Music Score), Cynthia Roberts - Musical Direction/Supervision, Phil Strong - Musical Direction/Supervision, Hillar Liitoja - Production Designer, Harald Bachmann - Cinematographer, Greg Klymkiw - Producer, Matt Cooper - Producer, Greg Klymkiw - Screenwriter, Hillar Liitoja - Screenwriter, Cynthia Roberts - Screenwriter, Hillar Liitoja - Play Author
The Last Supper is adapted from the Toronto play of the same name by Hillar Liitoja. The same actors perform in the film as in the play.[2] It was shot in real time and set entirely in one room in a Toronto hospice.[2][3] Ken McDougall died of AIDS complications four days after filming finished.[3]
Reception
The Last Supper won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival.[4]Time Out called the film "simple but devastating study of the human condition in extremis".[5]Variety called it "an important addition to the growing body of pix about AIDS-related issues" but said that it may be too gruelling for some viewers.[3]
