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Release Year2001
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary
Votes12
DirectorDonovan Leitch, Rebecca Chaiklin
WritersDonovan Leitch, Rebecca Chaiklin
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.8 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsLast Party 2000
About Last Party 2000
Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, but spends more time outside, in the street protests and police actions than in the orchestrated conventions. Hoffman shows an obvious distaste for money politics and the conservative right. He looks seedier and more disillusioned the campaign progresses. Eventually Hoffman seems most energized by the Ralph Nader campaign as an alternative to the nearly indistinguishable major parties. The high point of the film are the comments by Barney Frank who says that marches and demonstrations are largely a waste of time, and that the really effective political players such as the NRA and the AARP never bother with walk ins, sit-ins, shoot-ins or shuffles. In the interview with Jesse Jackson, Hoffman is too flustered to ask all of his questions.
Directed by Donovan Leitch, Rebecca Chaiklin, Last Party 2000 leans on a strong ensemble — Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2001.
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