The Last Tattoo is a 1994 feature film set in World War II-era Wellington, New Zealand.[1] [2][3]
| The Last Tattoo | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Reid |
| Written by | Keith Aberdein |
| Produced by | Neville Carson Bill Gavin |
| Starring | Kerry Fox Tony Goldwyn Robert Loggia John Bach Rod Steiger |
| Cinematography | John Blick |
| Edited by | John Scott |
| Music by | John Charles |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Castle Hill Productions (USA) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
Plot
editWhile tracking down cases of venereal disease associated with a local prostitute, Kelly Towne, a public health nurse, meets U.S. Marine Captain Michael Starwood, who is investigating the murder of one of the U.S. servicemen who have been on leave from their nearby camp during World War II.[2]
Cast
edit- Tony Goldwyn as Capt. Michael Starwood
- Kerry Fox as Kelly Towne
- Robert Loggia as Cmdr. Conrad Dart
- John Bach as Austin Leech
- Rod Steiger as Gen. Frank Zane
- Katie Wolfe as Rose Mitchell
- Desmond Kelly as Monty McGurr
- Mark Raffety as Johnny O'Rourke
- Elizabeth Hawthorne as Henrietta Simpson
- Danielle Cormack as Molly
- Peter Hambleton as Peter Davis
- Tony Barry as James Patrick Carroll
- William Kircher as Gibbon
- Tim Balme as Jim Mitchell
- Martyn Sanderson as Ralph Simpson
- Theresa Healey as Cora Bell
- Don Selwyn as Bill Davin
- Jed Brophy as Furlough Guard
- Hilary Halba as Committee Woman
- Robyn Malcolm as Working Girl
- Ben Fransham as Dancing Sailor
Reviews
edit- 1994: Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement.[3]
- 1994: Variety review.[4]
- 1995: featured in New Zealand's contribution to the British Film Institute's Century of Cinema series - Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill.[5]
References
edit- ^ Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland; Melbourne; Oxford :Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2023. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
- ^ a b "The Last Tattoo". NZ On Screen. 1994. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ a b Murray, Scott (April 1994). "A Short History of Film in New Zealand 1977-1994". (Issuu pp 61,65,81). No. 97–98. Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement. pp. 15, 19, 35. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Stratton, David (6 June 1994). "The Last Tattoo". Variety. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Cinema of Unease". NZ On Screen. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Retrieved 5 August 2014.