About Last Night... [P&S] DVD

About Last Night...
David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago was adapted for the big screen by fellow Chicago citizen Tim Kazurinsky and became About Last Night... The film stars Rob Lowe as Danny and Demi Moore as Debbie. The pair meet and engage in a torrid sexual relationship, but then slowly negotiate if there is anything more between them. Lowe seeks advice from his loudmouthed friend Bernie (Chicago native James Belushi), whose offers little more than outrageous tales of his randy exploits. Debbie confides in her best friend Joan (Elizabeth Perkins), a bitter, single kindergarten teacher who has lost any hope of finding the right person on the dating scene. Although Danny and Debbie talk, they have trouble communicating. The film ends on a coda that suggests the pair are still unsure as to where their relationship may be headed. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Cast Rob Lowe as Danny Demi Moore as Debbie James Belushi as Bernie Litko Elizabeth Perkins as Joan George DiCenzo as Mr. Favio Michael Alldredge as Mother Malone Robin Thomas as Steve Carlton

Crew William Elliott - Art Director E. Darrell Hallenbeck - Associate Producer Terrence Emerson - Boom Operator Deborah L. Scott - Costume Designer Sherry Thompson - Costume Designer Dallas Dornan - Costume Designer Allan Wertheim - First Assistant Director Edward Zwick - Director Harry Keramidas - Editor Arnold Stiefel - Executive Producer Gail Ryan - Hair Styles Ira S. Rosenstein - Location Manager Paul Jacobsen - Lighting Miles Goodman - Composer (Music Score) Bones Howe - Musical Direction/Supervision Peter Vale - Songwriter Bob Seger - Songwriter Brock Walsh - Songwriter John David Souther - Songwriter John Oates - Songwriter Cynthia Weil - Songwriter Thom Bishop - Songwriter Karla Bonoff - Songwriter Michael Leeson - Songwriter Scott Kempner - Songwriter Tom Snow - Songwriter Robert Ryan - Makeup Dan Lerner - Camera Operator Ida Random - Production Designer Andrew Dintenfass - Cinematographer Stuart Oken - Producer Jason Brett - Producer Jacques Nosco - Production Sound Chris A. Butler - Set Designer Beverli Eagan - Set Designer Brian Tipton - Special Effects Darrell D. Pritchett - Special Effects Denise de Clue - Screenwriter Tim Kazurinsky - Screenwriter Kit Kalionzes - First Assistant Camera Bruce Olander - Gaffer Harold Rabuse - Key Grip Curtis Roush - Music Editor Constance G. Rowbotham - Production Coordinator Lea Andrews - Production Coordinator Arthur Shippee - Properties Sonny P. Filippini - Script Supervisor Donald P.H. Eaton - Second Assistant Director R. Ronald Batzdorff - Still Photographer Victoria Rose Sampson - Supervising Sound Editor Michael Kohan - Assistant Properties George Little - Costumes Supervisor Julie Starr Dresner - Costumes Supervisor Rebel Schunke - Dolly Grip Alexandra Leviloff - First Assistant Editor Jerry Trent - Foley Artist William Carruth - Foley Editor Frederick Hamm - Second Assistant Camera Linda Folk - Second Assistant Editor Paul Davis - Featured Music David Mamet - Play Author Evelyn Dutton - Foley Walker Nina Saxon - Title Design

About Last Night...
Based on David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago and filled with recognizable Windy City locales, About Last Night is perfectly fixed in place. It's just as definitively fixed in time thanks to the unmistakable mid-'80s fashions of leading lady Demi Moore and the flaccid, soft rock soundtrack, which featured leftovers from John Waite, Sheena Easton, Bob Seger, and John Oates. Despite the dated accoutrements, the story itself stands up as a well-exectued, if familiar, tale of relationship angst full of predictable but satisfying plot twists and occasionally zippy dialogue. Moore shows off the throaty sensuality and doe-eyed vulnerability that had already made her a star while displaying none of the avaricious careerism that would stifle her a decade later. Rob Lowe, meanwhile, works his pretty-boy looks and flashing-eyed charisma for all they're worth. Elizabeth Perkins is wasted as a standard-issue shrew, but Jim Belushi sinks his teeth into the role of a blowhard lothario -- a welcome break from the all-Brat Pack casts of such companion pieces as St. Elmo's Fire. About Last Night is a little plastic, like the decade that spawned it, but, like plastic, it's surprisingly resilient. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, Spanish, French Subtitle Options: English, Spanish, French Sound Processing: Additional Features: Theatrical Trailers Scene Selections DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: DVD Sides: DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 113 min