The Last Detail (1973)
Directed by Hal Ashby · Cinematography by Michael Chapman
R104 min60 frames
DramaComedy
No *#@!!* Navy’s going to give some poor **!!@* kid eight years in the #@!* brig without me taking him out for the time of his *#@!!* life.
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Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel by Darryl Ponicsan. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, and Carol Kane. It follows two career sailors assigned to escort a young emotionally withdrawn junior sailor from their Virginia base to Portsmouth Naval Prison in Maine.
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Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of The Last Detail leans on medium shots (70% of the sample) and wide compositions (25%). Cinematographer Michael Chapman keeps 72% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 63% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
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