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The Final Curtain

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Egotistical game show host J. J. Curtis (Peter O'Toole) responds to the news that he has cancer by hiring novelist Jonathan Stitch (Adrian Lester) to write a worshipful biography of him. While doing research into his subject's life, though, Stitch discovers shocking and unsavory details about his past. Meanwhile, Curtis is engaged in a vicious war with Dave Turner (Aidan Gillen), a rival host and former protégé whose show is on the verge of being bought for American television.

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11/26/2013 Not even the great Peter O'Toole can pull this film up by the bootstraps and save it from its dull to painfully bad story line. See more Frances H 01/03/2013 One has to be a fan of over-the-top, quirky Brit dark comedy, or rather satire, to really like this film, but anyone can appreciate Peter O'Toole's performance. What at first seems just a rant against the inanity of TV game shows and their "celebrity" hosts becomes something more sinister as the movie's plot starts a number of twists. This film does for British TV what Network did for American television. While not everyone's cup of tea, I liked it. See more 02/05/2011 Boring and not funny. Didn't finish. See more 11/16/2009 Obscure Peter O 'Toole film that have its moments, but some sequences were stupid and pointless. The twists and turns were good, and the tragic final image was great. Melodrama and black comedy rolled into one, but not perfectly done... See more 04/05/2009 well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that peter o toole, adrian lester, aidan gillen, julia sawalha, charles simon play good parts throguhout this movie..i think that the director of this Drama, Comedy movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie..its a good movie n its really enjoyable 2 watch See more 03/31/2009 Boring for the most part, but after a while it got sort of interesting. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Egotistical game show host J. J. Curtis (Peter O'Toole) responds to the news that he has cancer by hiring novelist Jonathan Stitch (Adrian Lester) to write a worshipful biography of him. While doing research into his subject's life, though, Stitch discovers shocking and unsavory details about his past. Meanwhile, Curtis is engaged in a vicious war with Dave Turner (Aidan Gillen), a rival host and former protégé whose show is on the verge of being bought for American television.
Director
Patrick Harkins
Producer
Duncan Kenworthy, Andrew Macdonald, Christopher Young
Screenwriter
John Hodge
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 24m
Sound Mix
Surround