Last Dance (1996)

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Writers (WGA):

Steven Haft (story) &
Ron Koslow (story) ...

Release Date:

3 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes justice is a crime

Plot:

Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a...

Plot Keywords:

Lethal Injection | Beautiful Woman | Women's Prison

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sharon Stone	...	Cindy Liggett
Rob Morrow	...	Rick Hayes
Randy Quaid	...	Sam Burns
Peter Gallagher	...	John Hayes
Jack Thompson	...	The Governor
Jayne Brook	...	Jill
Pamala Tyson	...	Linda, Legal Aid Attorney
Skeet Ulrich	...	Billy, Cindy's Brother
Don Harvey	...	Doug
Diane Sellers	...	Inmate Reggie
Patricia French	...	Guard Frances
Jeffrey Buckner Ford	...	D.A. Rusk (as Jeffrey Ford)
Dave Hager	...	Detective Vollo
Christine Cattell	...	Louise
Peg Allen	...	Helen

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some drug content.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:12 | USA:R (certificate #34101) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:MA | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

DRIVE ME HOME

Based on an Actual Case

I just saw this recently, and found it interesting that the details of the case in it follow quite closely those of the controversial execution of Karla Faye Tucker Brown. Karla committed a double murder much like that portrayed in the film, and, like the film's Cindy Liggett, reformed her life in prison. Also like Liggett, she was a fairly attractive, articulate woman who argued eloquently, though futilely, for clemency. Unlike Liggett, however, Karla became a born-again Christian, and her clemency plea was supported by several prominent pastors including Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. It is thus notable that the governor who signed her death warrant was none other than our current, allegedly born-again President, George W. Bush. It is possible that nothing in Bush's checkered career reveals his true character more clearly than his callous, smirking mockery of Karla's dignified plea for her life during an interview with Talk Magazine the year after her execution.

Incidentally, Karla Faye Tucker Brown was killed by the state of Texas in 1998, two years after this film came out. That suggests that the filmmakers might have been trying to to make an argument for clemency, as Errol Morris did for Randall Adams with his documentary "The Thin Blue Line." If so, it failed miserably.