Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300269385 Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6300269388 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: March 28, 1995 Running Time: 120 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: June 14, 1973 Sales Rank: 3277
Amazon.com: The Last of Sheila is one of the great underrated films of the '70s: a bitchy Hollywood whodunit and a clever parlor game (cowritten by Anthony Perkins and Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim). Several celebrity chums are invited aboard prankster James Coburn's yacht for a cruel game of "guess the deep, dark secret." Everyone has one; but naturally some are more wicked than others. Richard Benjamin, James Mason, Dyan Cannon, Joan Hackett, Raquel Welch, and Ian McShane are the odd cast of participants. However, the stakes are unexpectedly raised when murder gets added to the not-so-fun agenda. Plenty of inside jokes and red herrings in this nasty and unforgettable film. It's just what you'd expect from the twisted minds of Perkins and Sondheim. --Bill Desowitz
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Unforgettable - and very believable...
even after 30 years this movie stands out in my memory as exceptional. By the end of it you will find yourself wondering, as I did: "Could it by any chance be TRUE?" Maybe...
Rating: - A Near-Perfect Movie... A Flawed Commentary Track
There are certain films that age like cinematic fine wine, slowly revealing themselves as consummate movie-movies. 1973's "The Last of Sheila" is one such.
Rating: - Test Your Wits--If You Dare!
James Coburn's and James Mason's performances are the best parts of this Puzzle film. Dyan Cannon comes in third, and the rest (sad to say) rank behind a couple of hand-puppets as far as acting is concerned. ... Read More
Rating: - The last of Sheila
A classic! An offbeat mystery full of fine acting and actual surprises. The cast is exceptional. It all takes place on a yacht, but it is not boring... somewhat like the 'Orient Express" train ride.
Rating: - A superb cast and script offset by pedestrian direction and cinematography
A superb mystery thriller script by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins gets the all-star cast treatment. Unfortunately Herbert Ross' pedestrian direction give this movie the feel of an Italian 70's B-movies.
- Unforgettable - and very believable...
- Test Your Wits--If You Dare!