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Last Resort is a 1986 comedy film directed by Zane Buzby and produced by Julie Corman. It revolves around George Lollar (Charles Grodin), who takes his family on vacation to "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On this tropical island they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable accommodations and undesirable holiday makers, but everyone except for George manages to have fun in the sun.
The film was an attempt by Concorde Pictures to make a comedy in the vein of National Lampoon's Vacation. Charles Grodin called it "what I personally believe is the funniest movie I've ever done, albeit a cheap-looking one."




Plot


A Chicago salesman (Charles Grodin) takes his wife (Robin Pearson Rose) and children to Club Sand, a hot spot surrounded by barbed wire.




Cast


Charles Grodin as George Lollar
Megan Mullally as Jessica Lollar
Scott Nemes as Bobby Lollar
Robin Pearson Rose as Sheila Lollar
Christopher Ames as Brad Lollar
Ian Abercrombie as The Maitre d'
John Ashton as Phil Cocoran
Ellen Blake as Dorothy Cocoran
Brenda Bakke as Veroneeka
Gerrit Graham as Curt
Phil Hartman as Jean-Michel
Chip Johannessen as The Firebreather
Steve Levitt as Pierre
Jon Lovitz as The Bartender
Michael Markowitz as Guerilla
David Mirkin as Walter Ambrose
Mario Van Peebles as Pino
Jacob Vargas as Carlos
Brett Baxter Clark as Manuello
Buck Young as Mr. Emerson
Zane Buzby as Martine




Production


The film was from the writers of Revenge of the Nerds. It was originally called Club Sandwich.
Charles Grodin said his agent tried to persuade him not to make the film as "he felt Roger Corman and Charles Grodin could be a troublesome combination, but I liked the script and they said I could pick the director. Eventually they also hired me to do a rewrite." Gordin estimated he "rewrote every scene and added about twenty new ones. In fact, I would say I wrote 90 percent of everything spoken in the picture." However the Writers Guild gave the original writers sole credit.
Grodin was presented with four directors and selected Zane Busby, who had never directed a film before but was an established comic actor. Grodin says the writers wanted another director but Busby "was a happy choice. She seemed to know where every undiscovered comedy actor in Hollywood was." This included Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz.
The film was mostly shot in Catalina Island and Los Angeles, with scenes filmed in Griffith Park and the San Fernando Valley. Grodin said " No one had actually told me how low budget the picture was, and I could never bring myself to ask" but said filming "was a strange but kind of magical experience."
Gordin said when the film "was finished it was screened and the response was everything we hoped it would be."




Release


In July 1985 it was announced Roger Corman's newly formed distribution company Concorde Pictures would team with Cinema Group to distribute films. Their first releases would include Club Sandwich (which became Last Resort) and Cocaine Wars from Concorde and Born American and Hollywood Vice Squad from Cinema Group.
Grodin said he "knew that with Roger releasing it, because of the lack of marketing money available, its exposure would be extremely limited." He said he tried to buy the film of Corman along with two fiends of his, Edgar Scherick and Julian Schlosberg, but Corman refused "probably figuring we knew something."
Grodin said Roger Corman premeried the film on cable before it was released theatrically to avoid giving the writers a bonus.




Reception


Roger Ebert wrote "There are countless comic possibilities in Last Resort, most of them unrealized."
Gene Siskel in the Chicago Reader wrote "what a waste of a perfectly good idea for a comedy."
The San Francisco Examiner said it was "a sundrenched goofball comedy" that "was worth the trip".
The film earned $204,000 in its first weekend. It was a commercial disappointment although Corman argued "I'm sure it made money for Roger."




References






Notes


Grodin, Charles (1994). We're ready for you, Mr. Grodin.




External links


Last Resort at IMDb
Last Resort at Rotten Tomatoes
Last Resort at Letterboxd

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