The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby with a screenplay adapted by Robert Towne from a novel of the same name by Daryl Ponicsan. The film became known for its frequent use of profanity.
It tells the story of two U.S. Navy Sailors (played by Jack Nicholson and Otis Young) who are assigned shore patrol duty to escort a young sailor (Randy Quaid) to Portsmouth Naval Prison. On their trip to Portsmouth, their pris...
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The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby with a screenplay adapted by Robert Towne from a novel of the same name by Daryl Ponicsan. The film became known for its frequent use of profanity.
It tells the story of two U.S. Navy Sailors (played by Jack Nicholson and Otis Young) who are assigned shore patrol duty to escort a young sailor (Randy Quaid) to Portsmouth Naval Prison. On their trip to Portsmouth, their prisoner begins to grow on them and they decide to show him a good time before serving what is, in their eyes, an unjust sentence of eight years for trying to steal $40 from the Commandant's wife's favorite charity.
Producer Gerry Ayres had bought the rights to Darryl Ponicson's novel in 1969. After returning from the set of Drive, He Said, Robert Towne began adapting the novel. The screenwriter tailored the script for close friends Jack Nicholson and Rupert Crosse. In adapting the novel, Towne removed Buddusky's "closet intellectualism and his...
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