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The Last Tycoon (1976)

Directed by Elia Kazan this adaptation of the novel of the same name stars Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum and Theresa Russell. In 1930s Hollywood a stupid executive falls for a young woman that reminds him of his dead wife.

This film is adapted from an unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and fittingly the piece is littered with unrealised dreams. Given all the talent involved in this film I did expect a little more from it but it is still good even if it does not hit the heights of Kazan's other films. It is also easy to see how the protagonist was inspired by Irving Thalberg and the film does capture the movie making process of the day well.

4/5