Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Tom Schiller

Writer:

Tom Schiller (written by)

Release Date:

September 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser. |

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Tunnel | Moon | Traffic | New York City

Cast

Zach Galligan	...	Adam Beckett
Apollonia van Ravenstein	...	Mara Hofmeier
Lauren Tom	...	Eloy
Sam Jaffe	...	Father Knickerbocker
Paul Rogers	...	Hugo
Bill Murray	...	Ted Breughel
Imogene Coca	...	Daisy Schackman
Dan Aykroyd	...	Buck Heller
Mort Sahl	...	Uncle Mort
Anita Ellis	...	Aunt Anita
Eddie Fisher	...	Himself
Jan Triska	...	Swedish Architect
Rosemary De Angelis	...	Helen Flagella
Clarice Taylor	...	Lu
John Garson	...	Maurice Blaget / Conductor

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG

Company:

Broadway Pictures

Trivia:

'King Donovon''s final movie.

Quotes:

Ted Breughel: It's that kid! I knew he was gonna be a problem. Let's go get him! Let's go... get him!

Movie Connections:

Features "I Love Lucy" (1951)

Soundtrack:

It's Only a Paper Moon

Weird And Wonderful

A truly bizarre film, but all the more entertaining because of it. Starts off in the style of a 1930s science fiction, and just seems to get stranger and stranger. I particularly liked the guided tour of the lunar surface for the paying tourists who laughed when their guide made a comment on the crashed Soviet probe she drew their attention to. The idea of native "moon people" (who look like native Hawaiians), also being another nice touch. Obviously, there was a very creative mind at work here.