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The Last Great Wilderness

  • 2002
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
530
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The Last Great Wilderness (2002)
ComedyDrama

Two men meet while travelling north on separate missions. Charlie wants to catch up with the man who has stolen his wife, while Vicente is trying to escape a contract castration. After their... Read allTwo men meet while travelling north on separate missions. Charlie wants to catch up with the man who has stolen his wife, while Vicente is trying to escape a contract castration. After their car breaks down, they seek sanctuary in an isolated building home to a strange sect whose... Read allTwo men meet while travelling north on separate missions. Charlie wants to catch up with the man who has stolen his wife, while Vicente is trying to escape a contract castration. After their car breaks down, they seek sanctuary in an isolated building home to a strange sect whose whole equilibrium is threatened by the arrival of the two men. The result is chaos.

  • Director
    • David Mackenzie
  • Writers
    • Michael Tait
    • Alastair Mackenzie
    • Gillian Berrie
  • Stars
    • Alastair Mackenzie
    • Jonny Phillips
    • Ewan Stewart
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    530
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Mackenzie
    • Writers
      • Michael Tait
      • Alastair Mackenzie
      • Gillian Berrie
    • Stars
      • Alastair Mackenzie
      • Jonny Phillips
      • Ewan Stewart
    • 18User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Alastair Mackenzie
    Alastair Mackenzie
    • Charlie
    Jonny Phillips
    Jonny Phillips
    • Vincente
    Ewan Stewart
    Ewan Stewart
    • Magnus
    David Hayman
    David Hayman
    • Ruaridh
    Victoria Smurfit
    Victoria Smurfit
    • Claire
    Louise Irwin
    • Morag
    Jane Stenson
    • Flora
    John Comerford
    • Paul
    Ford Kiernan
    Ford Kiernan
    • Eric
    Sheila Donald
    • Ellie
    Martin Bell
    Martin Bell
    • William
    Jack Marsden
    • Angry driver at service station
    Clare Kerrigan
    • Waitress
    • (as Claire Kerrigan)
    Gerard Horan
    Gerard Horan
    • Contract killer
    • (as Gerry Horan)
    William Harris
    • Contract killer
    Stephen McRobbie
    • House band member
    Katrina Mitchell
    • House band member
    Eugene Kelly
    • House band member
    • Director
      • David Mackenzie
    • Writers
      • Michael Tait
      • Alastair Mackenzie
      • Gillian Berrie
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    User reviews18

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    8helizara

    Monarch of the Glen crossed with The Wicker Man.

    This starts out looking like a run of the mill road trip film then suddenly you realise it's tripped into Wicker man territory. Well worth seeing, especially if you're familiar with the atmosphere in the highlands of scotland as its full of subtle references to the attitudes of the location, which really ring true.

    In a way it's a one actor movie but Alastair Mackenzie does well as Charlie, although for anyone who's seen Monarch of the Glen it's difficult to stop seeing him as Archie. That being said the supporting cast, the usual suspects from the scottish luvies, do well too.

    Overall a delightful, well observed comedy on the nature of escapisim.
    tracenodent

    Not a one-actor show!

    I thought this movie was excellent in every way. I didn't find it a one-actor movie at all. Although it focused a bit on Charlie, Vince and all the characters in the lodge were just as important. I thought all the actors did a great job. (I've not seen Monarch of the Glen, but I want to now!) Wonderful movie...wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Hopefully at least a few people outside of Edinburgh will see it! :)
    7jack-310

    pretty good

    A good attempt to do something different. Has a weird, off-beat feel to it, and the community hidden away in the highlands is well drawn. The cast do well in fleshing out their characters, and there is a sense of foreboding and melancholy that slowly creeps up on you. At first I wasn't totally convinced by Charlie (Alistair McKenzie)'s journey as a character, until he's wondering through the woods and finds an old rusty trampoline. With nobody around, he's free to bounce up and down on it like a kid. This sounds a bit dumb, but it was really quite effective - you really got the sense of a guy finally being able to open up and enjoy himself. Good stuff all round, well directed, moody cinematography, deserves to be seen by a wider audience. .
    Dethcharm

    Wonderfully Weird...

    THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS is a different sort of movie. There's a gentle warmth about it that is jarringly interrupted by jolts of graphic sex and disturbing, sadistic violence. There's also a thick atmosphere of dread that's broken up by a cast of oddball characters and humorous bits.

    Charlie (Alastair Mackenzie) is the driven, damaged center of the story, on a voyage of danger and discovery.

    If you enjoy neo-gothic ghost stories or subtle, suddenly shocking thrillers, then give this film a go...
    7prince_lazy_i

    Something else!

    What? A British movie without any diamond Mockney geezers or slumming luvvie thesps? A British movie that dares to tell an interesting and for the most part unpredictable story about - gasp - recognisable, likeable characters? Is it a ghost movie? Is it a thriller? Is it STRAW DOGS? Is it THE WICKER MAN? No - it's something else, is what it is - most of all, a throwback to the days when the British film industry (quiet at the back there, stop sniggering) could make quirky, intelligent, movies that exemplified style and originality, not just an excuse to pollute the screen with stereotyped by-the-yard Britflick blah. Danny Boyle did it with 28 DAYS LATER, and this film does it too - check it out. As Joe Bob would say.

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    • Soundtracks
      Wilderness Theme
      Written by Stephen McRobbie and Katrina Mitchell

      Performed by The Pastels (Stephen McRobbie, Katrina Mitchell,

      Tom Crossley, Allison Mitchell, Gerard Love, Colin McIlroy, James Rutledge)

      Engineered by John McEntire and Bal Cooke

      Produced by John McEntire and The Pastels

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    • Release date
      • May 9, 2003 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Denmark
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Η τελευταία μεγάλη ερημιά
    • Production companies
      • Monkey Puzzle
      • Scottish Screen
      • Serious Facilities
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    • Budget
      • £700,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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