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The Late Show

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The Late Show (1977)

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Even though he barely makes enough money to cover his expenses and finds divorce cases (his bread and butter) unsavory, aging detective Ira Wells (Art Carney) is determined to stay active and to retain some amount of self-respect. When his partner Harry Regan (Howard Duff) is killed while on assignment, Ira agrees to take on his current case, although he can't see how it has anything to do with his friend's murder, which he is anxious to solve. In order to survive, by solving the case of his client's missing cat, and solving the murder of his friend, Ira winds up accepting a lot of help from his client Margo (Lily Tomlin). By the end of the film, it looks like an offbeat romance, or perhaps a new business partnership, is blooming.

The Late Show is a 1977 neo-noir, mystery film written and directed by Robert Benton and produced by Robert Altman. It stars Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, and Joanna Cassidy.
A drama with a few comic moments, the story follows an aging detective trying to solve the case of his partner’s murder while dealing with a flamboyant new client.[1]
Benton was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1977

The Late Show got extremely positive reviews when it was initially released in 1977. Pauline Kael wrote, "The Late Show never lets up; the editing is by Lou Lombardo (who has often worked with Robert Altman) and Peter Appleton, and I can't think of a thriller from the forties that is as tight as this, or has such sustained tension. ... The Late Show is fast and exciting, but it isn't a thriller, exactly. It's a one-of-a-kind movie—a love-hate poem to sleaziness."[5] The Late Show has a 100% rating at Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews.[6] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said "And most of all, it's a movie that dares a lot, pulls off most of it, and entertains us without insulting our intelligence" giving the film a four-star rating

The film received many award nominations, several for Benton's screenplay. Carney's performance won him the Best Actor Award at the National Society of Film Critics award ceremony. Tomlin's performance was nominated for Best Actress at the BAFTA awards and the Golden Globe Awards, and she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.[8] Benton was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, for the WGA Award at the WGA's annual ceremony, and for an Academy Award in the category of Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Benton won the award for Best Motion Picture at the Edgar Awards

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