The Last Detail

The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedydrama film directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jack Nicholson, with a screenplay adapted by Robert Towne from a 1970 novel of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan. The film became known for its frequent use of profanity. It was nominated for three Academy Awards.

With several days to spare before they are due in Portsmouth, the trio stop off at the major cities along their route to provide bonvoyage adventures for Meadows. However, in Washington, their first endeavor ends in failure when they are denied drinks at a bar as Meadows is too young. Instead Buddusky gets a few sixpacks allowing them all to get drunk in a hotel room. When Meadows passes out on the rooms only real bed, the other two let him stay there and take the uncomfortable rollaway beds for themselves. In Philadelphia they seek out Meadowss mother, only to find her away for the day and the house a pigsty, cluttered with empty whiskey bottles. They take him ice skating at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Buddusky tells Mulhall, the kid is 18, he will be out of prison at 26, they take Meadows to a brothel in Boston, to lose his virginity. In between, they brawl with Marines in a public restroom, dine on the worlds finest Italian sausage sandwiches, chant with Nichiren Shsh Buddhists, and open intimate windows for each other in swaying train coaches. Meadows pronounces his several days with Badass and Mule to be the best of his whole life.When they finally arrive in frozen Portsmouth, Meadows has a final request a picnic so they buy some hot dogs and attempt a frigid barbecue in the crunching snow. With time running out, the docile Meadows then gets up and slowly walks out across the park, as if hes stretching his legs. As Meadows shows Buddusky, he has learned the Semaphore Flag signals, Buddusky reads BRAVO YANKEE BRAVO YANKEE End of Message By by as in Bye bye. Meadows suddenly bolts in a lastditch effort to run away, forcing Buddusky to chase after him. On catching the young sailor, Buddusky pistolwhips him fiercely with his sidearm, an M1911 .45 automatic. Buddusky and Mulhall then brusquely take Meadows to the naval prison, where he is suddenly taken off their hands and marched off to be processed without a word. Ironically, given Budduskys expectatio

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