The Last Good Time is a 1994 drama film, released in early 1995, starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Olivia d'Abo, Maureen Stapleton and Lionel Stander in his final theatrical role. Directed by Bob Balaban, the film was based on a 1984 novel of the same name by Richard Bausch. The film opens showing a small New York City apartment building at night, where a young couple on the top floor are seen arguing. Charlotte throws a bag out of her window, with some contents landing on the window sill of downstairs neighbor Joseph . Joseph takes some of the items, which includes a locker key, and by the next... day, Charlotte and her boyfriend Eddie have apparently vacated the premises. Focus is then shifted towards Joseph, a widowed German/Jewish violinist who lives a simple yet structured everyday routine that includes writing in a journal about what he will wear, visiting Howard , an old friend at a nursing home who is in the final stages of Alzheimer's disease, trying to make arrangements on a tax debt, buying food at a discount grocery store, and then returning home to read books and play his violin.
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| Release date: | 1994 |
| Directed by: | Bob Balaban |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Dean Silvers |
| Music by: | Jonathan Tunick |