Last Man Standing (film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Walter Hill |
| Produced by | Walter Hill Arthur M. Sarkissian |
| Screenplay by | Walter Hill |
| Based on |
Yojimbo by Ryuzo Kikushima Akira Kurosawa |
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| Music by | Ry Cooder |
| Cinematography | Lloyd Ahern |
| Edited by | Freeman A. Davies |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Release date
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September 20, 1996 |
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Running time
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Budget | $67,000,000 |
| Box office | $47,267,001 302,885 admissions (France) |
Last Man Standing is a 1996 American action thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill and starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken and Bruce Dern. It is a credited remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, and was influenced heavily by the plot of A Fistful of Dollars, which is nearly the same.
In 1932 Prohibition-era Texas, aimless wanderer John Smith (Bruce Willis) drives his Ford Model A Coupe into the small bordertown of Jericho. As he arrives, a young woman named Felina (Karina Lombard) crosses the street, catching Smith's eye. Moments later, a group of Irish mobsters, led by Finn (Patrick Kilpatrick), surround Smith's car. They warn him against staring at "Doyle's property" and puncture his tires and smash his windshield.
Smith leaves his car in the street and goes to speak with Sheriff Ed Galt (Bruce Dern). Sheriff Galt doesn't bother to conceal his cowardice or corruption, saying he won't act against Doyle's gang and advises Smith to wait for his car to be repaired and to leave town. Instead, Smith walks to the town hotel, run by Joe Monday (William Sanderson) where Smith orders a drink, books himself a room, and arms himself before announcing his intention to petition Finn for damages. Smith enters Doyle's building, finds Finn, and asks him to pay for the damages to his car. Finn mocks him and threatens to shoot Smith. Smith and Finn get in a gunfight, which Smith wins with alarming speed. Smith departs, leaves the remaining gangsters alive as witnesses, and returns to the hotel bar, much to the surprise of Jericho's residents.
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