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The Last Broadcast (1998)

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General Information

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Audio Format.........: MP3

Encoder..............: LAME3.97

Bitrate..............: 112 (VBR)

Hz...................: 48,000

Channels.............: Joint Stereo



Video Format.........: XviD

Video Bitrate........: 1004

Resolution...........: 480 x 368

FPS..................: 25.000

Source...............: DVD 4x3

Original Format......: PAL

Genre................: Horror / Thriller / Mystery

IMDb Rating..........: 5.5/10 (1,348 votes)

CD1 Size.............: 699 MB (or 716,772 KB or 733,974,528 bytes)

Duration.............: 1:26:39



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Release Notes

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Comparisons to The Blair Witch Project are inevitable for the inventive,

satirical The Last Broadcast, a chilling and funny mockumentary by filmmakers

Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler. Besides being made and coming to prominence

around the same time (though without a Blair Witch-style marketing juggernaut),

The Last Broadcast also details the doomed travails of some amateur filmmakers

as they track a mysterious, murderous legend in a dark forest. Hmmm, sound

familiar? Actually, The Last Broadcast takes a different tack on this premise,

one more media-savvy than Blair Witch. Turns out that this is the latest

installment of the X-Files-ish public access show Fact or Fiction, and its

doofusy hosts (Avalos and Weiler themselves) plan on doing a live broadcast from

deep in the New Jersey woods on their ongoing quest for the Bigfoot-like Jersey

Devil. Teaming up with two Internet-based fans, they plunge themselves and their

equipment into the wintry woods; only one man, the creepy psychic Jim (Jim

Seward), returns, and is promptly convicted of the murders of the other three.

While it does boast footage made by the "dead" filmmakers, The Last Broadcast is

more formally structured as a documentary, complete with officious, muckraking

host (David Leigh) and much behind-the-scenes footage. We're let in on the

backgrounds of the victims, the 911 phone calls, the murder trial, the

inconsistencies the prosecution overlooked, and the painstaking work of

reconstructing the film stock, which may unlock the mystery of the true killer.

Filmed entirely with digital cameras and assembled on digital systems for a

mind-boggling $900, The Last Broadcast boasts a great look and a sharp, satiric

eye for sending up the media--Avalos and Weiler are in calm command of their

medium and message. The film does take a sharp turn that could either enrage or

amaze viewers enraptured by what's preceded, but it's a minor quibble at best.

And unlike The Blair Witch Project, The Last Broadcast does answer all the

mysterious questions it raises.





Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122143/