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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dennis_hopper_the_last_movie.jpeg]]
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3	''The Last Movie'' is a 1971 drama film directed by and starring Creator/DennisHopper, who also co-wrote the story with screenwriter Stewart Stern (''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', which Hopper had appeared in).
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5	Kansas (Hopper) is a stunt coordinator in charge of horses on a [[TheWestern Western]] film being shot in a small Peruvian village. Following a tragic incident on the set where an actor is killed in a stunt, he decides to quit the movie business and stay in Peru. His dreams of a paradisiacal existence are interrupted when he is called in to help in a bizarre incident: the Peruvian natives are "filming" their own movie with "cameras" made of sticks, and acting out real Western movie violence, as they don't understand movie fakery.
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7	Hopper's follow-up to ''Film/EasyRider'', it had an extremely TroubledProduction, limited release, and poor critical reception, effectively becoming a CreatorKiller for Hopper as a filmmaker, but has more recently been appreciated as a unique UsefulNotes/NewHollywood artifact and a CultClassic, particularly after a 4K restoration premiered in 2018.
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9	Not to be confused with ''Film/TheLastPictureShow'', which came out the same year and was produced by the company that had produced ''Film/EasyRider''.
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12	!!This film features examples of:
13	* CargoCult: The Peruvian natives are "filming" their own movie with "cameras" made of sticks, and acting out real Western movie violence, as they don't understand movie fakery.
14	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Maria, the local prostitute Kansas takes up with after he decides to give up filmmaking and stay in Peru.
15	* TheLastTitle: ''The'' '''Last''' ''Movie''.
16	* SceneryPorn: Especially in the restored version, some truly breathtaking shots of the Andes.

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