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Last Dance

Play trailer Poster for Last Dance R,  1996,  1h 43m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A young lawyer is assigned to a clemency case for Cindy Liggett, a woman on death row for first degree murder. As he investigates her case the two develop a friendship. Her execution date draws closer, and he uncovers errors in her trial that his bosses would rather he ignores.
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David Ansen Newsweek Feb 22, 2018
You don't have to have seen the infinitely superior Dead Man Walking to sense the fatal lack of real-life texture in Last Dance. Go to Full Review
Mike Clark USA Today Jan 1, 2000
2/4
If this is a dance, the band has left the stand, and the bus boys are already mopping up melted ice. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
2.5/4
Too many of its scenes are based on conventional ideas of story construction. We can see the bones beneath the skin. Go to Full Review
Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Mar 1, 2022
1.5/4
Morrow is simply not up to playing an obsessed lawyer with a mission. Someone seems intent upon encouraging his switch from the small screen. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 17, 2005
1/5
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Jan 7, 2005
2/4
Too manufactured and 'Hollywood' to elicit any real emotion. Go to Full Review
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Bruce Beresford

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Sharon Stone

Cindy Liggett

Rob Morrow

Rick Hayes

Randy Quaid

Sam Burns

Peter Gallagher

John Hayes

Jack Thompson

The Governer

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Last Dance

Last Dance (1996) Academy Award nominee Sharon Stone stars as convicted killer Cindy Liggett. Rob Morrow (left) stars as attorney Rick Hayes, and Sharon Stone (right) stars as convicted killer Cindy Liggeff awaiting her execution date on Death Row. Rob Morrow (left) stars as Clemency Board attorney Rick Hayes, and Sharon Stone is the Death Row inmate he attempts to help. Rob Morrow is novice attorney Rick Hayes, who is convinced that Death Row inmate Cindy Liggett (Sharon Stone) does not deserve the ultimate penalty for her crime. Sharon Stone (left) stars as Death Row inmate Cindy Liggett who forms a unique bond with Clemency Board attorney Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow, right). 'Last Dance' stars (left to right) Randy Quaid, Skeet Ulrich and Rob Morrow. Academy Award nominee Sharon Stone stars as convicted killer Cindy Liggett. Academy Award nominee Sharon Stone stars as convicted killer Cindy Liggett. Last Dance (1996) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A young lawyer is assigned to a clemency case for Cindy Liggett, a woman on death row for first degree murder. As he investigates her case the two develop a friendship. Her execution date draws closer, and he uncovers errors in her trial that his bosses would rather he ignores.
Director
Bruce Beresford
Producer
Steven Haft
Screenwriter
Steven Haft, Ron Koslow, Ron Koslow
Distributor
Touchstone Pictures
Production Co
Touchstone Pictures
Rating
R (Violence|Some Drug Content|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 3, 1996, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.9M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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