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Aug 1, 2022 · Didion’s The Last Thing He Wanted is known for its intricacies as it makes the Central American crisis of the 1980s as its backdrop. While it is obviously not based on a true story, it is definitely inspired by real events taking place in the 1980s. All of this can be seen both in the book and the movie, as it is set during the time of civil ...
Jan 23, 2020 · The Last Thing He Wanted is yet another high-profile film nabbed by streaming giant Netflix for exclusive consumption on its platform.. Brandishing a headlining duo of Anne Hathaway and Ben ...
Jan 28, 2020 · Netflix releases the film on Friday, February 21. There’s a reason why, over the course of a career that has spanned nearly six decades, Joan Didion’s remarkable body of work has received the ...
Synopsis. At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
Jul 21, 2020 · A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she’s trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion’s namesake novel.
Apr 9, 2024 · The Last Thing He Wanted is a 2020 political thriller film based on the namesake novel by Joan Didion. Directed by Dee Rees, the movie is centered around Anne Hathaway’s Elena McMahon. Hathaway ...
