Last Party 2000

The story

Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, but spends more time outside, in the street protests and police actions than in the orchestrated conventions. Hoffman shows an obvious distaste for money politics and the conservative right. He looks seedier and more disillusioned the campaign progresses. Eventually Hoffman seems most energized by the Ralph Nader campaign as an alternative to the nearly indistinguishable major parties. The high point of the film are the comments by Barney Frank who says that marches and demonstrations are largely a waste of time, and that the really effective political players such as the NRA and the AARP never bother with walk ins, sit-ins, shoot-ins or shuffles. In the interview with Jesse Jackson, Hoffman is too flustered to ask all of his questions.

Cast

P Philip Seymour HoffmanSelf T Tim RobbinsSelf S Susan SarandonSelf M Michael MooreSelf R Rosie O'DonnellSelf J Jesse JacksonSelf C Courtney LoveSelf R Ralph NaderSelf B Ben HarperSelf N Noam ChomskySelf H Harold Ford, Jr.Self J John SellersSelf

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C Christopher ShaysSelf B Bill MaherSelf M Melissa EtheridgeSelf A Antonia NovelloSelf R Rudolph GiulianiSelf R Ralph E. Reed, Jr.Self C Cheri HonkalaSelf P Pat RobertsonSelf P Patricia IrelandSelf N Newt GingrichSelf J Jim ReeseSelf B Barney FrankSelf T Tim HutchinsonSelf J Jeff JohnstonSelf E Ed RobertsonSelf W Willie NelsonSelf A Arlo GuthrieSelf J Julia Butterfly HillSelf B Bonnie RaittSelf F Floyd 'Red Crow' WestermanSelf B Ben CohenSelf G Gary JohnsonSelf S Scott WeilandSelf A Adora Obi NwezeSelf R Robert MuhammadSelf S Steve EarleSelf G Greg GladdenSelf B Bianca JaggerSelf J John KerrySelf C Campbell BrownSelf E Eddie VedderSelf M Mark FritzSelf R Rabbi GoldsteinSelf R Rosalyn BrodskySelf R Reed AnthonySelf W William BaldwinSelf R Robert Downey Jr.Self A Al GoreSelf C Charlton HestonSelf J Jesse Jackson Jr.Self J Joe LiebermanSelf