Last Holiday
Last Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Wayne Wang and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. The film is loosely based on the 1950 British film of the same name by J. B. Priestley. The film stars Queen Latifah as Georgia, a humble department store assistant who is told that she has a rare brain condition and only has a few weeks to live. She promptly decides to spend her remaining funds on a luxury holiday in Europe before she dies.
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| Running time | 112 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $45 million
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| Box office | $43.3 million
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Georgia Byrd: Next time... we will laugh more, we'll love more; we just won't be so afraid.
- All the dishes served in the movie were prepared by Food Network chefs who traveled with the crew to do the cooking. They also taught Queen Latifah some basic cooking techniques so she would look like a professional chef in the movie.
- During one scene where Queen Latifah's character is serving LL Cool J the Duck Hash on Toasted Baguette, the Food Network staff had to substitute duck in the actual dish because LL Cool J doesn't eat it.
- All the dishes served in the movie was prepared by Food Network chefs who traveled with the crew to do the cooking. They also taught Queen Latifah some basic cooking techniques so she would look like a professional chef in the movie.
- The writers of this film are big fans of Ealing Studios comedies, and jumped at the chance to remake the original Alec Guinness film, Last Holiday (1950). Originally they intended for John Candy to play George Bird, but the project was shelved after Candy's death. It was resurrected years later when Queen Latifah's agent read the script, and contacted the writers about rewriting the story for a woman in the lead.
- Food Network posted the recipes for all of the dishes on their website. Specific dishes prepared for the movie include: - Lobster Salad in Potato Leek Nests - Duck Hash on Toasted Baguette - Spiced Lamb Shanks with Blood Orange Relish - Roasted Quail with Brioche and Chorizo Stuffing - Risotto Barolo with Roasted Vegetables - Bananas Foster - Poulet Tchoupitoulas.
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