Schatt's Last Shot

1985 0h 10m EN

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7.7

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★7.7TMDB · 3

Comedy

Synopsis

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Solondz’s 1985 student short film “Schatt’s Last Shot” provides an ideal entry point to his unflinching universe of dark comic despair. A young Solondz stars in the 10-minute short as geeky high schooler Ezra Schatt, a neurotic, primitive headcase of the young Woody Allen variety. Buried under thick, unseemly glasses and an endlessly dazed expression, Ezra’s worst enemy is basketball. Unable to make a single basket under the brutal pressures of his vulgar gym teacher (“You’re shit, Schatt!”), Ezra also fails at both impressing the cheerleader of his dreams and realizing his aspirations of attending MIT.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Todd Solondz
Ezra Schatt
Cheryl Scaccio
Bunny
Brucha Balanevsky
Ezra's grandmother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Todd Solondz
Writers: Todd Solondz
Languages: English

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RUNTIME

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Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Todd Solondz and Cheryl Scaccio and Brucha Balanevsky carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0306049 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Todd Solondz directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Todd Solondz and Cheryl Scaccio and Brucha Balanevsky carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0306049 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.