Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request, 'Last Orders', that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates, Ray, Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way, the threads of their lives, their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy
Acting
Five titans of British cinema sharing one cramped van.
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll swear you know these blokes.
Direction
Schepisi lets silences do the heavy lifting.
Director
Fred Schepisi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The cast had already played these exact roles in a 1996 BBC Radio adaptation, making this a reunion of voices made flesh.
Margate's Dreamland amusement park—where Jack's ashes belong—was derelict when filmed, mirroring the characters' faded postwar optimism.
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