The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years (2014)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

5.9/10
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Release date

2014-11-03

Country

United States

Production

Lucky Monkey Pictures, RADiUS-TWC, Sh-K-Boom Records, Grand Peaks Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance

Budget

$3 500 000

Revenue

$292 092

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Director

Richard LaGravenese

Actors

Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Natalie Knepp, Bettina Bresnan, Marceline Hugot, Rafael Sardina, Allison Macri, Alan Simpson, Nic Novicki, Tamara Mintz
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Richard LaGravenese

Producer

Richard LaGravenese, Janet Brenner, Kurt Deutsch

Operator

Steven Meizler

Composer

Artist

Audition

Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield

Editing

Sabine Hoffman, Eric Knapp
All team (50)

• The film is an adaptation of the stage musical The Last Five Years (2001).
• Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan sang 11 out of 14 songs live. The song "If I Didn't Believe in You" was filmed in one take. Jeremy Jordan sang this song 14 times before a successful take was achieved. And Anna Kendrick had to sing "Still Hurting" a total of 17 times, with this scene being filmed with five different cameras.
• The film was shot in 21 days. Filming took place in New York, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. The final song, "Goodbye Until Tomorrow," was filmed on the last day.
• In the trailer, Cathy hands papers to a man sitting at a piano. This man is Jason Robert Brown, the composer of the musical.
• The plot is partly based on the real-life relationship between Jason Robert Brown and his first wife.
• When Cathy sings the song "Goodbye Until Tomorrow," the action takes place in 2008. However, a license plate on a car parked near her apartment can be seen with a newer design that didn't appear until 2010.