Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1984 movie staring a number of high profile Hollywood actors. It was directed by Tom Schiller , who had previously worked on Saturday Night Live. Although widely regarded as a classic, and highly sought after, the movie was given only a very limited theatrical release, and as of 2005 has never been released on home video.

The movie stars Zach Galligan and Lauren Tom in the lead roles, with a supporting cast including Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Sam Jaffe and Mort Sahl. John Belushi was to star in the film, but he died 6 weeks before production began [1].

Legal status

A Warner Brothers spokesman has stated that the film cannot be released for unspecified "legal difficulties" [2]. The film includes a large number of clips to give it the feel of the 1930s, and it is possible that getting copyright clearance for these clips has proved difficult.

Murray and Ackroyd have both agreed to take part in DVD special features, should the film be finally released [3]. Murray and Schiller held a screening of the film on April 13 2004 at the BAM Cinematek in Brooklyn, New York [4] [5].

Plot

The plot concerns a young man (Galligan) who dreams of becoming an artist. On returning to his relatives in Manhattan, he finds that the Port Authority has taken control of the city, and is forced to work in a menial job under a trigger-happy boss (Ackroyd). His kindness to a tramp leads him to be taken into an underground network where he discovers that the city's tramps are controlling the destiny of all the cities in the world. They show instruct him to travel to the moon on a mission to spread peace and find his true love (Lauren Tom). Galligan accidentally finds a bus travelling to the moon. Bill Murray plays the bus conductor.

External links

• IMDB entry