Last Night at the Alamo
1984, NR, 80 min.
Directed by Eagle Pennell, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kim Henkel, Lou Perryman, Sonny Carl Davis.

Pennell’s follow-up to The Whole Shootin’ Match is another rough gem – kind of a Texas-made version of The Iceman Cometh in which we observe a cluster of regulars gathered together for the closing of their favorite bar. Wonderful ensemble performances enrich the soulful twang of this movie, which was written by co-producer Kim Henkel. Before the feature, Pennell’s short film “Hell of a Note” will screen. (See reminiscences about Eagle Pennell in our memorial tribute to his life and career.)

This article appears in August 23 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.