Last Foxtrot in Burbank – Full Moon Features (Blu-ray)

Theatrical Release Date: USA, 1973
Director: Charles Band
Writers: Bill Haggard, Sam Vaughn
Cast: Michael Pataki, Sherry Denton, Merlouch Drabin, I. William Quinn, Sally Marr, Simmy Bow, Richard Band

Release Date: February 3rd, 2026
Approximate Running Time: 55 Minutes 56 Seconds
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen / 1080 Progressive / MPEG-4 AVC
Rating: R
Sound: Dolby Digital Mono English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English Forced For French Dialogue
Region Coding: Region Free
Retail Price: $24.95

"If you thought Last Tango in Paris pushed the boundaries of good taste, nothing will prepare you for Charles Band's utterly insane first feature film. Released to empty theaters in 1973, this cheeky farce stars Michael Pataki, Lenny Bruce's mother Sally Marr, and even Band's brother and future composer Richard Band. It's a shot-for-shot riff on Last Tango filled with drag queens, oddballs, idiots, and hot women, and it's unlike any movie you've ever seen. For decades Last Foxtrot was thought to be a "lost" film, a picture so daft that time itself seemed to swallow it whole. Both Band and his editor, John Carpenter disowned the picture." - synopsis provided by the distributor

Video: 3.25/5

Last Foxtrot in Burbank comes on a 25 GB single layer Blu-ray.

Disc Size: 19.4 GB

Feature: 11.5 GB

Considering the limited options when it comes to this film's source materials, things look better than expected. Flesh tones and colors look correct, image clarity is strong, and there are no notable compression issues.

Audio: 2.5/5 (Both Audio Tracks)

This release comes with two audio options, a Dolby Digital mono mix in English and a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix in English. When I sampled the 5.1 mix, it did not open things up in any substantial way. Although dialogue comes through clearly, both tracks are lacking range-wise.

Extras:

Extras for this release include an original theatrical trailer (4 minutes 16 seconds, Dolby Digital mono English, no subtitles), a 2021 rerelease trailer (1 minute 30 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Trailers from Hell with screenwriter Larry Karaszewski (7 minutes 51 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), and an interview with director Charles Band titled Burbank Memories (10 minutes 19 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles).

Other extras include trailers for Crash!, Mansion of the Doomed, Day Time Ended, Laserblast, and Fairy Tales.

Summary:

Charles Band, the man behind Full Moon, wrote and directed Last Foxtrot in Burbank. Other notable films he directed are Parasite, Trancers, Crash and Burn, and Meridian.

Last Foxtrot in Burbank is a parody of Last Tango in Paris, and its narrative has all of the key moments from that film. Its lead actor, Michael Pataki, does a Marlon Brando impersonation throughout. Besides Marlon Brando, Michael Pataki also does impressions of Richard Burton, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, and Groucho Marx. While his ability to impersonate these people is impressive, the majority of the humor in Last Foxtrot in Burbank falls flat.

Released 43 years ago without any fanfare, this film was later believed to be lost and subsequently forgotten. The version included in this release omits the hardcore sex scenes from the original release, and this omission improves the film. Despite its brief running time of 56 minutes, the pacing is slow, causing the narrative to feel longer than it truly is. Ultimately, Last Foxtrot in Burbank falls short in every aspect, raising the question of whether it should have ever been rediscovered.

Full Moon Features gives Last Foxtrot in Burbank its best home media release.

Written by Michael Den Boer