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The final daze Jeremy Irons creates a realistic portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald in 'Last Call,' but the story expires with his life.(Time Out!)

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From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Date: 20020524
Author:Cox, Ted

Byline: Ted Cox Daily Herald TV/Radio Columnist

There may not be many second acts in American lives, but there's always a last act in the movies - especially when it comes to made- for-TV biopics.

F. Scott Fitzgerald gets the tragic, end-of-the-line treatment in "Last Call." Oscar winner Jeremy Irons does a marvelous job of projecting Fitzgerald's ingratiating dependency, but the story - like the last novel he was working on - ends abruptly and seemingly unfinished with his death.

Debuting at 7 p.m. Saturday on premium-cable Showtime, "Last Call" begins in 1939 with ...

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