About Last Night (styled as About Last Night...) is a 1986 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Rob Lowe and Demi Mooreas Chicago yuppies who enter a committed relationship for the first time. The screenplay by Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue is based on the 1974 David Mamet playSexual Perversity in Chicago. The film was remade as the 2014 About Last Night (without the ellipsis).
Plot
Danny and Bernie are two single men who live in Chicago. When Danny meets Debbie at Mother Malone's ("Mother's"), a bar in the Chicago Gold Coast, the two start a relationship from a one-night stand. The film follows the couple for the first year of their relationship: their meeting after a softball game, her moving in with him, mutual friction at Thanksgiving, their breakup on New Year's Eve, his apology and declaration of love on St. Patrick's Day, and their reconciliation at a softball game.
Cast
- Rob Lowe as Danny Martin
- Demi Moore as Debbie Sullivan
- James Belushi as Bernie Litgo
- Elizabeth Perkins as Joan
- George DiCenzo as Mr. Favio
- Robin Thomas as Steve Carlson
- Megan Mullally as Pat
- Rosanna DeSoto as Mrs. Lyons (as Rosana De Soto)
- Tim Kazurinsky as Colin
- Kevin Bourland as Ira
- Catherine Keener as Cocktail Waitress