Last Station, The

TheofficialscriptbooktotheGoldenGlobe-nominatedtragicomedyaboutthelastyearofTolstoy’slifein1910Russia,writtenanddirectedbyMichaelHoffman(AMidsummerNight’sDream,OneFineDay)andstarringHelenMirren,ChristopherPlummer,PaulGiamatti,andJamesMcAvoy.Afteralmostfiftyyearsofmarriage,theCountessSofya(HelenMirren),LeoTolstoy’s(ChristopherPlummer)devotedwife,suddenlyfindsherentireworldturnedupsidedown,whenthegreatRussiannovelistdecidestorenouncehistitleandhispropertyandtoleavetherightstohisiconicnovelstotheRussianpeopleratherthanhisfamily.Feelingbetrayedbyherhusband’sdisciple,Chertkov(PaulGiamatti),andusingTolstoy’sworshipfulnewassistantValentin(JamesMcAvoy)asapawn,shefightsforwhatshebelievesisrightfullyhers.Inadditiontothecompletescreenplay,theNewmarketShootingScript?BookincludesanexclusiveforewordbynovelistJayParini,anoriginalintroductionbyMichaelHoffman,alongwithscenenotesanda12-pagecolorphotosection.