Last Days (2005 film)

Last Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gus Van Sant
Written by	Gus Van Sant
Produced by	Gus Van Sant Dany Wolf
Starring	Michael Pitt Lukas Haas Asia Argento Scott Patrick Green
Cinematography	Harris Savides
Edited by	Gus Van Sant
Music by	Rodrigo Lopresti Michael Pitt
Production company	HBO Films
Distributed by	Picturehouse
Release date	July 22, 2005 (2005-07-22)
Running time	97 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.4 million[2]

Last Days is a 2005 American drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Gus Van Sant. It is a fictionalized account of the last days of a musician, loosely based on Kurt Cobain. It was released to theaters in the United States on July 22, 2005 and was produced by HBO. The film stars Michael Pitt as the character Blake, based on Cobain. Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green and Thadeus A. Thomas also star in the film. This is the first film from Picturehouse, a joint venture between Time Warner's New Line Cinema and HBO Films subsidiaries to release art house, independent, foreign, and documentary films. The film polarized critics.