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.

Last Foxtrot in Burbank marks the audacious beginning of Charles Band's long and wildly unpredictable filmmaking career--a riotous, taboo-trashing parody of Last Tango in Paris that pushes the boundaries of taste, reason, and cinematic sanity. Shot in 1973 and thought lost for decades, this 56-minute farce emerged from the depths of grindhouse legend to reveal Band's earliest instincts for the bizarre, blending outrageous humor, countercultural satire, and low-budget chaos into something unmistakably his own.

Michael Pataki stars as the unhinged stand-in for Marlon Brando's tortured lover, navigating a surreal Burbank filled with drag queens, dimwits, and seductive oddballs. Lenny Bruce's mother, Sally Marr, steals scenes with brassy comedic flair, while Band's brother--future composer Richard Band--adds to the family affair in one of his earliest screen appearances. The film's editor, a young John Carpenter, later disowned it, adding another layer of mythos to this truly underground artifact of early 1970s exploitation cinema.

Both a time capsule and a premonition of Band's lifelong obsession with the weird, Last Foxtrot in Burbank gleefully spoofs its more "respectable" namesake while celebrating the unfiltered energy of outsider filmmaking. This new Blu-ray release from Full Moon Features resurrects the film from near-extinction, newly remastered and loaded with vintage extras.

Bonus features include *Burbank Memories with Charles Band*, the original trailer restored from surviving materials, a "Trailers from Hell" episode offering context on this gonzo classic, and vintage Full Moon trailers tracing Band's evolution from anarchic prankster to cult-movie mogul.

Long considered one of exploitation's rarest curiosities, Last Foxtrot in Burbank finally reclaims its place in cinematic history--an irreverent, fearless debut from one of genre cinema's most enduring provocateurs.

Bonus Materials

• Burbank Memories with Charles Band
• Original remastered trailer
• Trailers from hell episode
• Vintage Full Moon trailers

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Michael Pataki
•       Richard Band
•       Sheery Denton
•       Simmy Bow
•       Sally Marr
•       William Quinn
•       Merlouch Drabin

Director: Charles Band

Additional Details

Label: Full Moon Pictures

Genre: Comedy

Language: English

Run Time: 56 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 01/20/26

UPC: 850019903805