Sci-Fi of the Day
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"Nothing Lasts Forever is similar in some respects to Terry Gilliam's Brazil, with its depiction of a bureaucracy run amok, but with a hefty dollop of Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 thrown in for good measure: While the Port Authority may run New York City like a police state, it's really a fraternal order of benevolent Illuminati tramps who are calling all the shots. There's also a bus trip to the moon and true love. Along the way are vivid cameo appearances from Bill Murray as a suspicious bus conductor, Eddie Fisher playing himself as a broke lounge act, Dan Aykroyd as Zach's uptight manager, Mort Sahl, Lawrence Tierney, Imogene Coca and Larry "Bud" Melman. Lauren Tom (later of Friends) plays the intergalactic love interest. John Belushi was to have played a small role in the film, but died six weeks before photography began."