Nothing Lasts Forever

Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1984 American science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom Schiller, and starring Zach Galligan and Lauren Tom, with a supporting ensemble cast including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sam Jaffe, Imogene Coca, Eddie Fisher and Mort Sahl. John Belushi was slated to appear, but he died six weeks before production began. Shortly before its announced release date of September 1984, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shelved it. The film has never been officially released theatrically or on home media in the United States, though it was eventually broadcast on Turner Classic Movies. It was once uploaded onto YouTube, but was taken down at the insistence of Turner Entertainment Co., the copyright owner of the pre-1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library. Production, through interviews with Tom Schiller, Lorne Michaels, Zach Galligan, Lauren Tom, Bill Murray and others involved, is chronicled in the book Nothing Lost Forever: The Films of Tom Schiller by Michael Streeter (BearManor Media, 2005).