About the Movie: Year - 1996 / 1hr 42min Drama / Comedy / Plot of the movie “. The Last of the Great Kings': 1977, the small Irish town of Howth. News of Elvis Presley's death has arrived here. The world is on the brink of great change - rock and roll is dead, long live punk! Seventeen-year-old Frankie Griffin is worried about failing his final exams, but that doesn't stop him from spending his last free summer partying and having sex. "The Last of the Great Kings" - youth drama starring Jared Leto and Christina Ricci.