  'Last Orders'  Michael Caine. Tom Courtenay. David Hemmings.
Bob Hoskins. Helen Mirren. Ray Winstone. It's an exceptional
cast, a gathering of some of the most impressive names in
British acting, but it's part of the grace of "Last Orders" that
it's not immediately clear what attracted them all to this
particular project.  For "Last Orders," feelingly directed by
Fred Schepisi from Graham Swift's resonant Booker Prize-winning
novel, is deceptive in the best sense. Gathering its forces
slowly, this careful, thoughtful film, quietly but deeply
moving, is dramatic without seeming to be.  A story of the
involving secrets behind ordinary lives, "Last Orders" touches
on memory and regrets, dreams and disappointments, what tears
people apart and what holds them together--all the things that
show how complex simple lives can be if we but have the time and
wisdom to look. The film's celebrated, experienced cast is a
considerable asset in this, and not just because its members
give the natural, subdued performances t