Desc: The Last Luncheonette: Directed by David Feldman. With Karen Murphy, Norman Feldman, John Smith, Harvey Brodsky. Begun in 1994 and filmed over the next 14 years, The Last Luncheonette chronicles an American working-class family, whose small Philadelphia lunch counter finds itself a vestige of a different time in America. An intimate character study of the choices people make in the face of change, at its core it is a devastating reminder that there is only one life for each of us.