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Release Date: 1971

Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Hillerman, Peter Bogdanovich, Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Sharon Ullrick, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Timothy Bottoms ...MORE

Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Hillerman, Peter Bogdanovich, Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Sharon Ullrick, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Timothy Bottoms, Eileen Brennan ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Ensemble Film, Slice of life story, Americana, Black-and-white, Period piece, Coming of age, Film adaptation, New Hollywood

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. Set in a small town in north Texas during the year November 1951 – October 1952, it is about the coming of age of Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and his friend Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges). The cast includes Cybill Shepherd in her film debut, Ben Johnson, Eileen Brennan, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Clu Gulager, Randy Quaid in his film debut and John Hillerman. For aesthetic and technical reasons it was shot in black... MORE

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. Set in a small town in north Texas during the year November 1951 – October 1952, it is about the coming of age of Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and his friend Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges). The cast includes Cybill Shepherd in her film debut, Ben Johnson, Eileen Brennan, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Clu Gulager, Randy Quaid in his film debut and John Hillerman. For aesthetic and technical reasons it was shot in black and white, which was unusual for its time. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and four nominations for acting: Ben Johnson and Jeff Bridges for Best Supporting Actor, and Ellen Burstyn and Cloris Leachman for Best Supporting Actress. It won two: Johnson and Leachman. Sonny Crawford (Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Bridges) are small-town Texas 1951 high-school seniors. They are friends and co-captains of Anarene High School's football team and share a rooming house home and a battered old pickup truck. Duane is good-looking, amusing and popular, and is LESS