The Last Picture Show

– The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 58 Minutes
Release Year:
1971
The Last Picture Show (1971)

The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
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Genre:

The Last Picture Show (1971) - Trailer

Release Date:

22 Oct 1971

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Writer:

Larry McMurtry (screenplay), Peter Bogdanovich (screenplay), Larry McMurtry (novel)

Main Actors:

Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson

Plot:

In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's steady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry).

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 22 nominations.

Production:

Columbia Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Metacritic:
93%