The Last Picture Show

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(654 votes)

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

119 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

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Company:

BBS Productions

Budget:

$1,300,000

Revenue:

$29,133,000

Cast:
Timothy Bottoms

Sonny Crawford

Cybill Shepherd

Jacy Farrow

Jeff Bridges

Duane Jackson

Cloris Leachman

Ruth Popper

Ellen Burstyn

Lois Farrow

Crew:
Peter Bogdanovich

Director

Larry McMurtry

Screenplay

Walter Scott Herndon

Art Direction

Peter Bogdanovich

Screenplay

Polly Platt

Production Design