THE LAST PICTURE SHOW - DIRECTOR'S CUT
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW is one of the key films of the American cinema renaissance of the 1970s. Set during the early 1950s in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen, this aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry's semi-autobiographical novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens — the enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), the wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges) and the desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybill Shepherd) — and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman's lonely housewife and Ben Johnson's grizzled movie-house proprietor. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal film in the career of the invaluable director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich. (Note courtesy of The Criterion Collection.) DIR/SCR Peter Bogdanovich; SCR Larry McMurtry, from his novel; PROD Stephen J. Friedman. U.S., 1971, b&w, 126 min. RATED R
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Run Time: 118 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, July 26, 2024
Genre: Drama, coming-of-age