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The Last Picture Show

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The Last Picture Show
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R,2hrs 5min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1971
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd  ...more
Synopsis: Produced by Hollywood iconoclast BBS Productions, film critic-turned-director Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 film pays homage to Hollywood's classical age as it chronicles generational rites of passage in Anarene, a fictional one-horse Texas town. In 1951, high school seniors Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges) play football, go to the movies at the Royal Theater, hang out at the pool hall owned by local elder statesman Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson), and lust after rich tease Jacy Farrow (Cybill ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Of the new wave of young American directors who emerged in the early 1970s, Peter Bogdanovich displayed the strongest affinity for the Old Masters of Hollywood's Golden Era, particularly Howard Hawks and John Ford, and The Last Picture Show drew more consciously and effectively from their styles than any other film of its day. With its sharply defined black-and-white framing and simple, straightforward ... Full Review
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Timothy Bottoms
Sonny Crawford
Jeff Bridges
Duane Jackson
Cybill Shepherd
Jacy Farrow
Ben Johnson
Sam The Lion
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