The Last Picture Show (1971)
Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…
118 min
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.
- Release date
- October 2, 1971
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,300,000
- Box office
- $29,133,000
Trailer
Cast
- Timothy Bottoms as Sonny Crawford
- Jeff Bridges as Duane Jackson
- Cybill Shepherd as Jacy Farrow
- Ben Johnson as Sam the Lion
- Cloris Leachman as Ruth Popper
- Ellen Burstyn as Lois Farrow
- Eileen Brennan as Genevieve
- Clu Gulager as Abilene
- Sam Bottoms as Billy
- Sharon Ullrick as Charlene Duggs
Crew
- Peter Bogdanovich · Director
- Larry McMurtry · Writer
- Peter Bogdanovich · Writer
- Stephen J. Friedman · Producer
- Phil Harris · Composer
- Hank Thompson · Composer
- Robert Surtees · Cinematographer
- Donn Cambern · Editor
- Ross Brown · Casting director
- Polly Platt · Production designer