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The Last Picture Show (1971) 8.0
A group of 50's high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both economically and culturally. Director:Peter Bogdanovich |
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Cast
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| Jeff Bridges | ... | ||
| Cybill Shepherd | ... | ||
| Ben Johnson | ... | ||
| Cloris Leachman | ... | ||
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Genevieve
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Abilene
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| Sam Bottoms | ... |
Billy
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| Sharon Ullrick | ... |
Charlene Duggs
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Joe Heathcock | ... |
The Sheriff
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Bill Thurman | ... |
Coach Popper
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Barc Doyle | ... | |
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Jessie Lee Fulton | ... |
Miss Mosey
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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 ... Written by Mark Fleetwood <mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
22 October 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die letzte Vorstellung See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,300,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Radio announcer: President Truman'll be here tomorrow, so all you folks in Dallas turn out, chuh hear? This is Cowboy Rhythms on KTRN, Wichita Falls, here's Hank Williams' big hit tune, "Cold Cold Heart".
Sam the Lion: You ain't ever gonna amount to nothing. Already spent a dime this morning, ain't even had a decent breakfast. Gimme the chalk. Why don't you comb you hair Sonny, it sticks up, look like you smelled'm wolf. I'm surprised you had the nerve to show up this morning after that stomping y'all took last ...
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Written by Bernie Wayne (as B. Wayne), Lee Morris (as L. Morris)
Performed by Tony Bennett
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Peter Bogdanovich had originally offered the role of "Sam the Lion" to James Stewart, who liked the part but had already committed to a TV series and couldn't get out of it. The role was then offered to Ben Johnson, who took it eventually won an Academy Award for it. See more »Goofs
In the opening scene the "wind" is blowing from the right side of the screen. As the camera pans to the left and Sonny's truck comes into view a tumbleweed starts to roll from the left into the wind. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Radio announcer: President Truman'll be here tomorrow, so all you folks in Dallas turn out, chuh hear? This is Cowboy Rhythms on KTRN, Wichita Falls, here's Hank Williams' big hit tune, "Cold Cold Heart".
Sam the Lion: You ain't ever gonna amount to nothing. Already spent a dime this morning, ain't even had a decent breakfast. Gimme the chalk. Why don't you comb you hair Sonny, it sticks up, look like you smelled'm wolf. I'm surprised you had the nerve to show up this morning after that stomping y'all took last ...
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Soundtracks
"Blue Velvet"Written by Bernie Wayne (as B. Wayne), Lee Morris (as L. Morris)
Performed by Tony Bennett
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A beautiful and heart wrenching movie that gets better and better as the years go by. I saw this when it came out in 1971, I knew it was good, but I didn't really understand how good or why. Over the years I have gone back and watched it again, and as my life changed I began to relate deeper each time I saw it. Bogdonovich was WAY ahead of the game on this one.
This is one of those rare movies that you can go back every five years and watch for the first time. Myself having been raised in Del Rio, Texas in the late 50's and early sixties, I can attest that this is a totally accurate picture of what coming of age in west Texas was really like for most of us.