Texasville (1990)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Writers (WGA):

Larry McMurtry (novel)
Peter Bogdanovich (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 September 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen...

Plot Keywords:

Debt | Reminiscence | Lovers Reunited | Reference To Adam And Eve | Grief

Cast

Harvey Christiansen	...	Old Man Balt
Pearl Jones	...	Minerva
Loyd Catlett	...	Lee Roy
Jimmy Howell	...	Jack Jackson
Romi Snyder	...	Julie
Kay Pering	...	Lavelle Bates
Allison Marich	...	Bille Anne
Katherine Bongfeldt	...	Nellie
Earl Poole Ball	...	Junior Nolan
Su Hyatt	...	Suzie Nolan
Angie Bolling	...	Marylou Marlow
William McNamara	...	Dickie Jackson
Eileen Brennan	...	Genevieve Morgan
Randy Quaid	...	Lester Marlow
Cloris Leachman	...	Ruth Popper

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Germany:12 (f) | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Archer City, Texas, USA

Company:

Cine-Source

Trivia:

Sal Mineo gave director Peter Bogdanovich the Larry McMurtry book, The Last Picture Show (1971). Sal thought it would be a good movie, but felt he was now too old for a young role. Sal Mineo is given "thanks" in the end credit of this film, Texasville, which is the sequel to "The Last Picture Show".

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the centennial parade, a half-built Ferris wheel with no cars attached can be seen in background; several minutes later, it's fully operational.

Quotes:

Jacy: Gameshows are what life's really like. You win things that look great at the time but turn out to be junk, and you lose things you might want to keep forever... just because you're unlucky.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Kaw-Liga

casting issues

Although I like Annie Potts, I think she was miscast, even though she did a good job as Karla. Karla should have been a tall, Texas blonde-type. Annie got Karla's personality down, but after the book, a petite brunette just didn't fit the bill. Overall, though--Texasville was a disappointment. Movies are rarely as good as books--this I realize--but Texasville was a huge disappointment. Part of it was the period made--the late 80's and early 90's produced few good films. And Texasville, to me, felt more like an average sitcom than a movie.

To return again to the book vs movie them--I do believe a great movie can be made from a great book, especially most of Larry McMurtry's. Lonesome Dove was superb, as of course was The Last Picture Show. Perhaps the problem was that Texasville is funny, as opposed to heavy, like Picture Show. And funny is harder to do without being sitcom-like. Texasville seemed to me to be lacking balance (as a picture--the book was plenty balanced).