The Last Picture Show
1971/10/03 (US) | Drama, Romance
Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…
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.
Peter Bogdanovich
Director
Larry McMurtry
Screenplay
Peter Bogdanovich
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Timothy Bottoms
Sonny Crawford
Cybill Shepherd
Jacy Farrow
Jeff Bridges
Duane Jackson
Cloris Leachman
Ruth Popper
Ellen Burstyn
Lois Farrow
Ben Johnson
Sam the Lion
Randy Quaid
Lester Marlow
Budget
$ 1,300,000
Revenue
$ 29,133,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- BBS Productions
- Columbia Pictures
Crews
Robert Rubin
Assistant Director
Ross Brown
Casting
Donn Cambern
Editor
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Walter Scott Herndon
Art Direction