In 1. 95. 1, 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 Shepherd in her film debut). As the year passes, Sonny learns about the pitfalls and compromises of adulthood through an affair with his coach's wife Ruth (Cloris Leachman) and a thwarted elopement with Jacy after she dumps Duane. Following two tragic deaths, and with Duane gone to Korea and Jacy packed off to college in Dallas, Sonny is left behind in Anarene, wise enough to absorb the life lessons of Sam the Lion and Jacy's mother Lois (Ellen Burstyn). He is determined to honor Sam's legacy as the town's conscience, despite a telling sign of incipient communal disintegration: the closing of the Royal Theater after a final showing of Howard Hawks's Red River. Paying tribute to classical Hollywood directors like Hawks and John Ford, Bogdanovich used old- time cinematographer Robert Surtees and shot The Last Picture Show in crisp black- and- white, with a restrained style devoid of the kind of . As in such Ford films as The Grapes of Wrath (1. Bogdanovich relies on careful visual composition in deep focus to help communicate the regret over the passing of an era. Hailed as one of the best films by a young director since Citizen Kane (1. The Last Picture Show premiered at the New York Film Festival and went on to become a hit. It was also nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Larry Mc. Murtry's and Bogdanovich's adaptation of Mc. Murtry's novel. John Ford stalwart Johnson won Supporting Actor and Leachman won Supporting Actress, beating out their cohorts Bridges and Burstyn. For an audience steeped in movie history and caught up in the chaotic 1. The Last Picture Show presented a nostalgic look backward that was not so much an escape from the present as a coming to terms with what the present had lost. Its 1. 99. 0 sequel Texasville, in which Bridges and Shepherd played later incarnations of their original characters, was not as successful. Rating: R (adult situations/language, nudity, violence)Genre: Classics, Drama. Directed By: Written By: In Theaters: Oct 2. On DVD: Nov 3. 0, 1. Runtime. 1. 25 minutes. Studio. Columbia Pictures. The Last Picture Show - Trailer. Ver. A surprisingly frank, bittersweet drama of social and sexual mores in small- town Texas, the film features a talent- laden cast led by Jeff Bridges (The Mirror Has Two Faces), Cybill Sheperd (TV's . Cloris Leachman (TV's . Available for the first time on DVD, this modern classic is a must- have for every movie lover. The Last Picture Show Movie Theater, Tamarac, FL. The Last Picture Show A Novel. 5-11-2016 2/2 The Last Picture Show A Novel. Other Files Available to Download The Last Picture Show (1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Last Picture Show David Lee Howard. Genres Pop, Contemporary Pop Label The Listen. The Last Picture Show is one of the key films of the American cinema renaissance of the seventies. Set during the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville. It is really simplistic but excitement in the 50 % in. The Last Picture Show A Novel. 2-11-2016 2/2 The Last Picture Show A Novel. Other Files Available to Download Listen to Last Picture Show . Peter Bogdanovich's fine second film, The Last Picture Show, adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel by McMurtry and Bogdanovich, has the effect of a lovely, leisurely. The Last Picture Show A Novel. 3-11-2016 2/2 The Last Picture Show A Novel. Other Files Available to Download
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