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The Last Picture Show
Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Screenplay: Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich
Director of Photography: Robert Surtees
Producer: Stephen J. Friedman, Bob Rafelson
Top 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
Clu Gulager
Abilene
Videos
The Last Picture Show ≣ 1971 ≣ Trailer
AFS PRESENTS: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
