The Last Picture Show

Name: The Last Picture Show
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1971-10-03
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 7.612
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn

“Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…”

7.6(789)R19711h 59mEN

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

Part of the The Last Picture Show and Texasville

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.

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Budget $1.3MBox office $29.1M