The Last Picture Show
Summary:
Produced by Hollywood iconoclast BBS Productions, film critic-turned-director Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 film pays homage to Hollywood's classical age as it chronicles generational rites of passage in Anarene, a fictional one-horse Texas town. In 1951, high school seniors Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges) play football, go to the movies at the Royal Theater, hang ou... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Timothy Bottoms - (Sonny Crawford)
Jeff Bridges - (Duane Jackson)
Cybill Shepherd - (Jacy Farrow)
Ben Johnson - (Sam The Lion)
Cloris Leachman - (Ruth Popper)
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Review:
Of the new wave of young American directors who emerged in the early 1970s, Peter Bogdanovich displayed the strongest affinity for the Old Masters of Hollywood's Golden Era, particularly Howard Hawks and John Ford, and The Last Picture Show drew more consciously and effectively from their styles than any other film of its day. With its ... Continue >>
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