The Last Picture Show

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The Last Picture Show

Adapted from the novel by Larry McMurty, The Last Picture Show tells the story of a Texas town on the eve of the Korean War and the people who populate it. Starring Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Timothy Bottoms, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Randy Quaid, and Ben Johnson

"The film is above all an evocation of mood. It is about a town with no reason to exist, and people with no reason to live there."

"The film has an unadorned honesty that came as a jolt after the pyrotechnics of the late 1960s. While the 'Easy Rider' generation was celebrating a heedless freedom, Bogdanovich went back to the directness and simplicity of Ford, who he admired no less than Welles. But 'The Last Picture Show' took place long after the heroics of 'Red River' and the other classic Westerns. It was based on the first of many novels where Larry McMurtry (whose hometown of Archer City, Texas, supplied the location of Anarene) charted the Texans who came after the age of heroes." - Roger Ebert

Selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry of American Film.

DVD

New restored director's cut, featuring an additional 8 minutes of footage
Documentary: The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (65 min.)
Theatrical Re-release Featurette
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Thai
Closed-captioned
Theatrical trailer(s)
Production Notes
Widescreen anamorphic format - Dual Layers
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)

Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Black & White
126 minutes
Released: 1971
Rated: R

Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Drama

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