The Last Picture Show poster
Director Peter Bogdanovich
Screenplay Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry

The Last Picture Show

Drama1971

Tagline: Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…

Release Date: 1971-10-03

Duration: 119 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Jeff Bridges
    Duane Jackson
  • Cybill Shepherd
    Jacy Farrow
  • Eileen Brennan
    Genevieve
  • Randy Quaid
    Lester Marlow
  • Ellen Burstyn
    Lois Farrow
  • Timothy Bottoms
    Sonny Crawford
  • Cloris Leachman
    Ruth Popper
  • Peter Bogdanovich
    DJ (voice) (uncredited)
  • Ben Johnson
    Sam the Lion
  • Kimberly Hyde
    Annie-Annie Martin