The Last Picture Show 1971

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 118 min

genre: drama

theme: western

director: Peter Bogdanovich

Score: 7 / 10

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-written by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1966 novel The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes

Plot

In 1951 Sonny Crawford and Duane Jackson are high-school seniors and friends in Anarene, Texas, a small declining northern Texas town. Duane is dating Jacy Farrow, who Sonny considers the prettiest girl in town. Sonny breaks up with his girlfriend Charlene Duggs.

Awards

Cast

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author	Larry McMurtry Peter Bogdanovich
award	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Film Registry National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
contentLocation	Texas
director	Peter Bogdanovich
editor	Donn Cambern
genre	drama
keywords	closeted homosexual date disabled ejaculates prematurely fight in korea hung over john wayne kill korean war lake texoma mentally disabled morning movie theater new year oklahoma oklahoma highway patrol oklahoma state trooper pool hall pool party premature ejaculation road trip ship state trooper their way young man
musicBy	Hank Williams
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role BAFTA Award for Best Direction BAFTA Award for Best Film Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
producer	Stephen J. Friedman
productionCompany	BBS Productions
publisher	Columbia Pictures
recordedAt	Florida
theme	western