Movie
The Last Picture Show
Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…
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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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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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.
More about The Last Picture Show
Cast
Timothy BottomsSonny Crawford
Cybill ShepherdJacy Farrow
Jeff BridgesDuane Jackson
Cloris LeachmanRuth Popper
Ellen BurstynLois Farrow
Ben JohnsonSam the Lion
Randy QuaidLester Marlow
Clu GulagerAbileneCredits
- Directed by
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Written by
- Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- The Last Picture Show and Texasville
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $29.1M
Production
- BBS ProductionsUnited States
Columbia PicturesUnited States
