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The Last Picture Show

7.8

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Original title: The Last Picture Show
Year: 1971
Running time: 118 min.
Country: United States
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Screenwriter: Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry. Novel: Larry McMurtry
Music: Phil Harris, Johnny Standley, Hank Thompson
Cinematography: Robert Surtees (B&W)
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Randy Quaid, Sharon Taggart, John Hillerman, Clu Gulager
Producer: BBS. Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Genre: Drama | 1950s. Small Town Life (North-american). Teen/coming-of-age. Southern Gothic. Cult Movie
Movie Groups: Larry McMurtry Adaptations
Synopsis: This coming-of-age tale set in the 50s focuses on best friends Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) and their relationships. Duane is dating the beautiful but fickle Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd), a good girl who is looking for a little excitement. Shy Sonny, meanwhile, is carrying on an illicit affair with a coach's wife, Ruth Popper (Cloris Leachman), a sad, plain woman whose only joy appears to be the stolen moments they share. By delving into the intertwining lives of the towns diverse residents, the film explores issues of love, loneliness, innocence lost, and disillusionment.

Awards: 1971: 2 Oscars: Best Supp. Actor (Johnson), Supp. Actress (Leachman). 8 Nom.

1971: Golden Globe: Best Supp. Actor (Johnson). 6 nominations inc. Best Drama

1972: 3 BAFTA Awards: Supp. Actor (Johnson), Supp. Actress (Leachman), Writing

1972: National Board of Review: Supp. Actor (Johnson), Supp. Actress (Leachman)

1971: New York Film Critics Circle: 3 Awards, incl. Best Sup. Actor (Johnson). 6 Nom.

1971: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

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1971: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Drama Screenplay

Critics' reviews

"A masterpiece"

Paul Zimmerman: Newsweek
"The film has an unadorned honesty that came as a jolt after the pyrotechnics of the late 1960s (...) The film is above all an evocation of mood (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"[Its stories] illuminate a good deal more of one segment of the American experience than any other American film in recent memory (...) It is filled with carefully researched details of time and place"

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"Robert Surtees’s stylized cinematography (...) helps to clarify the subject matter. The film badly needs this stylization, because, of course, its shallow overview of town life is dangerously close to TV."

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker
"For the members of the New Hollywood, it was a briefly opened window on revitalized filmmaking and venturesome storytelling (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Budd Wilkins: Slant
"It's an intimate psychological story laced with references to Hollywood movies (...) It's all fairly calculated, though Bogdanovich knows how to cast actors and highlight character turns"

Dave Kehr: Chicago Reader
"[It] is still a masterpiece whichever way you look at it (...) The soundtrack from Hank Williams and others is a joy. Unmissable (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
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