The Last Picture Show
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacy is Duane's steady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacy's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie...
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Writer: Larry McMurtry (screenplay), Peter Bogdanovich (screenplay), Larry McMurtry (novel)
Production: Columbia Pictures
Year: 1971
MetaScore: 93/100
ImdbRating: 8.0
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 22 Oct 1971
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 22 nominations.
Movie Video Clips
00:42
Scared your daddy into getting rich
01:21
You boys can get on out of here
00:32
You asleep
00:43
I guess if it wasn't for Sam
00:17
I'll see you in a year or two if I don't...
00:21
Bein' crazy about a woman like that is...
02:00
President Truman'll be here tomorrow
00:36
You shouldn't have come here
00:17
Nothin's really been right since Sam the...
01:23
You little pissants
00:17
He was sweeping
00:16
What's on your feeble mind Duane
00:33
This is what I get for bettin' on my own...
00:28
One thing I know for sure
00:16
Quit prissing
02:34
I hear Duane joined the Army
01:58
I read that poem of his about the...
00:41
I scared your daddy into gettin' rich
01:16
You slept with him
00:32
Just remember
00:45
Merry Christmas
00:27
How come you've stayed with the coach
03:31
I just come out here to get a little...
00:56
I thought they'd change with some age
00:29
Miss Mosey's havin' to close it
03:01
I don't know
00:09
New victims
01:03
My goodness
00:26
Guess what
00:28
You should've got me some anniversary...
00:27
It's too hot in here
00:17
Can't seem to do anything without crying...
01:18
Over at Wichita Falls
00:14
Everybody out for the strip show
00:36
Now I know
00:38
You got to get undressed out there on...
00:27
Don't pay attention to Sandy
00:20
Why don't we just go someplace
00:29
I wish I could go to the pool hall
00:32
Need any money
00:23
I thought hairy chested football coaches...
00:34
Try not to drink too much of that buggy...
00:25
You a virgin
00:14
I'm too old for screwing in cars
00:31
Sorry you're closing the show
00:17
Knock off that shit
00:22
Sure weren't out of Texas very long
01:27
Ruth Popper
00:22
She is my girl
00:29
We will always be true
00:27
That boy's always had meanness in him
00:18
I can't stand here all night protecting...
00:18
Won't be much to do in town with the...
00:23
I called you before
00:31
See if we can't stretch that goddamn...
00:23
Sure weren't no women around
Movie Quotes
Movie Cast
Sonny Crawford - Timothy Bottoms
Duane Jackson - Jeff Bridges
Jacy Farrow - Cybill Shepherd
Sam the Lion - Ben Johnson
Ruth Popper - Cloris Leachman
Lois Farrow - Ellen Burstyn
Genevieve - Eileen Brennan
Abilene - Clu Gulager
Billy - Sam Bottoms
Charlene Duggs - Sharon Ullrick
Lester Marlow - Randy Quaid
Sheriff - Joe Heathcock
Coach Popper - Bill Thurman
Joe Bob Blanton - Barc Doyle
Miss Mosey - Jessie Lee Fulton
Bobby Sheen - Gary Brockette
Jimmie Sue - Helena Humann
Leroy - Loyd Catlett
Gene Farrow - Robert Glenn
Teacher - John Hillerman
Mrs. Clarg (as Janice O'Malley) - Janice E. O'Malley
Oklahoma Patrolman - Floyd Mahaney
Annie Annie Martin - Kimberly Hyde
Chester - Noble Willingham
Winnie Snips - Marjorie Jay
Mrs. Jackson - Joye Hash
Jackie Lee French - Pamela Keller
Monroe - Gordon Hurst
Johnny - Mike Hosford
Nurse - Faye Jordan
Andy Fanner - Charles Seybert
Mr. Crawford - Grover Lewis
Marlene - Rebecca Ulrick
Agnes - Merrill Shepherd
Bud - Buddy Wood
Ken - Kenny Wood
Cowboy in Cafe - Leon Brown
Truck Driver - Bobby McGriff
Oil Pumper - Jack Mueller
Brother Blanton - Robert Arnold
Tommy Logan - Frank Marshall
Larry - Tom Martin
1st Mechanic - Otis Elmore
Roughneck Driver - Charles Salmon
Cowboy - George Gaulden
Gas Station Man - Will Morris Hannis
The Leon Miller Band - The Leon Miller Band
DJ - Peter Bogdanovich
Roughneck in Truck - Stuart Spates