The Last Picture Show

1971

Action / Drama / Romance

27
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 89% · 115 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.0/10 10 56440 56.4K

small town new love based on novel or book texas graduation high school graduation

Plot summary

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.

Director

Peter Bogdanovich Photo
Peter Bogdanovich

Top cast

Clu Gulager Photo
Clu Gulager as Abilene
Noble Willingham Photo
Noble Willingham as Chester
Timothy Bottoms Photo
Timothy Bottoms as Sonny Crawford
Helena Humann Photo
Helena Humann as Jimmie Sue
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.13 GB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 12
2.11 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 50

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jcoolum 7 / 10

A Classic

Reviewed by valleyjohn 8 / 10

Stands the test of time,

To say The Last Picture show is like a 1950's soap opera doesn't really do the film justice but that's exactly what it is , even down to the closing credits .It's all about the lives of high school friends Sonny , Duane and Jacy who's relationships overlap in a dying 1950s Texas town.Being shot in black and white it really does help with the feel of desolation . The Town looks like it's on it's last legs and you certainly feel it because of the brilliant country soundtrack that is almost permanently in the background.At 9 minutes and 54 seconds, Ben Johnson's performance in this movie is the shortest to ever win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cloris Leachman , who played Ruth Popper , also won an Oscar.You can see why the two boys fought over Jacy because Cybill Shepherd was absolutely gorgeous and was brave to do a nude scene at the age of 20 .This isn't a film that's mentioned too often when 1970's movies are spoken about and I'm surprised because it certainly stands the test of time .
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