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The Last Picture Show
| The Last Picture Show | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Theatrical release poster by Richard Amsel | |
| Directed by | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Screenplay by | Larry McMurtry Peter Bogdanovich |
| Based on | The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry |
| Produced by | Stephen J. Friedman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
| Edited by | Donn Cambern Peter Bogdanovich |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.3 million |
| Box office | $29.1 million[1] |
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-written by Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry, adapted from the 1966 semi-autobiographical novel by McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Cybill Shepherd. Set in a small town in northern Texas from November 1951 to October 1952, it is a story of two high school seniors and long-time friends, Sonny Crawford (Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Bridges).
The Last Picture Show was theatrically released on October 22, 1971, by Columbia Pictures. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $29 million on a $1.3 million budget, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Johnson and Bridges, and Best Supporting Actress for Burstyn and Leachman, with Johnson and Leachman winning.
Bogdanovich directed a 1990 sequel, Texasville, based on McMurtry's 1987 novel of the same name and featuring much of the original film's cast reprising their roles; Texasville failed to match the critical or commercial success of its predecessor. In 1998, the Library of Congress selected The Last Picture Show for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".[2][3]
- ^ "The Last Picture Show, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ^ "Hooray for Hollywood (December 1998) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin". www.loc.gov. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
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