The Last Picture Show

1971 · directed by Peter Bogdanovich

Rating

98/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100, Criterion

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.

The Last Picture Show (1971), directed by Peter Bogdanovich, rates 98/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Timothy Bottoms
• Cybill Shepherd
• Jeff Bridges
• Cloris Leachman
• Ellen Burstyn
• Ben Johnson
• Randy Quaid
• Clu Gulager
• Eileen Brennan
• Sam Bottoms

Crew

• Robert Surtees — Director of Photography
• Donn Cambern — Editor
• Peter Bogdanovich — Editor
• Larry McMurtry — Screenplay
• Peter Bogdanovich — Screenplay

More from Peter Bogdanovich

1. Paper Moon (1973) — 82/100 · hit
2. Targets (1968) — 79/100
3. What's Up, Doc? (1972) — 78/100
4. Mask (1985) — 76/100
5. The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) — 72/100
6. Noises Off... (1992) — 69/100

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