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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Mono Audio, English, Dubbed & Subtitled, Spanish, Korean, Subtitled
Released in 1971 to critical acclaim and public controversy, The Last Picture Show garnered eight Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and was hailed as the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane. A suprisingly frank, bittersweet drama of social and sexual mores in small-town Texas, the film features a talent-laden cast led by Jeff Bridges (The Mirror Has Two Faces), Cybill Shepherd (TV's Cybill>) and Timothy Bottoms (The Man In The Iron Mask). Cloris Leachman (TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and Ben Johnson (Rio Grande) each won Oscars for their work in supporting roles. Available for the first time on DVD, this modern classic is a must-have for every movie lover.
"The Last Picture Show is a masterpiece." Paul D. Zimmerman, Newsweek
"None of [Bogdanovich's] films stand up to The Last Picture Show..." The Motion Picture Guide
Editor's Note
Director Peter Bogdanovich (MASK, PAPER MOON) brings Larry McMurtry's bittersweet novel of life in a small, sleepy Texas town in the early 1950s to the big screen. This coming-of-age tale, shot in haunting black-and-white by cinematographer Robert Surtees (THE GRADUATE, OKLAHOMA!), 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 town's diverse residents, the film masterfully explores issues of love, loneliness, innocence lost, and disillusionment. The closing of the town's only cinema serves as both a physical and metaphoric backdrop to the characters' lives. A favorite of critics, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, earning one for both Leachman and Ben Johnson, whose portrayal of the town's father figure, Sam the Lion, is utterly masterful. Model-turned-actress Cybill Shepherd shines as Jacy in her film debut, which also features Ellen Burstyn as Jacy's mother, Lois. Bogdanovich also directed the sequel, TEXASVILLE (1990), which featured most of the original film's cast.
Plot Summary
Set in a small Texas town in the early 1950s, this beautiful, understated film studies the lives, loves, dreams, and desperation of several townsfolk as they come to terms with imminent change. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry, this critically acclaimed film is directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
| Features | The Last Picture Show: A Look Back Documentary | | Interactive Menus | | Production Notes | | Theatrical Re-Release Featurette | | Thai Subtitles | | Talent Files | | Scene Selections | | Portuguese Subtitles | | Chinese Subtitles | | Korean Subtitles | | Theatrical Trailers | | English Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | Widescreen Version | | Digitally Remastered Audio & Video | | English Dolby Mono |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 3/6/2007 |
| Running Time: 126 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1971 | | Catalog ID: 50429 | | UPC: 00043396504295 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1972) |  | Ben Johnson, Winner, Best Supporting Actor | | Cloris Leachman, Winner, Best Supporting Actress | | | Robert Surtees, Nominee, Best Cinematography | | | Peter Bogdanovich, Nominee, Best Director | | | Jeff Bridges, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | | | Ellen Burstyn, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress | | | James Lee Barrett, Peter Bogdanovich, Nominee, Best Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium | |
Golden Globe (1972) | | Ben Johnson, Winner, Best Supporting Actor | | | Peter Bogdanovich, Nominee, Best Director | | | Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress | | | Cybill Shepherd, Nominee, Most Promising Newcomer - Female |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...[Filmed] in glorious black and white..." -- 4 out of 4 stars 04/05/1991 p.3DTotal Film
"...The most mournful of all American youth pictures....It offers a peculiar pocket of time..." 08/01/2003 p.128 Premiere
"[A] stark black-and-white drama about a fading small town in the 1950s....Perhaps director Peter Bogdanovich's finest hour." 12/01/2005 p.190 Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 9 of 10
Brilliant study of life in small Texas town during 1950s, and how characters' lives intertwine, from Larry McMurtry's novel (he and Bogdanovich wrote the script). Oscars went to Johnson and Leachman for sensitive performances, but entire cast works at same level. Beautifully photographed in black & white by Robert Surtees. - Leonard Maltin
The Motion Picture Guide 10 of 10
Bogdanovich is a very talented director... None of his films stand up to The Last Picture Show when it comes to dramatic flair and authenticity. In this...he captures the era so accurately that the viewer can feel the hopelessness of living in a dying Texas town that is destined to atrophy as the slow wave of modernism destroys what once was and will never be again... Bridges and Bottoms are the stars of the local high school football team... Bridges is aggressive and Bottoms is sensitive and the two complement each other as best friends (just as the black and white film complements the storytelling)... Many emotions are stirred in The Last Picture Show, emotions that have been forgotten in the wake of spacemen and the near-porno sex and patriotic blood lettings seen today. It's a little story, episodic, but it lives and breathes with more power than any Darth Vader or Rambo or Rocky. This movie is about humans, not ray guns or robots, and will continue to touch audiences whenever and wherever it is seen... The Last Picture Show could have been a tawdry, sleazy soap opera but [Bogdanovich] kept a tight rein on matters and presented it as a slice of life that has all but disappeared.
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