The Last Picture Show

Name: The Last Picture Show
Released: 1971-10-3
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman

R
2h 6m
1971

100%

age 17+

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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 surprisingly 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(r) for their work in supporting roles. This modern classic is a must-have for every movie lover.

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Producer:

Stephen J. Friedman

Writer:

Cast:

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

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

100%

Critics Consensus: Making excellent use of its period and setting, Peter Bogdanovich's small town coming-of-age story is a sad but moving classic filled with impressive performances.

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

An American classic in every sense.

It transcends and transforms its near-banal material partly because it contains, all the way throu...

August 30, 2019

FULL REVIEW

El Pais (Spain)

Jesús Fernández Santos

Peter Bogdanovich has made one of his most honest as well as mature films. [Full Review in Spanish...

July 17, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Combustible Celluloid

Jeffrey M. Anderson

The deep-shadowed, dusty black-and-white cinematography by the legendary Robert Surtees... helps e...

At first glance, the movie is a faithful and skillful adaptation of the source, but a second look...

August 15, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

Classic American film has heavy themes and sex.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Last Picture Show is one of the greatest American films ever made. The emotional depth and strong sexual content throughout the film make this one best for mature teens and adults only. Characters speak freely and frankly about sex, losing their virginity, and prostitution, and there's some full-frontal female nudity and bare male bottoms. Several characters have sex, though the main act is mostly offscreen. Characters smoke and underage characters drink.