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

The Last Picture Show

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:

Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry

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

Tilt Magazine

Stephen Silver

One of the most important movies of the New Hollywood era in the 1970s (50th anniversary)

October 29, 2021

FULL REVIEW

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Philip Martin

There is something pitiless and strange in this movie, which weds the directness of old-school Western directors like Ford and Hawks with the freedom and permissive sweep of the late '60s cultural moment.

Although a technically proficient production, its ultimate resonance will largely depend on nostalgia and familiarity with 1950s.

An American classic in every sense.

It transcends and transforms its near-banal material partly because it contains, all the way through the cast, some of the best acting you're likely to see this \ear, mostly because it is so sensitive to the details of time and place.

August 30, 2019

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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.