The Last Picture Show
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One of the key films of the American seventies cinema renaissance, The Last Picture Show is set in the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. This aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybill Shepherd)—and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal work in the career of invaluable film historian and director Peter Bogdanovich.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Texasville (1990), the sequel to The Last Picture Show, presented in both the original theatrical version and a black-and-white version of the director’s cut, produced in collaboration with cinematographer Nicholas von Sternberg
- Two audio commentaries, featuring director Peter Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall
- Three documentaries about the making of the film
- Screen tests and location footage
- Introduction to Texasville featuring Bogdanovich, Shepherd, and actor Jeff Bridges
- Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with filmmaker François Truffaut about the New Hollywood
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Graham Fuller and excerpts from an interview with Bogdanovich about Texasville, with a new introduction by Bogdanovich biographer Peter Tonguette
Cover by F. Ron Miller
Collector's Sets
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Texasville (1990), the sequel to The Last Picture Show, presented in both the original theatrical version and a black-and-white version of the director’s cut, produced in collaboration with cinematographer Nicholas von Sternberg
- Two audio commentaries, featuring director Peter Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall
- Three documentaries about the making of the film
- Screen tests and location footage
- Introduction to Texasville featuring Bogdanovich, Shepherd, and actor Jeff Bridges
- Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with filmmaker François Truffaut about the New Hollywood
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Graham Fuller and excerpts from an interview with Bogdanovich about Texasville, with a new introduction by Bogdanovich biographer Peter Tonguette
Cover by F. Ron Miller
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Cast
- Timothy Bottoms
- Sonny Crawford
- Jeff Bridges
- Duane Jackson
- Cybil Shepherd
- Jacy Farrow
- Ben Johnson
- Sam the Lion
- Cloris Leachman
- Ruth Popper
- Ellen Burstyn
- Lois Farrow
- Eileen Brennan
- Genevieve
- Clu Gulager
- Abilene
- Sam Bottoms
- Billy
- Sharon Taggart
- Charlene Duggs
- Randy Quaid
- Lester Marlow
- Joe Heathcock
- The sheriff
Credits
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Screenplay by
- Larry McMurtry
- Screenplay by
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Based on the novel by
- Larry McMurtry
- Executive producer
- Bert Schneider
- Producer
- Stephen J. Friedman
- Production designer
- Polly Platt
- Director of photography
- Robert Surtees
- Associate producer
- Harold Schneider
- Art director
- Walter Scott Herndon
- Editor
- Don Cambern
A scene from The Last Picture Show
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