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starring: Sam Bottoms, Timothy Bottoms, Eileen Brennan, Jeff Bridges, Gary Brockette See Larger Image Used Price: $3.14 Collectible Price: $19.98 Third Party New Price: $7.95 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301955294 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC ISBN: 6301955293 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: June 24, 1994 Running Time: 118 minutes Sales Rank: 12961 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: October 22, 1971 Related Items: Texasville Hud Nashville Midnight Cowboy (Two Disc Collector's Edition) Five Easy Pieces see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Like Easy Rider, Bonnie and Clyde, The Wild Bunch, and The Graduate, The Last Picture Show is one of the signature films of the 'New Hollywood' that emerged in the late 1960s and early '70s. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry and lovingly directed by Peter Bogdanovich (who cowrote the script with McMurtry), this 1971 drama has been interpreted as an affectionate tribute to classic Hollywood filmmaking and the great directors (such as John Ford) that Bogdanovich so deeply admired. It's also a eulogy for lost innocence and small-town life, so accurately rendered that critic Roger Ebert called it 'the best film of 1951,' referring to the movie's one-year time frame, its black-and-white cinematography (by Robert Surtees), and its sparse but evocative visual style. The story is set in the tiny, dying town of Anarene, Texas, where the main-street movie house is about to close for good, and where a pair of high-school football players are coming of age and struggling to define their uncertain futures. There's little to do in Anarene, and while Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) engages in a passionless fling with his football coach's wife (Cloris Leachman), his best friend Duane (Jeff Bridges) enlists for service in the Korean War. Both boys fall for a manipulative high-school beauty (Cybill Shepherd) who's well aware of her sexual allure. But it's not so much what happens in The Last Picture show as how it happens--and how Bogdanovich and his excellent cast so effectively capture the melancholy mood of a ghost town in the making. As Hank Williams sings on the film's evocative soundtrack, The Last Picture Show looks, feels, and sounds like a sad but unforgettably precious moment out of time. --Jeff Shannon Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Cinema in Paradise So, was Cinema Paradiso in part inspired by Bogdonovich's masterpiece? Well, Analene, Texas sure aint Paradise. But it's a fabulous, timeless piece of art that doesn't wear, inspite of, or because of its tender appraisal of universal themes. I know the personell involved proceeded to further work, but how many of them could profess to anything superior? Certainly not Bottoms or Bogdonovich. The special features film tied to this edition under review, with its in-depth focus on a refective director, ... Read More Rating: - The Peyton Place of the South Anyone who buys the Mayberry image of Southern small town life will be greatly shocked after watching this movie. Anarene is definitely no Puritan utopia. The town's residents include adulterers, sex-obsessed teenagers, and even a pedophile, who happens to be the minister's son. This film just goes to show that you cannot always believe what's on the surface. Few films expose small town hypocrisy better than this one, while at the same time treating the characters with respect. This difference ... Read More Rating: - One of the Great Films This is just an amazing movie. I saw it at the Dryden Theatre in Rochester, NY about 10 years ago and was just blown away. Maybe it was dust and wind blowing up the small town Texas streets. Two young men graduate from high school and struggle with becoming adults as they learn more about the adults in the community and their lives. Larry McMurtry never wrote a better novel than this one nor had a book turned into a better film. (Well, Hud is just as great I think.) Peter Bogdanavich directed ... Read More Rating: - Face the emptiness of a small town. The Last Picture Show is considered to be a black and white classic but this film just left me depressed. Cloris Leachman is the best thing in this downer, her performance is so heartbreaking (she won an Oscar for best supporting actress). Cybill Shepherd lives up to her own stereotype, pretty blonde who sleeps with everyone in town, her character is so unlikeable. I just thought this movie was just ok, decide for yourself. Rating: - An American Classic Loosely based on gossip and scandal that surrounded various residents of Larry McMurtry's hometown of Archer City, Texas, the novel THE LAST PICTURE SHOW was much admired by critics--but didn't really explode into public conciousness until adapted to the screen, when it became one of the cinematic touchstones of the generation that had shed 1950s mores in favor of less restrictive attitudes. The film has no plot per se: it is simply a portrait of those who live in and around Anarene, Texas ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: By Theme - Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Coming of Age By Theme - Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Ensemble Films By Theme - Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Small Town Life Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS By Theme - Military & War - Genres - VHS - Video - Korean War