The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Last Picture Show is a book-based movie adapted from "The Last Picture Show" by Larry McMurtry. This Drama/Romance film is a direct adaptation, and its release date is October 22, 1971.
The Source Material
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Overview
The Last Picture Show (1966) is both a rambunctious coming-of-age story and an elegy to a forlorn Texas town trying to keep its one movie house alive. Adapted into the Oscar-winning film, this masterpiece immortalizes the lives of the hardscrabble residents wh…
About The Movie
Description
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Details
- Title
- The Last Picture Show
- Original Title
- The Last Picture Show
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- US Theatrical
- October 22, 1971 · Rated R
- US Limited Theatrical
- October 3, 1971 · Rated R
- US Limited Theatrical Note
- New York City, New York