The Last Picture Show
United States • 1971 • 1h 59m
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#549Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.
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DirectorPeter Bogdanovich
WriterLarry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich
CinematographerRobert Surtees
EditorPeter Bogdanovich, Donn Cambern
ProducerStephen J. Friedman, Bob Rafelson