MOVIE
The Last Picture Show
Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
The Last Picture Show in its release era
Released in 1971, The Last Picture Show sits inside the 1970s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1971-10-03
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 7.6/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures
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