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The Last Picture Show
1971 -
Rated
R (MPAA)
Release Date: 11/30/1999
Features:
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Dual Side - Dual Layer
Director's Cut
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish, Chinese, Thai, Portuguese, Korean
Additional Release Material:
Featurette
Shorts: "The Last Picture Show: A Look Back" (65 min.)
Bonus Footage: 8 minutes of Restored Footage
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Talent Files
Time:
126
mins.
J&R Item # 1030873_9
UPC # 043396504295
Label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Director Peter Bogdanovich (MASK, PAPER MOON) brings Larry McMurtry's bittersweet novel of life in a small, sleepy Texas town in the early 1950s to the big screen. This coming-of-age tale, shot in haunting black-and-white by cinematographer Robert Surtees (THE GRADUATE, OKLAHOMA!), focuses on best friends Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) and their relationships. Duane is dating the beautiful but fickle Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd), a good girl who is looking for a little excitement. Shy Sonny, meanwhile, is carrying on an illicit affair with a coach's wife, Ruth Popper (Cloris Leachman), a sad, plain woman whose only joy appears to be the stolen moments they share. By delving into the intertwining lives of the town's diverse residents, the film masterfully explores issues of love, loneliness, innocence lost, and disillusionment. The closing of the town's only cinema serves as both a physical and metaphoric backdrop to the characters' lives. A favorite of critics, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, earning one for both Leachman and Ben Johnson, whose portrayal of the town's father figure, Sam the Lion, is utterly masterful. Model-turned-actress Cybill Shepherd shines as Jacy in her film debut, which also features Ellen Burstyn as Jacy's mother, Lois. Bogdanovich also directed the sequel, TEXASVILLE (1990), which featured most of the original film's cast.
Cast:
"...[Filmed] in glorious black and white..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark
, (USA Today)
"...The most mournful of all American youth pictures....It offers a peculiar pocket of time..." -- Daniel Webb , (Total Film) "[A] stark black-and-white drama about a fading small town in the 1950s....Perhaps director Peter Bogdanovich's finest hour." -- Andy Webster , (Premiere)
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