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Teen/coming-of-age. Southern Gothic. Cult Movie. Movie Groups. Larry McMurtry Adaptations. Synopsis. This coming-of-age tale set in the 50s 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 ...
"The Last Picture Show" is one of Larry McMurtry's most powerful, memorable novels -- the basis for the enormously popular movie of the same name. Set in a small, dusty, Texas town, "The Last Picture Show" introduced the characters of Jacy, Duane, and Sonny: teenagers stumbling toward adulthood, discovering the beguiling mysteries of sex and the even more baffling mysteries of love.
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. Released in 1971 to critical acclaim and public controversy, The Last Picture Show garnered eight Academy Award nominations and was hailed as the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane.A surprisingly frank, bittersweet drama of social and sexual mores in small-town Texas, the film features a ...
High school seniors and best friends Sonny and Duane live in a dying 1950s Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty Jacy, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach’s wife, Ruth. As graduation nears, both boys contemplate escaping the dead-end town to build a better life elsewhere.
22 de oct. de 2021 · The Last Picture Show at 50: a melancholic ode to the ghost town. The bleak 1971 drama is an enduring look at a dying small town that finds moments of humanity in among the sadness. A s high ...
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— New York Times Book Review 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 who are threatened by the inexorable forces of the modern world.
Brilliant study of life in a small Texas town during the 1950s, and how characters' lives intertwine. The story, based on Larry McMurtry's novel, follows the...
