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The Last Picture Show (1971) [R]

Release Date:
October 3, 1971

Original Title:
The Last Picture Show

Alternate Titles:
Den sista föreställningen
Die letzte Vorstellung
La Dernière Séance
La última película
Ostatni seans filmowy
Ultimul spectacol cinematografic
Viimeinen elokuva
Последний киносеанс
마지막 영화관

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
BBS Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BE: 18  DE: 12  FI: K-16  FR: U  IE: 18  NL: 18|6  PL: 16  RU: 16+  SE: 11  US: R 

Runtime: 119

Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…

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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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American Film Institute (AFI)
2007
#95 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
100 Greatest American Films Of All Time

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Production

Art Direction:
Walter Scott Herndon

Assistant Director:
Robert Rubin

Assistant Production Design:
Vincent M. Cresciman

Associate Producer:
Harold Schneider

Boom Operator:
Dean Salmon

Camera Operator:
Terry K. Meade

Casting:
Ross Brown

Construction Coordinator:
Al Litteken
Ed Shanley

Costume Design:
Polly Platt

Director:
Peter Bogdanovich

Director of Photography:
Robert Surtees

Dolly Grip:
Leonard Lookabaugh

Editor:
Donn Cambern
Peter Bogdanovich

Executive Producer:
Bert Schneider

Gaffer:
Alan Goldenhar

Key Grip:
Carl Manoogian

Location Manager:
Frank Marshall

Novel:
Larry McMurtry

Painter:
George Lillie

Producer:
Stephen J. Friedman
Bob Rafelson

Production Assistant:
Mae Woods

Production Coordinator:
Marilyn La Salandra

Production Design:
Polly Platt

Production Secretary:
Elly Mitchell

Props:
Walter Starkey
Louis Donelan

Screenplay:
Larry McMurtry
Peter Bogdanovich

Script Supervisor:
Marshall Schlom

Second Assistant Director:
William A. Morrison

Sound Mixer:
Tom Overton

Unit Production Manager:
Don Guest

Wardrobe Coordinator:
Mickey Sherrard
Nancy McArdle

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