The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show
Theatrical release poster by Richard Amsel
Directed by	Peter Bogdanovich
Screenplay by	Larry McMurtry Peter Bogdanovich
Based on	The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
Produced by	Stephen J. Friedman
Starring	Timothy Bottoms Jeff Bridges Ellen Burstyn Ben Johnson Cloris Leachman Cybill Shepherd
Cinematography	Robert Surtees
Edited by	Donn Cambern Peter Bogdanovich
Color process	Black and white
Production company	BBS Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 22, 1971 (1971-10-22)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.3 million
Box office	$29.1 million[1]

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-written by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Cybill Shepherd. Set in a small town in northern Texas from November 1951 to October 1952, it is a story of two high-school seniors and long-time friends, Sonny Crawford (Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Bridges).

The Last Picture Show was theatrically released on October 22, 1971, by Columbia Pictures. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $29 million on a $1.3 million budget, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Johnson and Bridges, and Best Supporting Actress for Burstyn and Leachman, with Johnson and Leachman winning.

Bogdanovich directed a 1990 sequel, Texasville, based on McMurtry's 1987 novel of the same name and featuring much of the original film's cast reprising their roles; Texasville failed to match the critical or commercial success of its predecessor. In 1998, the Library of Congress selected The Last Picture Show for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".^[2][3]