THE LAST PICTURE SHOW


 "THE LAST PICTURE SHOW" --- (1971) --- 


SYNOPSIS:
"High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying 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 their futures. While Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business, each boy struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else."

STARRING:
Peter Bogdanovich, Ben Johnson, Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Eileen Brennan, Sam Bottoms, Randy Quaid and John Hillerman.

SCREENPLAY:
Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry, based on a story by Larry McMurty.

DIRECTOR:
Peter Bogdanovich

AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for six (6) Academy Awards and won two (2) of them, for:

"Best Supporting Actor" (Ben Johnson)
"Best Supporting Actress" (Cloris Leachman)


It was nominated for thirty-two (32) additional awards, from various entities, and won thirteen (13) of them.

In 1998, it was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry at The Library of Congress.

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