The Last Picture Show

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Call Number: DVD Drama Last
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Issued as part of a 9-DVD boxed set with: Head; Easy rider (2 discs: feature film and supplemental material); Five easy pieces; Drive, he said; A safe place; The king of Marvin Gardens.
DVD special ed. features (disc 1) include: New, restored high-definition digital transfer of Peter Bogdanovich's director's cut, supervised by Bogdanovich; two audio commentaries, one from 1991, featuring Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall; the other from 2009, featuring Bogdanovich. Disc 2 special features include: Two "making-of" documentaries: "The last picture show : a look back" (1999) and Picture this (1998); "A discussion with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich", a 2009 Q&A; screen tests and location footage; excerpts from a 1972 television interview with director François Truffaut about the new Hollywood.
Disc one. The film -- Disc two. The supplements.
Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn.
Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal film in the career of the invaluable director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich.
DVD, widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, mono.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

A world is established in this film that'll stick with you. submitted by lisa on July 29, 2019, 3:05pm And that relative clause can apply to the world or the film.

If you grew up in a small, dying town submitted by ccrose on August 29, 2019, 9:10am It’s like watching a ship slowly sink. In a small Texas town, the young, Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges are restless to go. Ben Johnson, an aging cowboy with a longtime loving affair with Cloris Leachman realize things are not going to get better.
In black and white to mimic the old movie theater that’s closing.