

Key Details
Release StatusReleased
Release Date1971-10-03
Languageen
Runtime1h 59m
Budget$1,300,000
Revenue$29,133,000
Production
BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures
7.6(803)
•1971•1h 59mThe Last Picture Show
"Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…"
Overview
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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