The Last Picture Show
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.
Cast
Crew
- Director: Peter Bogdanovich
- Screenplay: Larry McMurtry
- Assistant Director: Robert Rubin
- Editor: Peter Bogdanovich
- Novel: Larry McMurtry
- Costume Design: Polly Platt
- Screenplay: Peter Bogdanovich
- Editor: Donn Cambern
- Director of Photography: Robert Surtees
- Production Design: Polly Platt
- Casting: Ross Brown
- Art Direction: Walter Scott Herndon
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.