- Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
- Release Date: Mar 4 2003
- Run Time: 118 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0767827902
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #9,138 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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Like Easy Rider, Bonnie and Clyde, The Wild Bunch, and The Graduate, The Last Picture Show is one of the signature films of the "New Hollywood" that emerged in the late 1960s and early '70s. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry and lovingly directed by Peter Bogdanovich (who cowrote the script with McMurtry), this 1971 drama has been interpreted as an affectionate tribute to classic Hollywood filmmaking and the great directors (such as John Ford) that Bogdanovich so deeply admired. It's also a eulogy for lost innocence and small-town life, so accurately rendered that critic Roger Ebert called it "the best film of 1951," referring to the movie's one-year time frame, its black-and-white cinematography (by Robert Surtees), and its sparse but evocative visual style. The story is set in the tiny, dying town of Anarene, Texas, where the main-street movie house is about to close for good, and where a pair of high-school football players are coming of age and struggling to define their uncertain futures. There's little to do in Anarene, and while Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) engages in a passionless fling with his football coach's wife (Cloris Leachman), his best friend Duane (Jeff Bridges) enlists for service in the Korean War. Both boys fall for a manipulative high-school beauty (Cybill Shepherd) who's well aware of her sexual allure. But it's not so much what happens in The Last Picture show as how it happens--and how Bogdanovich and his excellent cast so effectively capture the melancholy mood of a ghost town in the making. As Hank Williams sings on the film's evocative soundtrack, The Last Picture Show looks, feels, and sounds like a sad but unforgettably precious moment out of time. --Jeff Shannon
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3.0 out of 5 stars
interesting and compelling character study,
By falcon "disdressed12" (canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Last Picture Show, the (DVD)
i'm on the fence with this film.i definitely didn't hate it.but i didn't love it either. thought
it was well made and the performances were really good.i liked the look the film.filming it in black and white definitely added to the authenticity if the time period(1952).i didn't find it boring Per SE.in fact it was quite compelling.it's basically the story of life in small town Texas and everything that entails.the characters each have their eccentricities and are interesting enough.the dialogue is economical and well written.obviously this is a character study more than anything.this time the character is the town as much as its inhabitants.having said all that,i wouldn't call this a seminal film.it is a very good film though,and well worth watching.for me,The Last Picture Show is a 3/5
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding movie,
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This review is from: Last Picture Show, the (DVD)
In the dried-up old town of Anarene, Texas, there's not much for boys to do but chase girls and play pool. High school seniors Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), his best friend Duane (Jeff Bridges), and Jacey, the prettiest girl in town (Cybil Shepherd), start to grow up and make some decisions about their future.
I absolutely loved this movie. The windy, dusty town felt familiar and even cozy by the end of the movie, and the good ol' folks living in it seemed like neighbors. Bottoms, Bridges, and Shepherd are wonderful (and young!) as the kids, all of them giving sympathetic, memorable performances. Ben Johnson plays the nicest man in town and Cloris Leachman is a lonely married woman; they both won Best Supporting Oscars playing very real and vulnerable characters. The movie is directed at a leisurely pace so we can absorb the small-town atmosphere; Anarene became full of interesting people with hopes and dreams. This is indeed a timeless classic that will appeal to those who like character-driven stories about ordinary people. Highly recommended.
3.0 out of 5 stars
plaudits for cinematography,
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This review is from: Last Picture Show, the (DVD)
This flick is overrated. But you've got to give the filmmakers credit for going with black- and- white, for shooting it in Texas (where the story takes place) and for not trying to squeeze in too many characters into the "plot."The Chase, starring Marlon Brando, that also takes place in Texas, might have received all the praise heaped on the Last Picture Show flick had they gone the black -and- white route and stayed away from the Universal back lot. Hud, also shot in Texas, was a better film than this. It seems to me, a good rule of thumb to doing pictures in Texas is to go with black-and-white photography. Don't know why, could be the automatic, built-in authenticity factor one gets with B & W. Color very often means Hollywood glitz, and doesn't seem to work well with this type of tale. Anyway, it's not the worst flick ever made. Ben Johnson does a nice job, so does Ellen Burstyn. The latter two deserve four stars for their work here. Sybil Shephard was drop-dead gorgeous at the time.
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