The Last Picture Show
Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…
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.
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $29M
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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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Box Office & Release
The Last Picture Show returned 22.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $29M
- Release date
- Oct 3, 1971
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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