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'''''The Last Picture Show''''' is a 1971 American [[Coming-of-age story|coming-of-age]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed and co-written by [[Peter Bogdanovich]], adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1966 novel ''[[The Last Picture Show'' (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Larry McMurtry]]. The film's [[ensemble cast]] includes [[Timothy Bottoms]], [[Jeff Bridges]], [[Ellen Burstyn]], [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]], [[Cloris Leachman]], and [[Cybill Shepherd]]. Set in a small town in northern [[Texas]] from November 1951 to October 1952, it is a story of two high- school seniors and long-time friends, Sonny Crawford (Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Bridges).
''The Last Picture Show'' was theatrically released on October 22, 1971, by [[Columbia Pictures]]. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $29 million on a $1.3 million budget, and was nominated for eight [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for Johnson and Bridges, and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for Burstyn and Leachman, with Johnson and Leachman winning.
Bogdanovich directed a 1990 sequel, ''[[Texasville]]'', based on McMurtry's 1987 [[Texasville (novel)|novel of the same name]] and featuring much of the original film's cast reprising their roles; ''Texasville'' failed to match the critical or commercial success of its predecessor. In 1998, the [[Library of Congress]] selected ''The Last Picture Show'' for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.".<ref>{{cite web |title=Hooray for Hollywood (December 1998) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin |url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9812/film.html |website=www.loc.gov |access-date=2020-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress |access-date=2020-11-19}}</ref>
==Plot==
In 1951, Sonny Crawford and Duane Jackson are high- school seniors and friends in tiny [[Anarene, Texas|Anarene]], a decliningan oil town in northern Texas. Duane is dating Jacy Farrow, the richestprettiest and prettiestrichest girl in the small town. Sonny breaks up with his girlfriend Charlene Duggs. He is secretly in love with Jacy.
At a Christmas dance, Jacy is invited by Lester Marlow to a [[skinny-dipping]] party at the home of Bobby Sheen, a wealthy young man who seems to be a better prospect than Duane. At the same partydance, Sonny kisses Ruth Popper, the depressed middle-aged wife of his high- school coach. Jacy lies to Duane and ends up goinggoes to the skinny-dipping party, doing a striptease on top of the diving board.where Bobby later makes an advance on her, but then says he will not have sex with girls who are still virgins.
ADuane, group of boys including DuaneSonny and Sonnyothers take their young, mentally disabled friend, Billy, to a prostitute to lose his virginity. The woman complains heavily, and when Billy leaves the car, his nose is bleeding. When the group takes Billy back home, local businessman Sam "The Lion" is angered by the group’s treatment of Billy. They try to explain their actions, but Sam forbids the group from entering any of his businesses, the only entertainment sources of Anarene: the pool hall, the movie theater, and the café. Later, Sam notices that Sonny actually takes good care of Billy, andwho habitually sweeps the dusty Anarene main street with a broom. Sam accepts Sonny back into the cafeteria for a cheeseburger.
During the weekend of New Year's Eve, Duane and Sonny go on a road trip to Mexico. Before they drive off, Sam wistfully wishes he still had the stamina to join them, and gives them some extra money so they can enjoy themselves. The boys return two days later, hung over and tired, and learn that Sam has died suddenly of a stroke. Sam’s will left the movie theater to the lady who ran the concession stand, the café to Genevieve, $1,000 to the preacher's son Joe Bob Blanton; andleaves the pool hall to Sonny.
Jacy finally invites Duane to a motel room to have sex, because she wants Bobby to accept her into his libertine circle, but Duane is unable to get an erection. She gets angry at Duane butand theyberates him for being impotent. She later agrees to try again and goes with him to the same motel. SheDuane thenis able to perform, albeit very briefly, and just enough for Jacy to lose her virginity. She breaks up with Duane by telephone. Soonin anticipation of becoming Bobby's lover and girlfriend. afterHowever, Jacy learns that Bobby has already married another girl. Out of boredom and a sense of rejection, Jacy has sex with Abilene, a roughneck foreman who works for her father and is also her mother's lover. After the act, Abilene leavesdrops Jacy off at her home and is brutally cold towards her. After entering the house, Jacy is caught by her mother, Lois and starts crying. They both complain about the brutality of men and mention how nice Jacy's father is.
Still sadSad and angry because of the breakup, Duane leavesenlists townin andthe startsArmy workingand asis ascheduled roughneckto on an oil wellserve in Odessa,the a[[Korean townWar]] inafter Texasbasic justtraining. farIn awayDuane's enough to not conveniently return home on a whim.absence, Jacy then sets her sights on Sonny, who drops Ruth without a word and starts dreaming of marrying his true loveJacy. Duane returns home on leave, driving a brand-new [[Mercury,]]. but quarrels and has aHe scufflefights with Sonny over Jacy, smashing a beer bottle into Sonny's left eyebrow as the friends fall fighting in the streeteye. The fracas is broken up by the locals and Sonny is hospitalized. During Sonny’shis recovery, Ruthhe triespretends to visitbe him,asleep butwhen heRuth pretendsvisits to be asleephim.
Jacy suggests toand Sonny thatelope theyand should run away to getare married in [[Oklahoma]]. While they are driving to their honeymoon in Lake Texacoma, Jacy reveals that she left a note to her parents explaining the entire plan. They are soon stopped by an [[Oklahoma Highway Patrol|Oklahomaa state trooper]] who takes them to the nearesta police station where Jacy'sthe parentsFarrows await. Jacy'sGene fatherFarrow dismisses Sonny completely, taking Jacy home in his car. Sonny rides back with Jacy's mother,Lois and upon arrival back home,Lois reveals that Sam the Lion was Jacy’s mother’sher one true love when she was young, confirming a story that Sam had told the boys while on a previous fishing trip. Jacy’s motherLois tells Sonny that he would be much better off with Ruth than with Jacy. The marriage is annulled and a short time passes.
On Duane's last night of leave, Sonny goes to Duane's house for a last chance of reconciliation. The two friends make amends and Sonny reveals that Jacy went to college in Dallas and never returned to Anarene. They go to the movies, because the theater is going to close due to a lack of customers. The new owner blames television and her own lack of business acumen for the closing. The last picture show is the [[John Wayne]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] ''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]]'', set in Texas.
The next morning, Sonny sees Duane off on the bus. Duane gives Sonny the keys to his Mercury and asks Sonny to take care of thehis car for himMercury after Sonny reveals that he and Jacy "never made it to the motel." Sonny opens the pool hall when heand hears a truck braking in the street nearby. HeThe seestruck Billy'shas broomkilled inBilly theas middlehe ofswept the street and some people stopping their carsroad. HeSonny approaches the local townsmen surrounding Billy's corpse; they blame the dead boy for being stupid and careless. Grief stricken, Sonny beratesyells at the men for their behavior and carefully carries Billy's body to the top of a staircase, covering Billy’s face with Sonny’shis letterman jacket.
Angry and depressed with his current life, Sonny hops on his old battered truck and drives to the city limits. But heHe slowly changes his mind and drives back, parking his truck near Ruth's home. andHe askinggoes to her ifdoor sheand couldshyly haveasks to come in for a cup of coffee with him. She looks depressed and has shuttered herself in her house. After letting him in, Ruth explodes in hurt and anger, breaking the coffee cup, she notices that Sonny is completely devastated. She demands that he look at her. He does, and gently touches her hand. Still spent, she seems to forget her anger, takes pity on the boy, and starts to comfort him.
==Cast==
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* [[John Hillerman]] as the English teacher
* [[Frank Marshall (film producer)|Frank Marshall]] as Tommy Logan
* Shannon Malone as Molly Clarg
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==Production==
Going into ''The Last Picture Show'' Peter Bogdanovich was a 31-year-old stage actor, film essayist, and critic. Bogdanovich had directed one film, ''[[Targets]]'' (also known as ''Before I Die''), working with his wife and collaborator, [[Polly Platt]]. As Bogdanovich later explained to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', while waiting in a cashier's line in a drugstore, he happened to look at the rack of paperbacks and his eye fell on an interesting title, ''The Last Picture Show''. The back of the book said it was about "kids growing up in Texas" and Bogdanovich decided that it did not interest him and put it back. A few weeks later, actor [[Sal Mineo]] handed Platt a copy of the book.<ref name="podcasts.apple.compodcast">{{Cite webpodcast|url=https://podcastswww.appleyoutube.com/us/podcast/peter-bogdanovich-the-last-picture-show/id1437795866watch?v=IJAIZD6jl0s |title= Peter Bogdanovich: 'The Last Picture Show' |website=It Happened in Hollywood on|publisher=The AppleHollywood Reporter Podcasts|date=January 25, 2020 |access-date=7 June 2023 }}</ref> "I always wanted to be in this", he said, "but I'm a little too old now", said Mineo, who recommended that Platt and Bogdanovich make it into a film.<ref name="podcasts.apple.compodcast"/> According to Bogdanovich, Platt said, "I don't know how you make it into a picture, but it's a good book."<ref name="documentary">Peter Bogdanovich (2001) ''The Last Picture Show: A Look Back'' [DVD]</ref> Bogdanovich, McMurtry, and Platt adapted the novel into the film of the same name.<ref name="three">Young, Neil (14 December 2002). [http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/lastpictureshow.html The Last Picture Show] Jigsaw Lounge</ref>
[[Stephen J. Friedman (producer)|Stephen Friedman]] was a lawyer with Columbia Pictures but keen to break into film production as he had bought the film rights to the book, so Bogdanovich hired him as producer.<ref name="history">[{{Cite web |title=Stephen J. Friedman |url=http://www.kingsroadentertainment.net/history.php Stephen J. Friedman] Kings Road Entertainment History {{webarchive|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502041813/http://www.kingsroadentertainment.net/history.php |archive-date=2009-05-02 |website=Kings Road Entertainment}}</ref>
After discussing the proposed film with [[Orson Welles]], his houseguest at the time, Bogdanovich agreed with him that shooting the film in black and white would work aesthetically, which by then was an unusual choice.<ref name="documentary"/>
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===Music===
The film features entirely [[diegetic music]], including many songs of [[Hank Williams|Hank Williams Sr.]] and other [[country &and western]] and 1950s popular music recording artists. In interviews, Bogdanovich emphasized that a lot of attention was paid to the music being accurate and contemporary to the narrated time span between November 1951 to October 1952, and that no songs were used that in reality were released later than that.
==Reception and legacy==
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===Critical reception===
''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four out of four stars in his original review and named it the best film of 1971. He later added it to his "Great Movies" list, writing that "the film is above all an evocation of mood. It is about a town with no reason to exist, and people with no reason to live there. The only hope is in transgression."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Great Movie Reviews - ''The Last Picture Show'' |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-last-picture-show-1971 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=July 4, 2004 |access-date=February 25, 2016 |via=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it a "lovely film" that "rediscovers a time, a place, a film form—and a small but important part of the American experience."<ref>Canby, Vincent (October 17, 1971). "[https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/17/archives/a-lovely-last-picture-show-a-lovely-show.html A Lovely 'Last Picture Show']". ''The New York Times''. D1.</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' gave the film four stars out of four and wrote, "Like few films in recent years, Peter Bogdanovich's ''The Last Picture Show'' ends with us wanting to see more of the people who occupy the small town world that is Anarene, Tex. in 1951. This emotion is not easily achieved. It is a result of a {{sic|thoro}} Peyton Place investigation into Anarene's bedrooms, parked cars, football games, movie theater, restaurant, and pool hall."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siskel, |first=Gene (|date=December 21, 1971). "[|title='Last Picture Show' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/cliparticle/chicago-tribune/25606780/ Last Picture Show]". ''|work=[[Chicago Tribune'']] |at=Section 2, p. 13.}}</ref> [[Charles Champlin]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called the film "the most considered, craftsmanlike and elaborate tribute we have yet had to what the movies were and how they figured in our lives."<ref>Champlin, Charles (November 14, 1971). "Movies Were Better Than Ever in 'Picture'". ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Calendar, p. 1.</ref> Gary Arnold of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it "an exceedingly well-made and involving narrative film with decent aims, encouraging us to understand and care about its characters, though not to emulate them."<ref>Arnold, Gary (December 25, 1971). "The Last Picture Show". ''[[The Washington Post]]''. D1.</ref>
{{As of|October 2023}}, review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] displays an approval rating of 98% based on 114 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Making excellent use of its period and setting, Peter Bogdanovich's small town coming-of-age story is a sad but moving classic filled with impressive performances."<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|last_picture_show}}</ref> According to [[Metacritic]], which assigned a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average score]] of 93 out of 100 based on 15 critics, the film received "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite Metacritic|title=The Last Picture Show Reviews|id=the-last-picture-show |type=movie|access-date=May 23, 2021}}</ref>
The film and its poster are refenced in the title of the 1975 album ''[[The Last Record Album]]'' by American rock band [[Little Feat]] and in the cover illustration by [[Neon Park]].
==Awards and nominations==
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| rowspan="8"| [[44th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1972 Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.oscars.org |date=October 5, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Stephen J. Friedman (producer)|Stephen J. Friedman]]
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| rowspan="6"| [[26th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film in 1973 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1973/film/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
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| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Paddy Chayefsky]] for ''[[The Hospital]]''.}}
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| [[24th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards / History / 1971 |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1971.aspx?value=1971 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.dga.org}}</ref>
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Peter Bogdanovich
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="6"| [[29th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Last Picture Show, The |url=https://goldenglobes.com/film/last-picture-show-the/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
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| rowspan="3"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1971|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1971 Archives |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1971/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=National Board of Review |language=en-US}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top 10 Films]]
| {{draw|5th Place}}
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| [[National Film Preservation Board]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 1998 |title='Easy Rider' now listed on National Film Registry |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9811/17/showbuzz/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref>
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
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| rowspan="3"| [[1971 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=1971-12-30 |title='Claire's Knee,' Jane Fonda and Finch Picked by National Critics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/30/archives/-claires-knee-jane-fonda-and-finch-picked-by-national-critics.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Ben Johnson
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| rowspan="6"| [[1971 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. H. |date=1971-12-29 |title='Clockwork Orange' Wins Critics' Prize |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/29/archives/-clockwork-orange-wins-critics-prize.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
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| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Penelope Gilliatt]] for ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]''.}}
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| Online Film & Television Association Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Hall of Fame: Productions |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Online Film & Television Association |language=en-US}}</ref>
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
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It ranked No. 19 on [[Entertainment Weekly|''Entertainment Weekly'''s]] list of the 50 Best High School Movies.<ref>[{{Cite news |date=2015-08-28 |title=50 best high school movies |url=https://www.ew.com/ewgallery/report/0,6115,1532588_1_0_,00.html Countdown: The 50 -best -high -school -movies]-0/ ''Entertainment Weekly'' {{webarchive|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905083021/http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1532588_1_0_,00.html |archive-date=September 5, 2008-09-05 |work=[[EW.com]]}}</ref> In 2007, the film was ranked No. 95 on the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|10th Anniversary Edition]] of the 100 greatest American films of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies — 10th Anniversary Edition |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies-10th-anniversary-edition/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=American Film Institute |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2011, ''The Last Picture Show'' was re-released in UK and Irish cinemas, distributed by [[Park Circus (film distributor)|Park Circus]]. ''[[Total Film]]'' magazine gave the film a five-star review, stating: "Peter Bogdanovich's desolate Texan drama is still as stunning now as it was in 1971."<ref>{{cite web |last=Kemp |first=Philip |date=March 31, 2011 |title=The Last Picture Show Review |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/the-last-picture-show-1 |workurl-status=[[Totaldead Film]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402151142/http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/the-last-picture-show-1 |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |access-date=April 5, 2011 |work=[[Total Film]]}}</ref>
===Home media===
The film was released by [[The Criterion Collection]] in November 2010 as part of its box set ''America Lost and Found: The BBS Story''. It included a high-definition digital transfer of Peter Bogdanovich's director's cut, 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 ''"The Last Picture Show": A Look Back'', (1999) and ''Picture This'' (1990), documentaries about the making of the film, ''A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich'', a 2009 Q&A, screen tests and location footage, and excerpts from a 1972 television interview with director [[François Truffaut]] about the New Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Last Picture Show |url=https://www.criterion.com/films/27533-the-last-picture-show |publisherwebsite=The Criterion Collection}}</ref>
==Director's cut==
Bogdanovich re-edited the film in 1992 to create a "[[director's cut]]". This version restores seven minutes of footage that Bogdanovich trimmed from the 1971 release because [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] had imposed a firm 119-minute limit.<ref name=documentary/>{{clarify|119 minute? Seven minutes off of 127 is 120, a much more logical time limit to have been imposed. As stated, Bogdanovich would have removed ''eight'' minutes. This needs clearing up.|date=December 2021}} With this requirement removed in the 1990s, Bogdanovich used the 127-minute cut on laserdisc, VHS and DVD releases.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saltzman |first=Barbara |date=1991-08-12 |title=Bogdanovich's 'Last Picture Show' as He Intended It : The director has added and re-edited scenes to deliver the film he wanted in 1971. He also explains many of its technical and artistic components. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-12-ca-352-story.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The original 1971 cut was never released on DVD or blu-ray for years, though it was released on VHS and laserdisc through Columbia Tristar Home Video. The 4K UHD release however, has the theatrical cut along with the more known director's cut. It's included as a part of Sony's Columbia Classics 4K Volume 3 set. <ref>{{CitationCite web |title=The Last Picture Show 4K Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Last-Picture-Show-4K-Blu-ray/321652/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Blu-ray.com}}</ref>
There are two substantial scenes restored in the director's cut. The first is a sex scene between Jacy and Abilene that plays in the poolhall after it has closed for the night; it precedes the exterior scene where he drops her off home and she says "What a night. I never thought ''this'' would happen." The other major insertion is a scene that plays in Sam's café, where Genevieve watches while an amiable Sonny and a revved-up Duane decide to take their road trip to Mexico; it precedes the exterior scene outside the pool hall when they tell Sam of their plans, the last time they will ever see him.
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* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1669-the-last-picture-show-in-with-the-old ''The Last Picture Show: In With the Old''] an essay by Graham Fuller at the [[Criterion Collection]]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC ''The Last Picture Show'' essay] by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, Bloomsbury Academic, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 672–4.
* [https://theasc.com/articles/last-picture-show-study-in-black-and-white ''The Last Picture Show:'' A Study in Black-and-White] at [[American Cinematographer]]
* [https://texasarchive.org/2014_02791 The Last Picture Show Original trailer] on [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]]
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