118 mins |
Rated
M (Sex scenes & offensive language)
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Starring Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Bridges, Randy Quaid
The temperatures are rising, the drinks are flowing and it is going to be one Wet, Hot Academy Summer this year! Every Friday from January 31st to March 6th we will be showing some Summer-themed and / or lusty-hot film classics to quench your quality film thirst.
Catch all six films and grab one of our specially-themed cocktails to make it a perfect Summer night!
'THE LAST PICTURE SHOW is one of the key films of the American cinema renaissance of the seventies. Set during the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen, this aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—the enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), the wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and the desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybil Shepherd)—and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman’s lonely housewife and Ben Johnson’s grizzled movie-house proprietor.'
Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal film in the career of the invaluable director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich.
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The temperatures are rising, the drinks are flowing and it is going to be one Wet, Hot Academy Summer this year! Every Friday from January 31st to March 6th we will be showing some Summer-themed and / or lusty-hot film classics to quench your quality film thirst.
Catch all six films and grab one of our specially-themed cocktails to make it a perfect Summer night!
'THE LAST PICTURE SHOW is one of the key films of the American cinema renaissance of the seventies. Set during the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen, this aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—the enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), the wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and the desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybil Shepherd)—and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman’s lonely housewife and Ben Johnson’s grizzled movie-house proprietor.'
Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal film in the career of the invaluable director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich.