Country: USA
Year: 1971
Duration: 118'
Life in Anarene, Texas, in 1951: the young people are having their first sentimental adventures before leaving for Korea, the older ones are disconsolately summing up their lives. And the only cinema in town will be closing after its last show, Red River by Hawks. A heart-breaking, beautiful portrait of country life and a melancholy reflection on the decline of classic cinema. The movie launched the careers of Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms and Cybill Shepherd. But the lion’s share went to the old cowboy Ben Johnson (who won an Oscar).
Biography
film director
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich (Kingston, New York, 1939), a fanatic film lover and passionate admirer of the Nouvelle Vague, during the 1960s wrote books and made documentaries about Welles, Hawks, Hitchcock, Ford and Lang. He then became a film director and one of the best known authors of New Hollywood, directing films like The Last Picture Show (1971), What’s Up, Doc? (1972), Paper Moon (1973) and Nickelodeon (1976). In the 1980s he returned to success with Mask (1985) and in 1990 he realized Texasville, sequel of Last Pictures Show 20 years after. In the 1990s he continued to alternate works as a film critic and as a director, realizing above all TV movies.
FILMOGRAFIA
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Woman (1968), Targets (Bersagli, 1968), The Last Picture Show (L’ultimo spettacolo, 1971), Directed by John Ford (doc., 1971-2006), What’s Up, Doc? (Ma papà ti manda sola?, 1972), Paper Moon (id., 1973), Daisy Miller (id., 1974), At Long Last Love (Finalmente arrivò l’amore, 1975), Nickelodeon (Vecchia America, 1976), They All Laughed (…e tutti risero, 1981), Mask (Dietro la maschera, 1985), Texasville (id., 1990), Noises Off… (Rumori fuori scena, 1992), The Thing Called Love (Quella cosa chiamata amore, 1993), The Cat’s Meow (Hollywood Confidential, 2001), The Mystery of Natalie Wood (tv, 2004).
Cast
& Credits
REGIA
Peter Bogdanovich
SOGGETO
dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by Larry McMurtry
SCENEGGIATURA
Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich
FOTOGRAFIA
Robert Surtees
MONTAGGIO
Donn Cambern (Peter Bogdanovich, non accreditato/uncredited)
MUSICA
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Timothy Bottoms (Sonny Crawford), Jeff Bridges (Duane Jackson), Cybill Shepherd (Jacy Farrow), Ben Johnson (Sam), Cloris Leachman (Ruth Popper), Ellen Burstyn (Lois Farrow)
PRODUZIONE
Columbia Pictures Corporation, BBS
Peter Bogdanovich
SOGGETO
dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by Larry McMurtry
SCENEGGIATURA
Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich
FOTOGRAFIA
Robert Surtees
MONTAGGIO
Donn Cambern (Peter Bogdanovich, non accreditato/uncredited)
MUSICA
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Timothy Bottoms (Sonny Crawford), Jeff Bridges (Duane Jackson), Cybill Shepherd (Jacy Farrow), Ben Johnson (Sam), Cloris Leachman (Ruth Popper), Ellen Burstyn (Lois Farrow)
PRODUZIONE
Columbia Pictures Corporation, BBS