The last picture show

The director hauled a film crew to Larry McMurtry’s home town of Archer City, Texas. Grover Lewis tagged along and wrote one of the best stories about moviemaking ever written.

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The Movie: Set in the ’50s desolation of Anarene, Texas, Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 coming-of-age film The Last Picture Show stars Cybill Shepherd as Jacey, a manipulative teenager from an oil wealthy family. Clad in plaid, she’s the prettiest girl around,…

Read The MALESTROM's review of Peter Bogdanovic's timeless classic The Last Picture Show featuring Jeff Bridges in his breakout performance.

Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms in The Last Picture Show (1971)

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Next on the list is Peter Bogdanovich's black-and-white love letter to a disappearing American west. The Last Picture Show was adapted from a novel by Larry McMurtry, the screenwriter who later penned the Oscar-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain, and marks the screen debuts for Cybill Shepherd and Randy Quaid. Fun facts! Company: just me and instant Netflix this time. It proved to be a good choice. I always love a buddy but this seemed to benefit from silence. Cuisine: my dinner…

Peter Bogdanovich & Cybill Shepherd - While filming 'The Last Picture Show', 1971.

There is no denying Cybill Shepherd’s attractiveness. She is an absolutely beautiful blonde with a smoldering intelligence that makes her gaze unavoidable, especially to men. When she came on…