The Last Picture Show

Released Year: 1971

Certificate: R

Runtime: 118 minutes

Genre: Drama, Romance

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 93

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson

No of Votes: 42456

Gross: 29133000

Overview: In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.

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