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The Last Picture Show
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacy is Duane's steady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacy's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie...
Jeff Bridges....Duane Jackson
Cybill Shepherd....Jacy Farrow
Ben Johnson....Sam the Lion
Cloris Leachman....Ruth Popper
Ellen Burstyn....Lois Farrow
Eileen Brennan....Genevieve
Clu Gulager....Abilene
Sam Bottoms....Billy
Sharon Ullrick....Charlene Duggs (as Sharon Taggart)
Randy Quaid....Lester Marlow
Joe Heathcock....Sheriff
Bill Thurman....Coach Popper
Barc Doyle....Joe Bob Blanton
Jessie Lee Fulton....Miss Mosey
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