The Last Picture Show (1971) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

[@SundropQueen60]

Cybill Shepherd is absolutely beautiful in this film. Filmed beautifully in black and white. A classic. And Jeff Bridges looks so young and handsome.

[@jasmith1867]

I went to high school in Wichita Falls Tx when the movie was made. A few people in my school played the kids at the pool hall and other scenes. The movie was filmed in Archer City Tx a dozen miles from the site of old Anarene. Archer City is actually doing better than it was in 1970. I lived in a dozen towns like Anarene when I was growing up. This movie's depiction of dusty little Texas oil towns is extremely accurate. Even though it seems like a lonely dead end life I remember it fondly today.

[@deaterk]

JA- Thanks for your comment. Similarly, I too have fond memories of growing up in a dingy rust-belt town in PA.

[@chenderhan]

That's a really nice memory. Thanks for sharing.

[@stevenlupanko2983]

I guess your saying this is a dead end movie then. 😆 like it says in the trailer "Nothing much has changed".

[@rickv4473]

I feel like an old tumbleweed blowing thru this here comment section

[@brucegporter1088]

In 1971 I was 17 and my last year at high school. Its been 50yrs?😟 A very sad/poignant movie, a classic.

[@PatriciaWestervelt]

Every teenager needs to see this movie. Kids out in small towns may relate better, but the question of "what do I do, what do I want, what is next" is universal. Great script, great direction, great actors..very poignant. Still effects me in 2023. Thie Last Picture Show, The Summer of 42 and The Big Chill are at the top of my list of best movies.

[@charles1964]

"The Summer of '42"...We were all in love with Jennifer O'Neal back then...I still remember her two page Coca-Cola print ad with her six pack of bottles at the beach.

[@pivjohnson7559]

RIP PETER! WE WILL MISS U!!!!! But your movies will stay forever in our hearts

[@Bosnitch1]

Peter Bogdanovich - one of the great Serbian geniuses of cinema!

[@ForeverBennett]

Shepherd was just absolutely luminous.

[@rodoza66]

TLPS will be in the canon of great American cinema forever. You deserved all the accolades Peter. RIP...

[@IBKellyJo]

I lived in this very town (Archer City, TX-McMurtry’s hometown) from ‘76-‘81. Even then, it was still 1951. LOL (Did see Larry a lot back then though, at the local DQ, so that was pretty cool.)

[@LPJack02]

RIP Ben Johnson (June 13, 1918 - April 8, 1996), aged 77 RIP Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 - January 27, 2021), aged 94 RIP Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 - January 6, 2022), aged 82 You will always be remembered as legends.

[@jeffdawson2786]

Everyone was so young and pretty. Bogdonovitch made 1971 look like 1951.

[@motobookbear]

Because it was set in the early fifties, during the Korean War.

[@Pecos45]

There has never been a more accurate depiction of life in a small Texas town!

[@MarkHyde]

OMG - Vale to comedic and acting legend Cloris Leachman - oh and this was brilliant tour de force of acting from Cybill Shepherd too...

[@wynnpiercewheldon2971]

It is quite often the case that a movie can be weighed down by the star quality of its cast, but the Last Picture Show used great actors rather than stars, and in consequence it is a masterpiece of the very first order.

[@neilmcintosh5150]

Cybill Shepherd was scorching back then!

[@vanessapierce231]

years ago i thumbed to texas. i was in a city that was once a great hit, abiline. i county 50 plus stories of a building all delapitated. the town was like a ghost town.

[@mosesknows2062]

Cybill Shepherd was so cute...

[@goosebumpsemiliano9104]

yup

[@john-carlosynostroza]

Ahhh. Yea....!!! Omg. Amazing beauty and cuteness combined!

[@jaceymirenna9944]

I was named after this movie ☺️

[@briancox9357]

A great movie from the year I was born.

[@larryhamster7128]

Ben Johnson Was a great actor and even better cowboy RIP

[@buddyrupp6235]

RIP Cloris Leachman . . .

[@jaf2378]

RIP Bogdanovich... 👏👏👏👏

[@muffs55mercury61]

Good cast (especially Ben Johnson) They did a good job re-creating it as if it was 1951. Bogdanovich was good at that. Two years later there was 'Paper Moon' in which he created the early 1930s also in black and white and very authentic with songs of the time.

[@medallionmotionpictures]

wow i just found out about this masterpiece today. I was watching Tron with Jeff Bridges and was checked out his filomgraphy this movie came up. only seen the trailer so it looks like a must buy to add to my film noir collection.

[@johnyzero2000]

The trailer gave away the whole movie!

[@mangoMango-ck3et]

The young actors,actress ,of the future,,.

[@mikefannon6994]

Great movie! Evocative story by McMurtry, amazing acting, perfectly fitting music -a classic. McMurtry wrote another of my favorite films - "Hud" (book titled "Horseman Pass By.")

[@nuffzed2001]

McMurtry quietly 'snuck out the back door' last year too

[@joemarshall4226]

And then there's Lonesome Dove.......

[@averayugen7802]

did u know he traveled on the magic bus "Further" with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters?

[@jagdeepkaul1261]

If you're sitting in a rocking chair at 2 in the morning watching The Last Picture Show, then you are Scott Landon

[@oliviah2746]

Careful of the Long Boy

[@jagdeepkaul1261]

@@oliviah2746 Bool, the end!

[@leepuyear6621]

Wow I drive by that theater a dozen times a day and haven't watched this movie yet

[@markfletcher8084]

One of my favorite movies.

[@shariberry3123]

Jerry Hall, former wife of Mick Jagger and currently married to Rupert Murdoch, and then the late Anna Nicole Smith sort of remind me of this movie despite the movie being so much earlier in time. Both women lived in relatively obscure small Texas towns like this.

[@bluecollarlit]

Yes, Jerry Hall, while still a teenager, took some money she got from a car accident and headed straight to the French riviera, to get discovered as a model. Dependable, stable career path? Well, it worked for her. She is an icon. (Her current marriage is inexplicable to me - - but I don't have to understand everything...)

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

She also dated Bryan Ferry, whose song Virginia Plain directly references The Last Picture Show.

[@shutuplige6524]

Dang that Duane was beaming when he finally got that sweetness

[@janfrancis1161]

The character of Cloris Leachman, in this movie, is touching.

[@markw4206]

Probably the most well-played role in it. She and Ellen Bernstyn.

[@jahermos]

@@markw4206 Yeah, the acting generally wasn’t the best, but these two were great.

[@vb8428]

Yeah. Very interesting how people sympathize and emphathise with cheaters and pedos

[@bojorgensen4844]

One of the best movies ever!

[@eargasm1072]

He made many good films, but this is the masterwork he'll be remembered for. Thank u Peter!

[@averayugen7802]

indeed!

[@faloticostefano]

epic masterpiece

[@bruce92106]

Oh I love this movie *_SO_* much words can't describe for so many ressons mostly sentimental. I love that it was shot in black and white same as Paper Moon.

[@r5t6y7u8]

Hollywood in the 1970 - 80s sure loved the 1950s - early 60s: American Graffitti, Happy Days, Animal House, Back to the Future, Laverne & Shirley, Stealing Home, Mischief, Peggy Sue Got Married, Stand By Me, Dead Poets Society. When the bleep is Hollywood going to start making nostalgic, coming-of-age films that take place in, say, 1980 or 1990?

[@RookhKshatriya]

What about 'It' and 'Stranger Things'?

[@GabrielSantos-uv2fc]

They already started it.

[@haku8645]

They've been doing the 80s for a while now, but still no sign of the 90s really

[@laurah6845]

Check out "Singles" (1992) for a good 90's flick. Takes place in Seattle during the Grunge era. Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda are the leads.

[@ST-rx4yl]

@@haku8645 I haven't seen it yet, but Mid90s came out in 2018 and is supposed to be pretty good

[@carolinawestern3875]

Reminds me of the seedy little central Texas town I went to high-school in. Rising Star Texas (pop.850) About halfway between Cisco and Brownwood. On US183. It was like Peyton Place.

[@kamalindsey]

These towns have only gotten emptier and worse since 1971.

[@mikaylajones4094]

actually I live in Archer where this was filmed and it's grown a lot more since 1971

[@jadentrez]

I don't think Peter Bogdanovich gets the credit he deserves. He has a lot in common with his friend and mentor, Orson Welles. Both are best remembered for their first pictures, (Citizen Kane, Last Picture Show), and both were boy wonders who are perceived to have fallen from grace. But Bogdanovich pulled the double duty of managing his own career and also serving as arguably the most important caretaker of Welles' legacy. For example, it was he who is most responsible for finishing "The Other Side of the Wind" according to Welles' plans and wishes. Anyway, "The Last Picture Show" is one of my favorite pictures (which Welles, by the way, suggested Bogdanovich film in black and white), and "Bitter Moon" "What's Up, Doc?" and "Mask" are also great pictures. But it's curious that Bogdanovich's career in some ways reflected that of his friend and master's.

[@philiphalpenny3783]

Picture Show wasn't Peter's first film, but i can see what you mean. R.I.P. Mr. Bogdanovich...love his books & documentaries on the great, pioneering film makers...

[@jadentrez]

@@philiphalpenny3783 I know. "Target" is an underrated Bogdanovich film. I think Bogdanovich could have been a much more important director if he hadn't thrown Polly Platt under the bus for Cybil Shephard, but them's the breaks.

[@philiphalpenny3783]

@@jadentrez Yes, esteemed film historian Joseph McBride shared your sentiments exactly in a moving article on Peter's passing earlier today...apparently, Polly's patience helped him coax that Oscar winning performance out of the callow Tatum O' Neal...

[@jadentrez]

@@philiphalpenny3783 Polly did all the grunt work, from set design to costumes to casting. Ironically, she is the one who spotted Cybil Shephard on a magazine cover in a supermarket and suggested to Peter that she would be a perfect Jacy, which she was.

[@philiphalpenny3783]

@@jadentrez " he's the locomotive, i'm the tracks" she once said...she could have been Co- director according to veteran Ben Johnson...feel for their kids...then & now...

[@kc9491]

Great movie.

[@BobAdragna]

great film...

[@oldrustycars]

A very young Dude...

[@jahermos]

So good.

[@charlesmooneyham7653]

Great movie

[@felipest6926]

Polly Platt we salute you

[@Nikohere]

Nice Melody

[@waynesmallwood6027]

I seem to recall cybill shepard stating she was disgusted by lingerie commercials. Been a few years; maybe it was someone else.

[@pa-ikollo1851]

That’s a trailer? Interesting

[@jon-jonguevarra72]

Just 20 years before "Texasville".

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Try Psycho. What a bizarre trailer that is.

[@robertmcada2102]

Waiting for Duwaynes Depressed to be made into a film..

[@jaywar69]

Parts of this movie made me want to slash my wrists. Damn depressing!

[@Bada4ever]

This trailer is so confusing. I have no idea what is happening to convince me to watch this. I have never seen this movie and am trying to find out if I should watch it or not.

[@mikehawk3505]

i read the book and it’s a great story. I am going to watch the movie also now

[@johnfinley373]

I'll say this. It's slow moving, but well worth the ride. The silences and the desolation of the backdrop is as important as the performances. Excellent storylines and excellent performances by Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybil Shepard and especially a breakout for Cloris Leachman...Soundtrack mostly by Hank Williams Sr.....I found it very moving and the movie can break your heart at times...Any movie lover should see it. It's a masterpiece. I hope you watch it and enjoy it.

[@shutuplige6524]

It's a little over 2 hours, I'm pretty sure you can spare that. You won't regret it. I never heard of it till 2 weeks ago, when I finally watched it I was almost in tears from how great of a story it is. Not everything needs CGI and unlimited killing like these days.

[@swimmerindc]

If you haven't watched it yet, you really should. RIP Peter Bogdanovitch.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Get it fron the library

[@Sundae_Times]

Total Film has just given this 5 stars and talked it up like it was one of the greatest movies ever. Not seeing it in this trailer, tbh. It comes over as boring, third-rate, poorly acted melodrama.

[@Notanincompoop]

This film must have inspired american beauty.

[@denisesaunders5473]

Jeff Bridges is the double of hes late father Lloyd

[@KumarArpit]

01:28 total brie larson

[@dasparado]

Gross, no contest. Cybil in different league.

[@westaussie965]

Insulting!!!😡😡😡

[@Tdub0911]

Huh? I've heard this is a great movie but that was a boring and would've never gotten me to go see it. Gonna have to watch it to figuring it out. All I do know is that I wish I was fifteen or twenty instead of two years old at the time so I could drool over Cybill Shepard. Damn. Damn. Damn.

[@markw4206]

I was disappointed in Cybill Shepherd's character. I felt like they could have made it more complex, instead she's just a caricature of eyelash-batting scheming flirt, and they never got deeper into what she was thinking, or wanting than that. Pretty, but the worst character in the movie from an artistic standpoint.

[@kentclark6420]

That's what made her so believable. Many small- town teenage girls were like that back then.

[@dbr2355]

It's what the director wanted

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Jeffrey Donaldson presents the last picture show 1971 starring Ben Johnson Brie Larson lookalike

[@saraperkins2450]

Why do people think that because a woman is blonde and has blue eyes they are automatically pretty? I have seen prettier…

[@KumarArpit]

looks like brie larson

[@ItsMe_only93]

That's the same thing I thought!!!

[@dasparado]

That is just insulting. Brie is nowhere near her league.

[@snarkysue5991]

No. Brie Larson looks like her.

[@KumarArpit]

Vice-versa...

[@karenjacobs1920]

ah the 70s in mainstream cinema. lots of cigarette smoke and no black people. sigh. rip mr bogdanovich

[@thatwasweird954]

Eesh. You must not watch a lot of movies to seriously think that.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

There was a whole genre of black movies and black actors. Blackula was meant to be dumb, but the actor is actually really good.

[@-RAMS-FAN]

Karen of course it’s a Karen 😂

[@karenjacobs1920]

Shaft” (1971) was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), “Mandingo” (1975) was produced by Paramount Pictures. I asked three different AI chat bots to find me Oscar nominated pictures by major studios in the 1970s in which African-Americans had leading roles. This is all they could find for an entire decade. Ah Yes, truly it was a golden era. 😏 please enlighten me. (Blaxploitation does not count) .

[@claralinnea9682]

I would not recommend this movie...

[@estebanmex1072]

It's a great movie! I recommend.

[@kystars]

ITS A GREAT MOVIE. A CLASSIC. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 100% audience score there gives it 95% and you don't recommend it? not sure what you didn't like about it, but you are one of the very few.

[@marvel096]

Then why are you here? You don’t even give reasons to support your comment.

[@titusmccarthy]

One of the best movies of the 70s and there were a lot of GREAT movies in that decade.

[@Siraj75]

I admire your honesty.

[@JacklynGibson-l6o]

Shepherd was just absolutely luminous.