The Last Picture Show (Criterion Collection) UK Only Blu Ray

One of the key films of the American seventies cinema renaissance The Last Picture Show is set in the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. This aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtrys novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybill Shepherd)and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman lonely housewife... and Ben Johnson grizzled movie-house proprietor. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal work in the career of invaluable film historian and director Peter Bogdanovich. Product Features BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration of the directors cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Two audio commentaries, featuring Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall Two documentaries about the making of the film QA with Bogdanovich from 2009 Screen tests and location footage Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with filmmaker Francois Truffaut about the New Hollywood Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film critic Graham Fuller Cover by F. Ron Miller [show more]

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