The Last Picture Show (Definitive Director's Cut Special Edition)

Sony Pictures - Sony Pictures

Release date: 1999-11-30
DVD
Actors: Sam Bottoms, Timothy Bottoms, Eileen Brennan, Jeff Bridges, Gary Brockette

Adult Situations, Americana, B&W, Bittersweet, Coming-of-Age, Drama, Elegiac, English, Ensemble Film, Feature, Feature Film-drama, High Artistic Quality, High Historical Importance, Mentors, Movie, Nostalgic, Poignant, Reflective, Sexual Awakening, Slice of Life


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So, was Cinema Paradiso in part inspired by Bogdonovich's masterpiece? Well, Analene, Texas sure aint Paradise. But it's a fabulous, timeless piece of art that doesn't wear, inspite of, or because of its tender appraisal of universal themes. I know the personell involved proceeded to further work, but how many of them could profess to anything superior? Certainly not Bottoms or Bogdonovich. The special features film tied to this edition under review, with its in-depth focus on a refective director, expresses the very special chemistry that occured on the shoot between the crew. It clearly translates onto the screen. Having lived in such a desperate environment in the 1960s, in the semi-arid mallee region of Australia, the story, the characters, the very town,almost building for building, even the lake, were replicas of McMurty's script. No wonder I love the guy's writing. And Bogdonovich too must have lost himself in it also, to have gone this deep, this committed.

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Anyone who buys the Mayberry image of Southern small town life will be greatly shocked after watching this movie. Anarene is definitely no Puritan utopia. The town's residents include adulterers, sex-obsessed teenagers, and even a pedophile, who happens to be the minister's son. This film just goes to show that you cannot always believe what's on the surface. Few films expose small town hypocrisy better than this one, while at the same time treating the characters with respect. This difference is what sets this film about from the typical teenage sex comedies, which are not worthy to be mentioned in the same sentence as this cinematic classic.

The performances are all outstanding, but the performances of Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman are especially noteworthy. It is not difficult to figure out why both won Oscars for their roles. No one but Ben Johnson could have played Sam the Lion. Even John Wayne couldn't have pulled it off. Cloris Leachman's dramatic scenes made you forget that she was a regular on the Mary Tyler Moore show.

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This is just an amazing movie. I saw it at the Dryden Theatre in Rochester, NY about 10 years ago and was just blown away. Maybe it was dust and wind blowing up the small town Texas streets. Two young men graduate from high school and struggle with becoming adults as they learn more about the adults in the community and their lives. Larry McMurtry never wrote a better novel than this one nor had a book turned into a better film. (Well, Hud is just as great I think.) Peter Bogdanavich directed a classic film and Cybill Shepherd make a great debut as an actress. Let's not forget Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges too. The older actors are given roles of a lifetime - Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Don Johnson and others. A near perfect film of a wonderful novel.

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