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The Last Picture Show
1971
· Movie
· 118 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #199
- IMDb #372
- Google retired #1289
- Rotten Tomatoes #221
- Metacritic #138
- Letterboxd #230
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #101
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #695
- Metacritic Critics #117
- Metacritic Audience #452
- Criticker #197
- Kinopoisk #381
- AlloCiné #514
- Trakt #1138
Every rating
71–98
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 96, everyone else 81.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a small, dying Texas town in the 1950s, two high school football players navigate their senior year and the onset of adulthood. They experience first loves, heartbreaks, and friendships against a backdrop of economic decline and cultural change, symbolized by the impending closure of the town's only movie theater. The film portrays the bittersweet end of an era.
Details
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Writers
- Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich
- Based on
- The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
- Studio
- BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 3 October 1971
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $29.1M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 38 →3 major awards won · 18 wins from 38 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Supporting Actor | Ben Johnson | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Supporting Actress | Cloris Leachman | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Ben Johnson | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Picture | Stephen J. Friedman | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Director | Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Supporting Actor | Jeff Bridges | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Supporting Actress | Ellen Burstyn | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Johnson | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Cloris Leachman | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Robert Surtees | Nominee |
| Best Director | Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Stephen J. Friedman | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jeff Bridges | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ellen Burstyn | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Ben Johnson | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Cloris Leachman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Ellen Burstyn | Nominee |
| New Star of the Year – Actress | Cybill Shepherd | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Adapted from Another Medium | Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Ben Johnson | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Cloris Leachman | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Eileen Brennan | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Screenplay | Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Johnson | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ellen Burstyn | Winner |
| Best Director | Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Johnson | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Cloris Leachman | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Ellen Burstyn | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Johnson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Cloris Leachman | Nominee |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Cloris Leachman | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Peter Bogdanovich | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Peter Bogdanovich | Winner |
Texas Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Frontier Award | Cybill Shepherd | Winner |