The Last Picture Show Blu-ray

Release Year: 1971

Runtime: 119 min

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn

Studios: BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

Special Features:

High-definition digital restoration

of the director’s cut, supervised by director Peter Bogdanovich, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

Texasville (1990)

the sequel to The Last Picture Show, presented in both the original theatrical version and a black-and-white version of the director’s cut, produced in collaboration with cinematographer Nicholas von Sternberg.

Two audio commentaries

featuring Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall.

Three documentaries

about the making of the film.

Screen tests and location footage

.

Introduction to Texasville

featuring Bogdanovich, Shepherd, and actor Jeff Bridges.

Excerpts from a 1972 television interview

with filmmaker François Truffaut about the New Hollywood.

Trailers

English subtitles

for the deaf and hard of hearing.

PLUS: An essay by film critic Graham Fuller

and excerpts from an interview with Bogdanovich about Texasville, with a new introduction by Bogdanovich biographer Peter Tonguette.

Technical Specifications:

• Black & White
• Monaural
• 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio