The Last Picture Show (Columbia Pictures) (1971)

“THE LAST PICTURE SHOW IS A MASTERPIECE ! It is not merely the best American movie of a rather dreary year; it is the most impressive work by a young American director since ‘Citizen Kane’!” —PAUL D. ZIMMERMAN, Newsweek “Peter Bogdanovich is possibly the most exciting new director in America today, and THE LAST PICTURE SHOW IS THE HAPPIEST NEWS OF THE 1971 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL!” “BRILLIANT! A CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CINEMA CLASSIC! A stunningly made story! Director Peter Bogdanovich establishes himself as a major American —STEFAN KANFER, Time Magazine “WITHOUT QUESTION THE BEST MOVIE I’VE SEEN THIS YEAR! It is funny, wise, sensitive and tragic... and it has an honesty and intelligence that is rare to the screen.” —STEWART KLEIN, WNEW-TV “ONE OF THE BEST THIS YEAR! One that should not be missed! Bogdanovich nas turned out a superb film!”’—LEONARD HARRIS, CBS-TV filmmaker.” “A VERY GOOD MOVIE! SOME OF THE BEST ACTING YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE THIS YEAR! But what grants it a claim to greatness is its precise, humane understanding of how generations succeed and fail in communicating.” —RICHARD SCHICKEL, Life —WILLIAM WOLF, Cue “The attempt to capture both time and place has been eminently successful! What happens between these people and others makes one ache with recognition and remembrance.”’ —HOLLIS ALPERT, Saturday Review “A FILM FOR EVERYBODY! A lovingly exact history of American small-town life!”’ —PAULINE KAEL, New Yorker “BRILLIANT! Beautiful in its ambience and mood, beautiful in its direction, writing, and performance.” “DON’T YOU DARE MISS IT! THE LAST PICTURE SHOW automatically goes on my top ten movie list for 1971!” —BERNARD DREW, Gannett News Service —BOB SALMAGGI, Group W Network “PETER BOGDANOVICH’S FINE FILM, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW tells a series of interlocking stories of love and loss... that illuminate a good deal more of one segment of the American experience than any other American film in recent memory.” —VINCENT CANBY, N.Y. Times COLUMBIA PICTURES Presents A BBS PRODUCTION A Film By PETER BOGDANOVICH starring TIMOTHY BOTTOMS /JEFF BRIDGES /ELLEN BURSTYN/BEN JOHNSON/CLORIS LEACHMAN/ iniroaucing CYBILL SHEPHERD as Jacy Executive Producer PETER BOGDANOVICH/LARRY McMURTRY ano PETER BOGDANOVICH taray mcmuatay BERT SCHNEIDER/STEPHEN J. FRIEDMAN R Directed by Screenplay by Original Soundtrack Album on MGM Records Based on the novel b Produced by Ad Mat No. 303—354 Lines—3 Cols. x 8!/2 Inches Also Available as Comparable ad 403—640 Lines—4 Cols. x 11 34 Inches “A MASTERPIECE! Also Available as a | Sheet Poster It is not merely the best American movie of a rather dreary year; it is the mostimpressive work by a young American director since ‘Citizen yoo Kane! —PAUL D. ZIMMERMAN, Newsweek i FOR EVERYBODY! ly exact history of American nn life!” — PAULINE KAEL, New Yorker >TURES Presents ICTION __lE LAST PICTURE A Film By PETER BOGDANOVICH ae iu [ ola _ , f starring TIMOTHY BOTTOMS/JEFF BRIDGES /ELLEN BURSTYN/BEN JOHNSON Directed by CLORIS LEACHMAN/introaucing CYBILL SHEPHERD as sacy / PETER BOGDANOVICI Screenplay by Executive Producer LARRY McMURTRY ang PETER BOGDANOVICH tarry Mewurtry BERT SCHNEIDER Produced by STEPHENJ.FRIEDMAN [Original Soundtrack Album on MGM Records] [JR]