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22 October 1971 (USA)
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Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed... more
Plot:
The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 14 wins
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16 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Timothy Bottoms | ... | Sonny Crawford |
 | Jeff Bridges | ... | Duane Jackson |
 | Cybill Shepherd | ... | Jacy Farrow |
 | Ben Johnson | ... | Sam the Lion |
 | Cloris Leachman | ... | Ruth Popper |
 | Ellen Burstyn | ... | Lois Farrow |
 | Eileen Brennan | ... | Genevieve |
 | Clu Gulager | ... | Abilene |
| Sam Bottoms | ... | Billy |
 | Sharon Ullrick | ... | Charlene Duggs (as Sharon Taggart) |
 | Randy Quaid | ... | Lester Marlow |
| Joe Heathcock | ... | The Sheriff |
| Bill Thurman | ... | Coach Popper |
| Barc Doyle | ... | Joe Bob Blanton |
| Jessie Lee Fulton | ... | Miss Mosey |
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Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language.
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118 min | 126 min (director's cut)
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1.85 : 1 more
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UK:15 (video rating) (1992) |
UK:X (original rating) |
Iceland:L |
Singapore:M18 |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
West Germany:16 (f) |
Brazil:14 |
New Zealand:M |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Italy:T |
Sweden:11 |
USA:R |
Argentina:Atp |
Portugal:M/12 |
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Anachronisms: The jukebox shown several times in shots of the diner interior is a Wurlitzer 2000 model, this was not produced until 1956.
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Lois Farrow:
I guess if it wasn't for Sam, I'd have missed it, whatever it is. I'd have been one of them amity types that thinks that playin' bridge is about the best thing that life has to offer.
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Slow Poke
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This is a really outstanding film. It is a director's movie, with every nuance strictly controlled by Bogdonavich. It's a sweaty, sad, depressing sort of film. The vitality of the town has been drained by decades of malaise. The kids feel hopeless. The adults go from person to person and have affairs and experience emptiness. There's some depressing football team that can't tackle. But mostly there is a street with dirt on it and a mentally challenged boy who likes to sweep. It is rife with symbols. This boy is trying to sweep away the dirt that is infesting the town, but he has no effect. As a matter of fact, he is victimized by the other boys in the town--part of their fun. We have the contrast of the rich family in town with the Ellen Burstyn character and, of course, her daughter played by Cybill Shepherd. The boys who are in a hopeless prison of the town's making are like a bunch of horny bulldogs. She is the queen in the town, but that's not much of an honor. These guys are going nowhere and she might just be there, like her mother, 20 years from now. The director builds a world that isn't pleasant, but it's certainly a total depiction of a place without a future. The movie theater represents a last connection with excitement and enjoyment. But nobody goes anymore.