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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Larry McMurtry (novel)
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Release Date:
22 October 1971 (USA) more
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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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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 16 nominations more
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It Makes You Sweat more (124 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language.
Runtime:
118 min | 126 min (director's cut)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Morgan Fairchild and Sissy Spacek were both considered for the role of Jacy Farrow. more
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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. more
Quotes:
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. more
Soundtrack:
Slow Poke more

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Why did Sam the Lion leave the preacher's boy $1000?
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28 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
It Makes You Sweat, 6 April 2006
10/10
Author: Hitchcoc from United States

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.

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