Texasville (1990)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Writers (WGA):

Larry McMurtry (novel)
Peter Bogdanovich (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 September 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen...

Plot Keywords:

Debt | Reminiscence | Lovers Reunited | Reference To Adam And Eve | Grief

Cast

Harvey Christiansen	...	Old Man Balt
Pearl Jones	...	Minerva
Loyd Catlett	...	Lee Roy
Jimmy Howell	...	Jack Jackson
Romi Snyder	...	Julie
Kay Pering	...	Lavelle Bates
Allison Marich	...	Bille Anne
Katherine Bongfeldt	...	Nellie
Earl Poole Ball	...	Junior Nolan
Su Hyatt	...	Suzie Nolan
Angie Bolling	...	Marylou Marlow
William McNamara	...	Dickie Jackson
Eileen Brennan	...	Genevieve Morgan
Randy Quaid	...	Lester Marlow
Cloris Leachman	...	Ruth Popper

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Germany:12 (f) | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Archer City, Texas, USA

Company:

Cine-Source

Trivia:

Sal Mineo gave director Peter Bogdanovich the Larry McMurtry book, The Last Picture Show (1971). Sal thought it would be a good movie, but felt he was now too old for a young role. Sal Mineo is given "thanks" in the end credit of this film, Texasville, which is the sequel to "The Last Picture Show".

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the centennial parade, a half-built Ferris wheel with no cars attached can be seen in background; several minutes later, it's fully operational.

Quotes:

Duane: Somebody must be making a fortune off fertility drugs in this county.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Karma Chameleon

don't bother

I haven't seen the legendary "Last Picture Show', to which this is supposed to be a 30-years-later sequel, but it couldn't have been as bad as this. A bunch of not very likable people (except for Bridges' character, who has a charming and weather-beaten kind of savoir faire) wander around aimlessly, seducing each other's spouses (which somehow never seems to get anyone really upset) and mouthing inanities about how miserable they are. After 2 hours of this ennui, it ends abruptly with no kind of closure; everybody just goes to breakfast together. Bridges and Leachman do a good job but they can't rescue the leaden script. About the only thing the film does well is capture the flavor and atmosphere of rural Texas during its economic crunch of the early 80's.