Video: 'The Last Picture Show' trailer

(Sunday, October 3, 1971) — The Last Picture Show, a drama about the coming of age of Sonny Crawford and his friend Duane Jackson, opened tonight in New York.

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the film stars Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd Ben Johnson, Eileen Brennan, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman and Randy Quaid.