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May 29, 2012 · The last picture show. by. Larry McMurtry. Publication date. 1979. Topics. Thalia (Tex. : Imaginary place) -- Fiction, Teenage boys -- Fiction, Texas -- Fiction. Publisher. Penguin Books.
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-written by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Cybill Shepherd.
Sep 17, 2020 · The last picture show. by. McMurtry, Larry. Publication date. 1997. Topics. Teenagers -- Texas -- Fiction, Thalia (Tex. : Imaginary place) -- Fiction, Teenagers, Thalia (Texas : Imaginary place), Texas. Publisher. London : Phoenix.
This is one of McMurtry's most memorable novels - the basis for the film of the same name. Set in a small, dusty Texas town, it introduces Jacy, Duane and Sonny, teenagers stumbling towards adulthood, discovering the beguiling mysteries of sex and the even more baffling mysteries of love.
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Mar 20, 2018 · Small, dying towns have a way of scraping along far past what it seems like their expiration dates should be, a stubborn romanticism cementing their residents in place. Like Thalia, the fictional Texas town where Larry McMurtry sets The Last Picture Show.
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The Last Picture Show is a coming-of-age novel by Larry McMurtry published in 1966. Set in the small, fictional town of Thalia, Texas in the early 1950s, the novel explores the lives of a group of teenagers as they navigate the complexities of adolescence, love, and the decline of their hometown.
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Mar 6, 2018 · The Last Picture Show (1966) is both a rambunctious coming-of-age story and an elegy to a forlorn Texas town trying to keep its one movie house alive. Adapted into the Oscar-winning...
