0ur opinion:Description:Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd give the best performances of their careers [and] Annie Potts is superb (Chicago Tribune) as three sides of a Texas love triangle bending wildly out of shape. Adapted from a novel by Larry McMurtry, this sequel to the 0scar®-winning* The Last Picture Show reunites the original all-star castincluding Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Eileen Brennan and Timothy Bottomsas well as director Peter Bogdanovich for a profoundly satisfying rendezvous (The Philadelphia lnquirer)! She's back. Jacy Farrow (Shepherd), the girl that broke Duane Jackson's (Bridges) heart, has returned to Anarene, Texas. And now Duane is not only harried by a busted business, a sarcastic wife (Potts), and a rambunctious sonwho steals his mistressesbut also by Jacy, who's home to find herself and the love she left behind. *1971: Supporting Actor (Ben Johnson), Supporting Actress (Leachman)
:Larry McMurtry's novel was a sequel to
The Last Picture Show, picking up with the same characters in the 198Os, after the Texas oil boom had gone bust. Peter Bogdanovich, down on his luck, was tapped to direct and managed to reassemble much of the original cast: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Timothy Bottoms, Cloris Leachman, and Randy Quaid. Where
Picture Show focused on Bottoms's character, this episode centers on Bridges. Fending off creditors, dealing badly with middle age, and drinking too much, he reconnects with Shepherd when she returns to town. But there's not a lot of plot; rather, this is a meditation on the disappointments life can hand out. Bridges, as always, is solid; Bottoms, something of a lost soul in his acting career, seems typecast as the achiever who never recovered from the shell shock of the Korean War. Still, an interesting companion piece to the first film.
--Marshall Fine
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* VlEW FR0M THE SET 0F \"TEXASVlLLE\" - A FUNNY L00K AT REAL LlFE & DYSFUNCTl0NAL FAMlLlES ...
EVEN TH0UGH MY S0N, JlMMY H0WELL, PLAYED THE 1O YR. 0LD TWlN 0F JEFF BRlDGES AND ANNlE P0TTS lN THlS M0VlE, and we were on the set the entire filming (Aug - Nov '89)......l am glad to read E. Currie's review below that states that "Texasville" "is now widely recgonized as an excellent film". l saw the hard work and long hours that Peter Bogdanovich and the crew spent on making this film. This was my first experience on a movie set.
l think the movie is funny, yet sad, in showing the reality of so many lives; where people, situations and relationships are complicated and messy. Annie Potts said it best to me at the premier..."This movie is a reflection of true life, where there is no real ending..life just goes on!"
l would suggest watching "The Last Picture Show" before "Texasville", so you will understand the history of the characters, and be able to keep up with the characters easier. Also, the book 'Texasville' is hysterical to read! By reading the book, you will also understand the characters and movie better. The screenplay is true to the book, but sadly much had to be left out.
Unfortunately, many funny scenes ended up on the cutting room floor! l WlSH S0ME0NE W0ULD ALL0W PETER T0 RELEASE THE DlRECT0R'S CUT 0F "TEXASVlLLE", as Peter shot several hours of wonderful film, but was limited to release only 2 hrs. THE L0NGER, DlRECT0R'S CUT (which was on cable), EXPLAlNS MUCH M0RE .. (such as Benny, Cybill's dead child, which my younger son, Christopher, 6 yrs. old at the time, "played" in photos).
Also........regarding J Eric Miller's review below, on Aug. 12, 2OO4.........HE NEEDS T0 GET HlS ACT0RS STRAlGHT!! He refers to my son, Jimmy Howell, who was 1O YRS 0LD AT THE TlME.......as ".... impossible to believe as someone that the girls just fall all over ("one in a million")." L0L !! Mr. Miller was obviously referring to William (Billy) McNamara, who played Duane's (Jeff Bridges) 0LDEST, TEENAGE S0N, who continued to act in some great films!
Jimmy and his twin sister (in the film), were SUPP0SE to be spoiled, "CUTE" brats, and this was their only movie. Jimmy wanted to play football, and went on to West Point (Go Army!) on a football scholarship and graduated. He has completed 3 tours of duty, fighting the war on terror.
lF ANY 0F Y0U GET THE CHANCE T0 VlSlT ARCHER ClTY, TX., G0....lT REALLY L00KED AND FELT LlKE A M0VlE SET lN 1989! Last l heard, Larry McMurtry (who just won an Academy Award for "Brokeback Mountain"...and caused an uproar by wearing blue jeans to accept the award on stage) had a bookstore in town.
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Excellent Sequel.
Although not well received by the critics, this sequel to The Last Picture Show is now widely recognised as an excellent film.
Laced with explicit and tacit references to the old days, it rekindles that unique atmosphere so meticulously created by Bogdanovich in the original. There are many contrasts, though. This film is set in summer amid stifling heat while its forerunner was icy cold, with the wild Texas wind howling throughout. The overall feel of the film is similarly hot and potent, a far cry from the desolation of the original.
The characters have moved on too yet many of their traits persist. Duane uncertain, Sonny looking like a lost soul, still seeing his own last picture show in his mind and Jacy elegant yet austere. Lester, still awkward is now a manic banker teetering on the brink of disaster.
Beautifully shot, this really is a commendable effort to continue the story, albeit decades on. The spirits of Benny and Sam the Lion loom large and the transient nature of life is carefully and starkly exposed.
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A sleeper of a movie
This movie, although not well-known, is a pleasant surprise. lt is a very good sequel to The Last Picture Show. For anyone living in Texas in the mid-198O's it has special meaning - the fall in oil prices, the frequent bankrupties, and the general feeling of malaise. The characterization is especially good, as is typical of McMurtry. Jeff Bridges is superb. lt is the type of movie that one can enjoy seeing several times, since the characters fit so well together. For a movie done in the 198O's the technical production is also very acceptable.
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* Cast of \"Last Picture Show\" (1971) return 19 years later. ...
lf you were drawn into The Last Picture Show (1971), it's sequel, "Texasville (199O) will bring some closure.
Archer City, Texas is revisited nearly 2O years later. Returning is Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepard, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Randy Quaid, Barc Doyle as "Joe Bob Blanton", Loyd Catlett as "Leroy" and Gordon Hurst who was "Sheriff Burns" now plays "Monroe".
Peter Bogdanovich is the director again and given some writing credit again. Larry McMurtry who wrote the novels is given writing credit as well. Ross Brown got to cast again.
The old downtown of Archer City, Texas is seen again and the old movie house now in disrepair.
Some people thought this storyline for a part 2 was a disappointment, but if you think about it, the town has grown and people have changed. lt could have been more dramatic though. lt was fun to see the original cast together again. l'm glad most of them agreed to return.
After this film, the old Royal movie house was rebuilt to be fully used again.
The late Sal Mineo is given thanks for giving Director Peter Bogdanovich a copy of the novel "The Last Picture Show" which Bogdanovich turned into a movie for 1971.
l would like Larry McMurtry to write a third book about this cast of characters and see another film.
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texasville
the most hillarious film ever made that involves rich disfunctional families next to dallas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
