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Release year: 1990

Storyline

The summer of 1984: 32 years after Duane Jackson captained the high school football team and Jacy Farrow was homecoming queen, the small town of Anarene, Texas prepares for its centennial celebration. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. People assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?

Top credits

Directors

Peter Bogdanovich

Writers

Cast

Jeff Bridges — Duane Jackson
Cybill Shepherd — Jacy Farrow
Timothy Bottoms — Sonny Crawford
Annie Potts — Karla Jackson

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Did you know

• Ellen Burstyn didn't want to reprise her role as Lois Farrow from The Last Picture Show (1971) in this movie.

• Though this is the only cinematic sequel to The Last Picture Show (1971), Duane Jackson (Moore in the books) and the small town of Analene (Thalia in the books) were the subject of three more novels by Larry McMurtry: "Duane's Depressed" (1999), "When The Light Goes" (2007), and "Rhino Ranch: A Novel" (2009). "Texasville" (1987) was the second book, whilst "The Last Picture Show" (1966) had been the first novel in McMurtry's Duane Moore series.

• Annie Potts was considered to be an Oscar contender until the film tanked at the box office.