The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic93/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
799 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter BogdanovichDirector
- Larry McMurtryScreenplay
- Peter BogdanovichScreenplay
Cast
- Timothy BottomsSonny Crawford
- Cybill ShepherdJacy Farrow
- Jeff BridgesDuane Jackson
- Cloris LeachmanRuth Popper
- Ellen BurstynLois Farrow
- Ben JohnsonSam the Lion
- Randy QuaidLester Marlow
- Clu GulagerAbilene
- Eileen BrennanGenevieve
- Sam BottomsBilly
- Sharon UllrickCharlene Duggs
- Bill ThurmanCoach Popper
Stills
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Themes
small townnew lovebased on novel or booktexasgraduationhigh school graduationbilliard hallgraduation presentblack and whiteelopement1950sthoughtful
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