Events › Seniors' Morning at the Movies: The Last Picture Show (1971)

Calling all seniors! Do you love to watch films based on books? Come to the Library’s Montalbano Theatre to enjoy a movie with your morning coffee, meet and mingle with other seniors, and chat about classic films and the books that inspired them.

Films, coffee, and book recommendations provided!

Today's screening: The Last Picture Show (1971)

Watch the trailer here.

Set in a fading Texas town of the early 1950s, The Last Picture Show (1971) captures the loneliness and longing of small-town life. As friends come of age amid dusty streets and dying dreams, director Peter Bogdanovich crafts a poignant elegy for youth and cinema itself—starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, and Cybill Shepherd. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry.

Rating: 13+
Runtime: 126 min