"The Last Picture Show" 40th Anniversary Panel
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Host Luke Wilson with an onstage cast and crew reunion including director Peter Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Timothy Bottoms and Eileen Brennan.
Tim Bottoms takes such good care of Eileen. I'm impressed.
he definitely understands the needs of the elderly. good guy.
@@autumn1231He seems like a kindhearted human being who's being helpful and kind to another human being. Period.
I love Timothy Bottoms' interjection at 28:29 regarding Polly Platt. It's a fitting tribute to her. I'm glad he was there. A man of integrity.
💯 % they did her dirty and she still was in the set taking care of everything. Peter had nothing to say cause he feels guilty period
So interesting to see Luke Wilson go to bat for Polly Platt, attempting multiple times to get Peter to acknowledge her contribution to the film. His discomfort is palpable, re-explaining stories to assert himself in the stewardship of key moments and decisions (like location for one). This movie would 100% not be the great movie it is without Polly Platt.
ICYMI- the podcast "You Must Remember This" does several episodes on Polly Platt. Truly sad that she wasn't given her due.
Yeah that was pretty classy. I love PB but he’s really stingy about giving his ex any credit. It’s truly evil.
Polly said she discovered Cybill on the magazine cover while Polly was shopping in a grocery store. She said could anyone envision Peter shopping for family groceries in a store.
As a straight man, I can see what a good looking man Timothy Bottoms is and maturing so well. Thought he was just fantastic in the LPS, but regret he just did not get the same breaks for further big success as others who have half his talent. A nice man indeed.
I just watched it for the first time and I really liked Timothy Bottoms performance. He should've gotten an Oscar nomination for it.
But I didn't think the overall movie was that great.
He was wonderful in East of Eden and the Shining Season,
Great performances 🏆
I read where he left during rehearsal for the play Fifth of July. I would guess he got blackballed for leaving a play - he was the star - without telling anyone.
She was also great as an original cast member on the earliest episodes of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. She was very "understated" with her presence, and only lasted half-of-a-season, I believe. Watching her on it now, you understand how brilliant she was. Her stage work had included the original cast of Hello Dolly (with Carol Channing) playing opposite Charles Nelson Reilly, as well as the lead (five years earlier) in Little Mary Sunshine Off-Broadway.
Wow. That was all meant as a reply to the following comments on Eileen Brennan.
Bless Eileen Brennan for participating....Geniveve..was a brilliantly acted role...
Yes!
Superb- and all are wonderful to see all of these wonderful people. Bogdanovich's complement to Timothy Bottoms- that listening in a scene is the most difficult part of acting, and that he had listened beautifully- which is so true- the nuance and reality of "Sonny" listening is the heart of this great film. thank you for sharing this.
Eileen Brennan..what a jewel
She OWNED that diner.
As a mature student at uni I took my young friend to see the film. I'd never heard of it and as it was B&W I thought it was one I had missed of the hundreds watched before TV. I was baffled because, as a big movie fan, I thought I knew them all. My comment to my friend was "They knew how to make them back then." I mentioned the experience to another young friend and he explained it was a new movie. I've seen it several times since and can't get over the realism of the characters. and so, so sensitive a portrayal of human frailty.
As just an average guy I can say that this film was perfect. The men displayed truth in their characters. I am shocked that more people have not considered this a major study of American society and human nature. The conflict between two best friends over a girl is classic and happens all the time. Especially among equals in looks and charisma.
"The Last Picture Show" IS the collective unconscious of white people from Texas.
@@cowboynyc In these times You making mention of not humanity just white people is a sign of prejudice towards whites or white guilt, shameful
Interestingly, made the same year as the shocking exposè on Australian country life, Wake In Fright. Very similar themes running through both
@@realroofers you do realize everything is about celebrating minorities. You obviously didn’t watch the movie.
@@Dollygirl66 you are wrong totally.
She was a Wonderful actress. RIP
After 50 years, this film stands the test of time. I watched it again today. Intense, original, a masterpiece. 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 The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Cybill Shepherd. Set in a small town in north Texas from November 1951 to October 1952, it is a story of two high-school seniors and long-time friends, Sonny Crawford (Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Bridges). The Last Picture Show was theatrically released on October 22, 1971, by Columbia Pictures. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $29 million on a $1.3 million budget, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Johnson and Bridges, and Best Supporting Actress for Ellen Burstyn and Cloris Leachman, with Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman winning. In 1998, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."
Stood the test of time, you said it. Saw it again last night after 50 years, it was just as wonderful.
A lot of carpers here.
Personally, I felt tremendously lucky to have been able to attend this event in person - one of the highlights of my 60+ years of film-going experiences.
To those pissing and moaning about Bogdanovich dropping names - get over it. Bogandovich is (was) one of the last living links to Old Hollywood and the Studio System. He has interviewed and filmed Orson Welles (his close friend), Howard Hawks, John Ford, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, Chuck Jones, Fritz Lang, Joseph H. Lewis, Sidney Lumet, Leo McCarey, Otto Preminger, Don Siegel, Josef von Sternberg, Frank Tashlin, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Raoul Walsh.
If anyone has a right to drop a few names, it's Bogdanovich.
If you think he hogged the mic too much, it was pretty clear that all those attending were there to honor him. Plus he helmed the whole damn motion picture, so it makes sense he'd do most of the talking.
And while some may feel he's effete and pretentious, I find him to be a terrific raconteur - charming, funny, insightful, and extremely knowledgable. He's earned his stripes - any fastidiousness be damned.
And yes - I do think that The Last Picture Show was one of the greatest movies America has ever made - damn near perfect.
My only carp - yeah, where were Ellen Burstyn and Jeff Bridges?!
Last note : This event was staged on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles.
thank you!
I agree with everything you said. Right on. We're lucky to have a great filmmaker and film enthusiast like Peter Bogdonovitch. His friendships and associations with folks like Welles, Ford, Hawkes, etc are priceless. He and Scorsese are to be praised for their grasp of film history. Well done.
I, too, was wondering where Bridges and Burstyn were. Still, this was quite a treat.
@@waynej2608 🥀 RIP
While living in San Diego I never took advantage of nights like this although I wanted to...
Timothy Bottoms is a mensch. What a lovely man.
There is a poignant quality to this reunion: Bogdanovich never fully realized his potential as a director, although he had two commercial and critical successes in Paper Moon, with Ryan O'Neal and his daughter Tatum, and What's Up Doc, the farce with Streisand and O'Neal. His subsequent films with Cybill Shepherd, Daisy Miller and At Long Last Love, almost wrecked the careers of the actress and her director. His later work has never re-captured the innovation and freshness of Picture Show. Eileen Brennan had a success with Private Benjamin, with Goldie Hawn, and she was almost killed in a pedestrian knockdown accident, and never fully recovered. Leachman went on to success with Mel Brooks in Young Frankenstein, and in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Well put.
Don’t forget Mask
MrImiller07 in our house he did -fabulous film X
@@alecboyce1998 and Saint Jack, from 1979 with Ben Gazzara. Both solid films.
Polly Platt to thank for that.
I Adore Timothy Bottoms ❤️🥰😍.
❤ I loved his brother Sam
I have flashbacks of Eileen Brennan as Zondra in Will and Grace! So funny
wow clorance leachman and timothy bottoms have aged wonderfully
Yes, and Cybill Sheppard too. She's still gorgeous.
Great team!
You all made an absolute masterpiece!
One of great movies in film history.
*One of the great movies
It's nice to remember and mention Ben Johnson.
Cloris Leachman is the best.
Wonderful cast, film, director, cinematography and music, all of it and Cloris the heart wrenched- what a beautifully shot scene with that music going on against all her Tragedy, it was so deserving of the. Oscar...for all
*and Cloris, suffering from romantic heartbreak --
Timothy is such a good man.
I must have watched that movie 500 times. I used to watch it every time I was depressed.
The Last Picture Show has been one of my favorite films ever since its 1971 debut. There wasn't a weak performance in the film, even among the minor characters and extras (remember Jimmy Sue? Miss Mosey at the "picture show"?). Of the still-living performers, I'd have loved to see Ellen Burstyn, Clu Gulager, and even Randy Quaid. I have studied this film, and even taught it in my film classes, so I'd like to add a few bits of information that may not be known by some of you:
Many think the film is an homage to the 50's, but I read that Bogdanovich was actually paying homage to the way movies used to me made, e.g. the film of Howard Hawks ("Red River") and John Ford. The film's aesthetic exploited mise-en-scene (think Citizen Kane) as opposed to an editing aesthetic (think Midnight Cowboy). Bogdanovich shot the film in black and white, another homage to the films of yore. Even the binary choice of good vs bad hearkens to the values of the past (Sam the Lion's integrity, Sonny Crawford's remorse) as opposed to the modern values of extramarital affairs (Lois Farrow, Ruth Popper)
The soundtrack is interesting too. All of the music played in the film is played on an electronic device -- juke box, record player, etc. There is no ambient music accompanying the scenes. Also, the soundtrack which features quite a few Hank Williams tunes, was not released for years as it was held up in court by the Hank Wiliams estate, I believe.
The Director's cut of the film, to this day, befuddles me. There are mostly minor changes, but to me, they detracted from the film. For example, Bogdanovich cut all of the male nudity. Why? I've never understood how it made the movie better, instead it's so obvious that something has been left out. I could quibble about other changes in the Director's cut but suffice it to say the original film was much better, perhaps because I'd studied it scene by scene.
If you choose to go back and revisit the film, I strongly recommend NOT seeing the Director's cut. The original cut resonates far more truthfully.
It is what it is man. From a roofers perspective, it was a study of human failures. Also how devious some young girls can be with the power of their beauty.
Robert Gregory great post.
Thanks.
Yeah Director's cuts can be bizarre. The genius of Donnie Darko was ruined when the director got hold of it. Totally ruined its tension and bizarreness. Just watched this Director's cut, I'll have to go and watch the original
*the way movies used to be made
This is one of the finest films ever made. Similar to a Shakespeare play.
I identified with Sonny for many years... now I identify with Ben Johnson.
Masterpiece if film
Eileen Brennan....what a great comedic talent, didn't even try, she was just...funny. So sad to see her in her decline. I got to meet her in 1986 and got her autograph.
She was a very gifted actress. Loved her in The Sting, as well. She and Newman had great chemistry.
Eileen was terrific in Private Benjamin. That movie is hilarious.
It's Ellen Burstyn.
Phenomenally interesting and satisfying. Thanks for posting.
Cloris Leachman is a gem 💎
This Is Wonderful! Thank You!Wish it had been longer though.......
Glad I discovered this film, book was excellent. Peter did an astonishing job adapting it.
lm really surprised that there has not been alot of mention of Clu Culager and his character. the pool table scene was really hot.
He is a great actor, always. I think the reason he probably wasn't there is because there was a falling out between him and Bogdanovich that lasted for many, many years. They are not friends, to say the least.
@@MothGirl007 The story I heard is that Clu was hitting on Sybil and Peter wasn't too happy about it.
Janet: I agree with you Clu was really notable.
HOLY MOLY...........I JUST REALIZED , THAT IS LUKE WILSON.........GREAT GUY , GREAT MOVIE , LOVE IT.......
Cloris Leachman another great actress
"oh actors just love eachother"
A beautiful film saw it twice today
Today Commemorates Eileen Brennan's 90th Birthday
im glad Tim is here to talk. he's not on the blu ray doc and peter does nothing but bag on him on it. at least THE STAR OF THE FUCKING MOVIE is part of this discussion. im sorry but im sick of Bridges getting all the attention in a movie Tim STARRED in.
While I adore Jeff the star or for me the focus of the movie is Tim’s character it begins and ends with him, that’s a clue he’s the focus I wish that they included interviews with Timothy (also I think he deserved an Oscar nom for the movie but that’s just my opinion)
Right on. Timothy really gets pissed when Peter doesn't give much credit to his wife Polly Platt. Polly made this movie while Pete was busy with Cybill. She really suffered making this, there's a podcast all about her called You Must Remember This, Episode 170. Check it out. It's truly shocking stuff. Bogdanovich dined out for decades on a very short career
Fine film of a great book. Another is "Hud" - from McMurtry's book "Horseman Pass By".
Two of my favorite movies, written by McMurtry. RIP
RIP. Peter Bogdanovich
Timothy slyly dissed Cybill at 29:29 with the "no you can't" (have everything) remark. Peter and Cybill hooked up while he was married to Polly Platt.
perhaps that's why she didn't get the shoes?
That's as it seemed cheaters never win
taraniso “You can’t get everything.” Timothy says 3 words, “No you can’t.” (Silence) Reactions.
Tim Bottoms said during the making of "Texasville" that he fell in love with Cybil on LPS , and clearly was still in love when they shot that film in 1990.
@@brucetownes8421 I agree. She rejected him for Jeff and Peter.
A lot of this is almost verbatim to the hour long doc in the Criterion version 'Remembering The Last Picture Show'. And there you get Jeff Bridges and Ellen Burstyn as well. I believe that was filmed 2009, and all look pretty good. Especially Ellen Brennan. Sad to see how fast she aged in the 3 or 4 years to doing this. An everlasting movie that will live on because of the legends.
Eileen had a couple bouts of cancer; 1990 breast then died in 2013 of bladder cancer. She never fully recovered from being hit by a passing car after lunching with Goldie Hawn( 1982)@ 50 yrs old. She had massive injuries. She also became addicted to painkillers due to the accident injuries and took 3 yrs off to recover and overcome her addiction. Massively talented lady.
Wow, poor Ellen. Didn't know she went through all that. Thanks for filling us in.
@@DungeonStudio My pleasure :)
He was just sweepin'
Sit down and sit still Cybill! Sheez!!
No introduction to the great Eileen Brennan?
+Anthony Vario That struck me as odd, too. The audience cheered, but it was very disrespectful of Luke Wilson to leave her out.
Absolutely. She's a legend.
I believe it was a total oversight. Wilson's no well-trained emcee. I suspect he just slipped up. People make mistakes - to error is human, to forgive divine. (Sorry for the cliche.)
Travis Bickle I’m surprised nobody on stage reminded him. I thought Peter would go ahead and introduce her.
I think it was all just the rush of the moment and probably a focused concern on helping her to the stage. An oversight without a doubt. As I mentioned earlier, I was in the audience that night, and the whole thing was a bit of a heady experience for everyone - especially those on stage.
But one thing I failed to mention earlier is that if I recall correctly, I believe Wilson did cite who would be appearing that evening - only he did that just before this video starts. So it wasn't like Brennan was totally unidentified.
Luke did what you should do, let them talk!
I love Ellen Burstyn I have not seen her in a long time she is beautiful inside and out.
27:52 the great Polly platt is recognized
They had a stage, so they must have had a backstage. Use it.
I've never seen the film, though I will correct this deficit in my knowledge.
The cattle tank scene was not the first film 'accident!' Howard Hawks was making a scene with Wayne in a bright sun and the clouds rolled over in Red River (1947). Another "accident", this one for Hawks, and possibly the most serious performance Wayne ever gave up to that time. The camera captured the cloud covering then uncovering the sun, or vice-versa, and Peter Bogdonavich knew the history of film in and out. In the discussion above it was an 'accident', but they Bogdonavich quotes Orson Welles to the effect that everything thats magic in pictures are accidents.
Does Pete look like Woody Allen’s smarter brother to you?
Me too.
Why did Jeff bridges and Ellen burstyn not appear as well?
My first guess would be scheduling conflicts.
iT'S not Eileen Brennan, folks. It's Ellen Burstyn.
Hey Peter, What was with the 70 Chevy Impala on the left side of the screen parked when the kids drove by in the 50 Ford Shoebox convertible? Blooper?
where's jeff bridges..
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Probably shooting a movie, dah.
...and Randy Quaid? Ellen Burstyn is still around...
@Bill Murray Lmao. Good one.
Played bowling
Why, why, why do people not post the year something was recorded on.
I wonder why Jeff didn't appear on the show
He was probably making a movie somewhere--getting an Oscar nomination for The LPS gave his career a MAJOR boost.
Top Five Movie!
Eileen died in 2013. This must have been filmed right before her death.
It was filmed right after her death!
2011? On the 40th anniversary of the 1971 film.
Wait, so i get the feeling that Peter and Cybil had an affair during the shoot while he was with Polly is that it? I'm just feeling it from the words said and left unsaid here hehe.
Peter left his wife for Cybill. He & Polly had two young daughters & Polly was the set designer. She did Cybill’s makeup while Cybill and Peter were having their affair.
Am disappointed Timothy acted that way about sex scenes with Cloris
I remember when he said imagine how he felt with Cloris in the bed and Cybill was outside. Very hurtful.
Where did the time go?
Holy crap you are correct time to make more love
I agree. I believe substance abuse really ages people.
Turn the house lights up.
Brilliant
Is everyone in the back of the room or something? Why can't they get to the stage?
Benjamin Carr uh....cuz they're old.
Well organized event,geez
Why Luke Wilson??
Exactly
Wilson was born and raised in Dallas and has strong ties to regional Texas filmmakers. For instance, he has starred in several movies by Houston-native director Wes Anderson (as has his brother Owen who also co-wrote some of them). It makes sense that he would have a lot of admiration for LPS since it was filmed so close to his home and its artistry being such an influence to the movie industry. I'm pretty sure he's a fan of it as well.
@@ronbo11 I thought he did a fine job. Possibly slightly in awe of the panel, which shows good character on his part. And, he actually let the guests talk. So often, the commentator is the one doing all the talking, and constantly interrupting the guest(s). He just let the conversation flow.
It was perhaps because Polly Platt was instrumental in getting himself, his brother and Wes Anderson their first big break in Boyle Rocket too..
Brondonnovich is hilarious, He has adopted some of John Fords personality
Joe Bob Blanton lived in my dorm in college.
where was jeff bridges
Not there.
Bowling, man. 😎
I don't know about you, but Eileen was going full dementia here
Bonfonnovich studied under director John Ford
Wow
I spoke to Cybill Shepherd on the phone once. Just sayin' , no big deal.
No backstage?
No Dude?
Te amo con todo mi corazón
Should have been titled "Peter Hogs The Mic". Interesting but let someone else talk, huh ?
It was pretty clear to all those attending this event that they were there to honor him. Plus he helmed the whole damn motion picture, so it makes sense he'd do most of the talking.
Well it's his film...
Well it's his film...
Wow that took 5 minutes to bring everyone up on stage.
They're old. They don't move that fast.
@@cowboynyc Then why bring them in from the rear of the auditorium?
@@Tadonify This is a guess, but there might not be much backstage space with lights.
A great great film, but this panel is a bore. Bottoms was such a great actor - why did his career tank?
Dave Glo Because he wanted to be an actor, not a star. He couldn't stomach the Hollywood PR machine that went with being in high profile movies. So he said to hell with it.
Commercial success or not, following TLPS, he has continued to act steadily.
Cloris Leachman a bore?! Personally, I find Bogdanovich to be a terrific storyteller. And Shepherd's genuflecting to Bogdanovich was a most sincere and surprising warm touch.
❤ Loved him in The Shining Season and East of Eden, great performances 👏
I believe he walked out during rehearsal for a play Fifth of July. Didn’t tell anyone & he was the star. He may have been blackballed. I believe Tim was wounded by Jeff’s success and his lack of it (working mostly in B-movies).
Impressive manspreading by Tim Bottoms.
Peter Peter name dropper,...
Peter Bogdanovich admittedly helmed an UNBELIEVABLY brilliant movie with The Last Picture Show --- in my opinion, NONE of his other films were as great, though. But he's just so FATALLY PRETENTIOUS (ugh!).
But That’s Peter Bogdonovich!
Smarty pants though. And knows how to make a movie.
@@AbbeBuck Yes, true.
@@AbbeBuck Again, I agree. Paper Moon was great, and I LOVED Mask as well.
I don't agree. I don't find him pretentious, at all. He's a knowledgeable man, with a history of befriending the mavericks of film. I enjoy hearing him speak about Welles, Hawkes, Ford, Cary Grant, et al. All from first hand accounts. And how they shaped and inspired him, as a filmmaker. He seemed gracious and complimentary towards his actors, on this panel.
Also, see his 1979 film, Saint Jack. It is first rate.
sad
Bogdanovich has Parkinson's.
RIP
As a straight man, I can see what a good looking man Timothy Bottoms is and maturing so well. Thought he was just fantastic in the LPS, but regret he just did not get the same breaks for further big success as others who have half his talent. A nice man indeed.