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"One hell of a directing accomplishment."—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 ode to a Texan small town is still a masterpiece whichever way you look at it."—Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
"[It's] Bogdanovich'?s perfect recreation of the sense of time and place, and his ability to mix wit with poignancy that make this such a charming, timeless film."—Kim Newman, Empire
A part of the Peter Bogdanovich: In Memoriam series
The movie that launched Bogdanovich on his way into the stratosphere was also one of the key films of the New Hollywood. Set in the early 1950s, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen, this aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—the enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), the wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and the desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybil Shepherd)—and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman’s lonely housewife and Ben Johnson’s grizzled movie-house proprietor who both won Oscars for their performances.