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Based On Novel Or Book | Small Town
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty, Jacy, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife, Ruth. As graduation nears, both boys contemplate their futures. While Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business, each boy struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
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High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty, Jacy, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife, Ruth. As graduation nears, both boys contemplate their futures. While Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business, each boy struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1972 | Cloris
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1972 | Ben
Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture | 1972 | Ben
Best Supporting Actor | 1973 | Ben
Best Screenplay | 1973 | Peter
Best Supporting Actress | 1973 | Cloris
Frontier Award | 2006 | Cybill
Motion Picture | 2008
Best Supporting Actress | 1972 | Cloris
Best Supporting Actor | 1972 | Ben
Best Supporting Actress | 1972 | Cloris
Top Ten Films | 1972
Best Foreign Language Film | 1973 | Peter
Best Supporting Actress | 1971 | Ellen
Best Supporting Actor | 1971 | Ben
Best Supporting Actress | 1971 | Ellen
Best Screenplay | 1971
Best Foreign Film Melhor Film Estrangeiro | 1973 | Peter
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1972
Best Cinematography | 1972
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1972 | Ellen
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1972 | Jeff
Best Director | 1972 | Peter
Best Picture | 1972 | Stephen J.
Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture | 1972 | Ellen
Most Promising Newcomer Female | 1972 | Cybill
Best Motion Picture Drama | 1972
Best Director Motion Picture | 1972 | Peter
Best Supporting Actress | 1973 | Eileen
Best Direction | 1973 | Peter
Best Film | 1973
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | 1972 | Peter
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1972 | Peter
Best Supporting Actor | 1971 | Ben
Best Supporting Actress | 1971 | Cloris
Best Cinematography For | 1971
Best Cinematography | 1971
Budget 1,300,000 USD
Box Office Collection 29,133,000 USD
At 9 minutes and 54 seconds, Ben Johnson's performance in this movie is the shortest to ever win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Cybill Shepherd was cast with the option of backing out of her nude scenes if she so desired. She only agreed to do them after asking the opinions of three female costars - Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, and Eileen Brennan, who all thought she should do them.
Cloris Leachman's last scene in the movie was printed on the first take without any previous rehearsals. She wanted to rehearse the scene, but director Peter Bogdanovich thought it would ruin the scene if it was rehearsed. After she completed the take, she said to him, "I can do better." He replied, "No, you can't; you just won the Oscar." Ultimately his sense of direction paid off, as Leachman won the Academy Award for her performance.
This film was one of the first to use already popular recordings by original artists to score a film. Featured here are songs by Frankie Laine, Hank Williams, Jo Stafford and others.
Peter Bogdanovich had originally offered the role of "Sam the Lion" to James Stewart, who liked the part but had already committed to a TV series and couldn't get out of it. The role was then offered to Ben Johnson, who took it eventually won an Academy Award for it.
"[last lines] Ruth Popper: Never you mind, honey. Never you mind."
"Sam the Lion: You boys can get on out of here, I don't want to have no more to do with you. Scarin' a poor, unfortunate creature like Billy just so's you could have a few laughs - I've been around that trashy behavior all my life, I'm gettin' tired of puttin' up with it. Now you can stay out of this pool hall, out of my cafe, and my picture show too - I don't want no more of your business."
