The Last Picture Show (1971) Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Bogdanovich & Larry McMurtry

<b>Book Vs. Movie: The Last Picture Show</b><br /><b>The Larry McMurtry 1966 Novel Vs. the 1971 Peter Bogdanovich Film <br /><br /><br /></b>The Margos put on a Texas-sized episode of Book vs. Movie with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Picture_Show" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Last Picture Show</a>--both the 1966 novel by <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Larry-McMurtry/547" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Larry McMurtry</a> and the 1971 film by Peter Bogdanovich. Both tell the tale of lonely people living in a forgotten Texas city with barely enough room for their hopes and dreams. <br /><b><br /></b>McMurtry was a native of <a href="http://archercity.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Archer City, Texas</a>, born in 1936. When he was young, his family did not own many books and relied on oral storytelling to pass the time. A graduate of both the University of North Texas and Rice University, he would go on to create the town of Thalia as a stand-in for his native land to become the “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thalia-Texas-Trilogy-Larry-McMurtry/dp/1631493752" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Thalia: A Texas Trilogy</a>,” which includes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseman,_Pass_By" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Horseman, Pass By</a> (adapted into the 1963 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hud_(1963_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hud</a>,) <a href="https://www.amazon.com/LEAVING-CHEYENNE-Novel-Larry-McMurtry/dp/0684853876" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leaving for Cheyenne </a>(adapted into the film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071780/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lovin’ Molly</a> in 1974) and 1966’s The Last Picture Show. <br /><br />He would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lonesome Dove</a>, and his status as a top-notch writer and collector of antique b