The Last Picture Show eye fell on an interesting title, "The Last Picture Show". The back of the book said it was about "kids growing up in Texas" and Bogdanovich decided that it did not interest him and put it back. A few weeks later, actor Sal Mineo handed Bogdanovich a copy of the book. "I always wanted to be in this," he said, "but I'm a little too old now" and recommended that Bogdanovich make it into a film. At the time, Bogdanovich was married to Polly Platt and he asked her to read it. Her response was, "I don't know how you
The Last Valley (1971 film) Clavell would make the film for ABC Pictures. The head of ABC was Martin Baum who was Clavell's agent and who had helped put together "To Sir, with Love". Clavell was going to make the film after "The Great Siege", a story of the Siege of Malta, which he was going to do after "Where's Jack?" (1967). He ended up not making "Great Siege". After he made "The Last Siege" he said he would write another book "to see if I've still got it." (This would become "Shogun".) Omar Sharif was the first star to sign. By June 1969 Michael