The Last Picture Show and Barc Doyle. Stephen King's novel "Lisey's Story" makes repeated references to "The Last Picture Show" as the main character Scott Landon frequently watches the film throughout the novel during flashbacks. The Last Picture Show The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American drama film directed and co-written by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel "The Last Picture Show" by Larry McMurtry. Set in a small town in north Texas from November 1951 to October 1952, it is about the coming of age of Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and his friend Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges). The cast also
The Last Valley (1971 film) Caine had also signed on. At one stage the film was going to be called "Somewhere in the Mountains There is a Last Valley". It was the biggest budgeted pictures made to date by ABC Pictures. Clavell cast much of the supporting cast from British rep companies. Filming started 25 August 1969 in Austria. The film was mostly shot in Tyrol, Austria (Trins and Gschnitz and the Gschnitztal Valley). Actor Martin Miller collapsed and died on the set before shooting of the first scene commenced. The film was an expensive failure at the box office. It earned rentals of $380,000