The Last Picture Show northern Texas. McMurtry had renamed the town Thalia in his book; Bogdanovich renamed it Anarene for the film, a name chosen to correspond to the cowtown of Abilene, Kansas, in Howard Hawks' "Red River" (1948). "Red River", significantly, is the movie, indeed the last picture show, which Sonny and Duane watch at the end of the film. After shooting the film, Bogdanovich went back to Los Angeles to edit the film on a Moviola. Bogdanovich has said he edited the entire film himself but refused to credit himself as editor, reasoning that director and co-writer was enough. When informed that
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