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 Days (2005 film) The Last Days (2005 film) The Last Days is a 2005 war film directed by Eric Bryan. It is among the films being shown at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, "Film for the People". The year is 1945 and the Germans have just surrendered. An airborne unit is ordered to a nearby way-station to help process German surrenders. Along the way, they cross paths with a broken Wehrmacht unit that's been cut off for days and does not know the war is officially over. With no translators in either group, they must overcome the language barrier before it is too