High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Details
Release date1971-10-03
Runtime119 min
GenresDrama, Romance
DirectorPeter Bogdanovich
CastTimothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Randy Quaid, Clu Gulager
ProductionBBS Productions, Columbia Pictures
CountriesUnited States of America
LanguagesEnglish
AwardsWon 2 Oscars. 19 wins & 22 nominations total
