Release Date | 1971-10-03 |
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Runtime | 119 minutes |
Genres | Drama |
Stars | Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn |
Directors | Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Ross Brown, Larry McMurtry, Polly Platt |
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.