The Last Picture Show depicted teens consumed by the same taboos they’ve always been consumed by. With onscreen nudity an unblinking look at adultery, the film was initially threatened with an X ...

His breakout 1971 film “The Last Picture Show” was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two for supporting actors Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman.

Ben Johnson as Sam the Lion in a scene from The Last Picture Show. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ...

Bogdanovich began an affair with Cybill Shepherd on "The Last Picture Show." The movie received eight nominations and won awards for supporting actors Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman.

It received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and for its direction, screenplay, and cinematography, as well as for performances by four actors, two of whom (Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman) won.

Though the film lost the top prize to The French Connection, the Academy did honor The Last Picture Show with Oscars for Supporting Actor Ben Johnson and Supporting Actress Cloris Leachman at the ...

Actor and roper Ben Johnson stands in front of a statue of Will Rogers that was unveiled Aug. 12, 1995, in Oologah. Johnson, an Oscar winner and rodeo champ, would have been 100 this year.