Texasville

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Movie
German title Texasville
Original title Texasville
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1990
length 123 minutes
Rod
Director Peter Bogdanovich
script Larry McMurtry (based on the novel)
Peter Bogdanovich
production Peter Bogdanovich
Barry Spikings
music Hank Williams
camera Nicholas Josef von Sternberg
cut Richard Fields
occupation

Texasville is the sequel to The Final Screening of Peter Bogdanovich , one of the most important and influential films in American cinema. As in this work, Bogdanovich directed it. The cast (except for Ellen Burstyn and Ben Johnson ) is almost identical to that of the previous film; In addition, the script is based on the same novel, namely on Larry McMurtry's semi-autobiographical novel The Last Performance from 1966. As before, the writer wrote the script together with Bogdanovich.

action

The action begins in 1984, 33 years after the events of the first film. Duane Jackson is a wealthy oil company tycoon. However, it is about to go bankrupt. His relationship with his own family is disturbed. His wife Karla thinks Duane is cheating on her. Son Dickie also seems to have constantly changing partners, Ruth Popper works as a secretary at Duane. Lester Marlow is a businessman and very close to having a heart attack. Sonny Crawford's behavior makes Duane suspect that Sonny has become insane. Jacy Farrow has traveled the world and enjoyed life for the past several decades. A tragic event takes her back to her hometown and her path crosses with the Duanes.

criticism

While the previous film was showered with praise (it received 100% good reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes review page ), the enthusiasm of the critics was limited. The film grossed just over $ 2 million. At Rotten Tomatoes , the film gets 55% positive reviews.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ box office results. Box Office Mojo , accessed May 22, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Texasville (1991). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed May 22, 2015 .