The Last Picture Show (1971) Poster

Timothy Bottoms: Sonny Crawford

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  • [first lines] 

    Radio announcer : President Truman'll be here tomorrow, so all you folks in Dallas turn out, chuh hear? This is Cowboy Rhythms on KTRN, Wichita Falls, here's Hank Williams' big hit tune, "Cold Cold Heart".

    Sam the Lion : You ain't ever gonna amount to nothing. Already spent a dime this morning, ain't even had a decent breakfast. Gimme the chalk. Why don't you comb you hair Sonny, it sticks up, look like you smelled'm wolf. I'm surprised you had the nerve to show up this morning after that stomping y'all took last night.

    Sonny Crawford : It coulda been worse.

    Sam the Lion : Whadya say?

    Sonny Crawford : It could have been worse.

    Sam the Lion : Yeah. You can say that about nearly everything, I guess.

  • Sonny Crawford : Nothin's really been right since Sam the Lion died.

  • Charlene Duggs : [In a snit over breaking up]  Now don't go tellin' all the boys how hot I was.

    Sonny Crawford : [Sadly]  You wasn't that hot.

  • Sonny Crawford : How come you've stayed with the coach? You don't like him much.

    Ruth Popper : I wasn't brought up to leave my husband.

  • Sonny Crawford : [to the unsympathetic crowd around Billy's body]  He was sweeping you sons of bitches, he was sweeping!

  • Sam the Lion : Her and her husband was young and miserable with one another - like so many young married folks are. I thought they'd change with some age; but, it didn't turn out that way.

    Sonny Crawford : Is being married always so miserable?

    Sam the Lion : No. Not really. About 80 percent of the time, I guess.

  • Sonny Crawford : Sure weren't out of Texas very long.

    Lois Farrow : Well, Oklahoma's not much of an improvement.

  • Sonny Crawford : Say, I hear Duane joined the Army.

    Genevieve : Good place for him too.

    Sonny Crawford : Oh, he was just holding that bottle. He didn't mean to hit me with it.

    Genevieve : That boy always had meaness in him. Of course, Jacy's just the kind of girl that brings out the meaness in a man. She's just like her grandmother. Oh, I hadn't ought to talk about them, anyhow. We was all good friends once. Dan roughnecked with Gene Farrow. He and Lois, they used to live in this little one-room place over the newspaper office. Lois couldn't afford a flour sack, much less a mink. I've always had a soft spot for her, though. Yeah, I wondered a lot of times what would've happened if Dan made the strikes that Gene made. They offered that rig to him first. Dan Morgan never took a chance in his life.

    Sonny Crawford : Don't you wish y'all had made it?

    Genevieve : Sure, I wish we made it.

  • Sonny Crawford : You wasn't no livelier than me.

    Charlene Duggs : That's 'cause you ain't good-lookin' enough. You ain't even got a ducktail.

  • Sonny Crawford : She's not your girl anymore.

    Duane Jackson : She is my girl! I don't care if we did break up.

  • Sonny Crawford , Duane Jackson , Jacy Farrow : [singing]  Whether in defeat or victory, We will always be true, Anarene High School we love you, And we'll fight for you!

  • Jacy Farrow : I called you before.

    Sonny Crawford : You did?

    Jacy Farrow : Mmm-hmm. I felt lonesome. Thought you might want to drive around awhile.

  • Sonny Crawford : I thought you might want to go to the picture show? Miss Mosey's havin' to close it. Tonight's the last night.

  • Sonny Crawford : My goodness, Sonny! Frank oughtn't work you so late on weekends.

    Miss Mosey : That's what I tell him.

    Sonny Crawford : You ain't got in in time to see the comedy in three weeks. Hope you don't want no popcorn; because, there ain't none. And you missed the newsreel too. The main show's done started, so I'll just charge you 30 cents.

  • Charlene Duggs : Guess what?

    Sonny Crawford : What?

    Charlene Duggs : It's our anniversary.

    Sonny Crawford : What?

    Charlene Duggs : We've been goin' steady a year tonight.

    Sonny Crawford : Really? Seems like a lot longer.

  • Charlene Duggs : You should've got me some anniversary present.

    Sonny Crawford : You can have another stick of gum. That's all I got on me.

  • Charlene Duggs : What's the matter with you? You act plain bored.

    [Sonny places his hand under Charlene's skirt] 

    Charlene Duggs : Quit!. Quit!

    Sonny Crawford : You said this was our anniversary. Let's do something - different.

    Charlene Duggs : Well, I like that! You cheapskate. Didn't even get me an anniversary present and now you want to go and get me pregnant.

    Sonny Crawford : Oh, my God, Charlene. It was just my hand!

    Charlene Duggs : Yeah! One thing leads to another. My Mama told me how that old stuff goes.

  • Genevieve : I hope you ain't down in the mouth about Charlene.

    Sonny Crawford : I ain't blue about her.

    Genevieve : She doesn't have a good disposition. What are you blue about then?

    Sonny Crawford : Ain't nobody to go with in this town. Jacy's the only pretty girl in school and Duane's got her.

    Genevieve : You know, I'd call that his tough luck.

  • Charlene Duggs : [fondles Charlene's naked breast]  Your hands are like ice!

    Sonny Crawford : [rubs his hands together]  I can put on my gloves.

    [resumes fondling] 

  • Genevieve : One thing I know for sure, a person can't sneeze in this town without somebody offering them a handkerchief.

    Sonny Crawford : What cha mean?

    Genevieve : Nothin'. It's an awful small town for any kind of carrying on.

  • Sonny Crawford : Why'd you marry him?

    Ruth Popper : I don't know. My mother didn't like him. Maybe that was it.

  • Sam the Lion : Try not to drink too much of that buggy water.

    Sonny Crawford : Oh, we'll just drink beer and tequila.

    Sam the Lion : Yeah. You catch the clap, you'll wish you hadn't drunk nothin'.

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