"The Last Picture Show" to Screen in New York 2-2-2-2-2-2-2 engages in a passionless fling with his football coach's wife (Cloris Leachman), Duane enlists for service in the Korean War. Meanwhile, both boys fall for a manipulative high-school beauty (Cybill Shepherd). In addition to winning Academy Awards" for Actor in a Supporting Role (Ben Johnson) and Actress in a Supporting Role (Leachman), "The Last Picture Show" received supporting role nominations for Jeff Bridges and Ellen Burstyn as well as nominations for Cinematography (Robert Surtees); Directing (Peter Bogdanovich); Best Picture (Stephen J. Friedman, producer); and Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Larry McMurtry and Bogdanovich). Complementing his distinguished directing career, Bogdanovich is an author/interviewer who has produced books on Lillian Gish, Orson Welles, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks. Among his many films is 1973's "Paper Moon," which received four Academy Award nominations and earned 10-year-old Tatum O'Neal an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Tickets for "The Last Picture Show" are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid I.D. Tickets may be reserved over the phone by calling 888-778-7575. All orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Pending availability, tickets may be purchased in person the night of the screening. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the program begins at 7:30 p.m. The Academy Theater at Lighthouse International is located at 111 East 59th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. To sign up for the Academy Foundation mailing list, please visit the Academy's website at www.oscars.org.

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