The Last Picture Show
From Censorpedia
Artist: Peter Bogdanovich
Year: 1971
Date of Action: 1973
Region: North America
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Subject: Nudity
Medium: Film Video
Confronting Bodies: City attorney of Phoenix
Description of Artwork: "It was released in 1971, and the picture caused a sensation with its frank depiction of teenage (and adult) sex and salvation in a dusty little North Texas town in 1951-52"
The Incident: "In 1973, the city attorney of Phoenix banned the film as obscene (because of the skinny-dipping scene) and it took a federal court to declare it safe for viewing."
Results of Incident: Banned in Phoenix
Source:
• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-weston/the-last-picture-show-is-_b_1103125.html,
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/?ref_=nv_sr_1
