Trivia

Ellen Burstyn didn't want to reprise her role as Lois Farrow from The Last Picture Show (1971) in this movie.

Though this is the only cinematic sequel to The Last Picture Show (1971), Duane Jackson (Moore in the books) and the small town of Analene (Thalia in the books) were the subject of three more novels by Larry McMurtry: "Duane's Depressed" (1999), "When The Light Goes" (2007), and "Rhino Ranch: A Novel" (2009). "Texasville" (1987) was the second book, whilst "The Last Picture Show" (1966) had been the first novel in McMurtry's Duane Moore series.

Annie Potts was considered to be an Oscar contender until the film tanked at the box office.

Sal Mineo gave director Peter Bogdanovich the Larry McMurtry book "The Last Picture Show." Mineo thought it would be a good movie, but felt he was now too old for the role. Mineo is given "thanks" in the end credits of the film.

The film was made and released about three years after its source novel of the same name had been first published in 1987.