Harry and Tonto
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| Directed by | Paul Mazursky |
| Produced by | Paul Mazursky |
| Written by | Paul Mazursky Josh Greenfeld |
| Starring | Art Carney Herbert Berghof Ellen Burstyn Geraldine Fitzgerald Larry Hagman Chief Dan George Melanie Mayron Joshua Mostel Arthur Hunnicutt Barbara Rhoades Cliff De Young Tonto (cat) |
| Music by | Bill Conti |
| Cinematography | Michael C. Butler |
| Editing by | Richard Halsey |
| Studio | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | August 12, 1974 |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $980,000 |
Harry and Tonto is a 1974 road movie written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld and directed by Mazursky, starring Art Carney.
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[edit] Synopsis
Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is an elderly widower who is forced from his Upper West Side apartment in New York City when his building is condemned. He initially stays with his son's family in the suburbs but eventually chooses to travel cross country with his pet cat "Tonto" in tow. During his episodic journey, he befriends a Bible-quoting hitchhiker (Michael Butler), travels with underage runaway Ginger (Melanie Mayron), visits his daughter (Ellen Burstyn) in Chicago and finally meets his youngest son (Larry Hagman) in Los Angeles.
[edit] Cast
- Art Carney as Harry Coombes
- Herbert Berghof as Jacob Rivetowski
- Ellen Burstyn as Shirley Mallard
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Jessie Stone
- Larry Hagman as Eddie Coombes
- Chief Dan George as Sam Two Feathers
- Melanie Mayron as Ginger
- Joshua Mostel as Norman Coombes
- Arthur Hunnicutt as Wade Carlton
- Barbara Rhoades as Stephanie
- Cliff De Young as Burt Coombes Jr.
- Phil Burns as Burt Coombes
- Dolly Jonah as Elaine Coombes
- Avon Long as Leroy
- Louis Guss as Dominic Santosi
- Cliff Norton as Nick Lewis, Used Car Dealer
- Rashel Novikoff as Mrs. Rothman
- Michael Butler as Hitchhiker
- René Enríquez as Jesús, Deli Manager
- Michael McCleery as Mugger
- Paul Mazursky as Prostitute (uncredited)
Also appearing toward the end of the film is Sally K. Marr, mother of Lenny Bruce.
[edit] Awards and nominations
Carney beat Dustin Hoffman, Albert Finney, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino, for their performances in Lenny, Murder on the Orient Express, Chinatown and The Godfather Part II, for the 1974 Academy Award for Best Actor, while the film was nominated for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Before that, Carney also won the Golden Globe for Best Actor Musical/Comedy, while Greenfeld and Mazursky were nominated for Best Picture Musical/Comedy. The screenplay was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award as Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen.
At the time, Carney noted that prior to his work in Harry and Tonto, he "never liked cats" but said he wound up getting along well with the cat in the film.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Show Business: Art Who?". Time. April 21, 1975. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,917351,00.html. Retrieved October 29, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Harry and Tonto at the Internet Movie Database
- Harry and Tonto at AllRovi
- Harry and Tonto at Rotten Tomatoes
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