Harry and Tonto

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Harry and Tonto
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 (1974-08-12)
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

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

  1. ^ "Show Business: Art Who?". Time. April 21, 1975 (1975-04-21). http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,917351,00.html. Retrieved October 29, 2007 (2007-10-29). 

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