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The Day of the Locust (1975)

Movie"By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream."
Audience Score
63
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R 2 hr 25 minMay 7th, 1975Drama
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
StarringDonald SutherlandKaren BlackBurgess Meredith
DirectorJohn Schlesinger

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:May 7th, 1975
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookmovie business1930scinema on cinemasocial satiredisturbedbaffledold hollywoodlonely maneve of world war ii