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The Day of the Locust is a 1975 American satirical historical drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton, Burgess Meredith, Richard Dysart, John Hillerman and Geraldine Page.
Jun 12, 1975 · With Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton. An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
- (6.4K)
- Drama, Thriller
- John Schlesinger
- 1975-06-12
Roger Ebert May 23, 1975. Tweet. "Day of the Locust," by Jason Hernandez. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The locusts are the little people, faceless and sad, who accumulate on the benches of Los Angeles, waiting for a bus that will never come.
Watchlist. Advertise With Us. In 1930s Los Angeles, Hollywood shines like a beacon to all the helpless people scattered across the city. In one crumbling apartment block, a blond bombshell (Karen...
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- John Schlesinger
- R
- Donald Sutherland
The Day of the Locust was released by Paramount Pictures in 1975. The film was directed by John Schlesinger and starred William Atherton as Tod Hackett, Donald Sutherland as Homer Simpson, Burgess Meredith as Harry Greener, and Karen Black as Faye Greener.
- Nathanael West
- 1939
Barry Wurst 1 week ago. 0 4 minutes read. John Schlesinger’s “The Day of the Locust” (1975) is finally available after decades of being out of print. Following its box office failure, Schlesinger’s unsettling, robust epic, depicting characters struggling for work during the Golden Age of Hollywood, could only be seen on a murky VHS transfer.
Screenplay. 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.
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