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Harry and Tonto
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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   1,682 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Paul Mazursky (written by) and
Josh Greenfeld (written by)
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Release Date:
15 January 1975 (France) more
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Plot:
When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Actor Art Carney Dies at 85
 (From IMDb News. 11 November 2003)

User Reviews:
A man in search of a place in a world that has no need for him... more (35 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Art Carney ... Harry Coombes
René Enríquez ... Jesús - Deli Manager
Herbert Berghof ... Jacob Rivetowski
Michael McCleery ... Mugger
Avon Long ... Leroy
Rashel Novikoff ... Mrs. Rothman

Philip Bruns ... Burt Coombes (as Phil Bruns)

Cliff De Young ... Burt Coombes Jr.
Josh Mostel ... Norman Coombes (as Joshua Mostel)
Dolly Jonah ... Elaine Coombes
Sybil Bowan ... Old Landlady
Joe Madden ... Panhandler
Bette Howard ... Morgue Clerk
Patricia Fay ... Airport Security Woman
Muriel Beerman ... Taxi Driver
Louis Guss ... Dominic Santosi
Clint Young ... Greyhound Bus Driver
Cliff Norton ... Nick Lewis - Used Car Dealer
Melanie Mayron ... Ginger
Michael Butler ... Hitchhiker
Letitia Toole ... Wrong Jessie Stone
W. Benson Terry ... Mr. Stone
Gregg Harris ... Mr. Stone's Grandson
Mike Nussbaum ... Old Age Home Clerk

Geraldine Fitzgerald ... Jessie Stone

Ellen Burstyn ... Shirley Mallard
Arthur Hunnicutt ... Wade Carlton
Barbara Rhoades ... Stephanie
Philip Roth ... Vegas Gambler (as Phil Roth)
Chief Dan George ... Sam Two Feathers

Larry Hagman ... Eddie Coombes
Andre Philippe ... Chess Player
Anatol Winogradoff ... Anatol
Sally Marr ... Celia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Colon ... Man in Airport (uncredited)

Paul Mazursky ... Prostitute (uncredited)
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Directed by
Paul Mazursky 
 
Writing credits
Paul Mazursky (written by) and
Josh Greenfeld (written by)

Produced by
Paul Mazursky .... producer
 
Original Music by
Bill Conti 
 
Cinematography by
Michael C. Butler 
 
Film Editing by
Richard Halsey 
 
Art Direction by
Ted Haworth 
 
Set Decoration by
John Godfrey 
 
Costume Design by
Albert Wolsky 
 
Makeup Department
Bob O'Bradovich .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Jere Henshaw .... executive in charge of production
Art Levinson .... production manager (as Arthur Levinson)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anthony Ray .... assistant director (as Tony Ray)
 
Sound Department
John Speak .... sound mixer
 
Music Department
Kenneth Hall .... music editor
Dan Wallin .... score mixer
 
Other crew
Sioux Richards .... script supervisor
June Samson .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
Canada:115 min | USA:115 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Pieces of liver were placed around Art Carney in order to attract the cats that played Tonto into cuddling with Carney in pivotal scenes. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Harry sits down in his apartment with the newspaper, he takes off his glasses and puts them on the table next to his chair. In the next shot, he has the glasses on again and takes them off to put on his reading glasses. more
Quotes:
Harry: How old are you?
Ginger: Sixteen.
Harry: I guess I don't know much about being 16 these days.
Ginger: Neither do I.
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Movie Connections:
Soundtrack:
Long Train Runnin' more

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13 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
A man in search of a place in a world that has no need for him..., 19 April 2004
8/10
Author: Terminal Madness (rpgforms@yahoo.com) from http://www.cinema-crazed.com

Harry is a man who has no place in the world; with his orange cat Tonto, his partner, they search for a place in the world that is changing. Through a repression, changing values, and rapid changing scenery, he sticks out like a sore thumb with his family, his friends, and people. He then is on a destination to Chicago to stay with his daughter, but after he's thrown off a plane, he travels on a bus, but when his cat won't go to the bathroom, he's thrown off the bus and is stranded and decides to drive. On the way to Chicago he has an adventure meeting different people, people that are symbols of the changing society and he learns to cope with them and tries to adapt, yet can't find his place in society. Harry must find a place in the world and he intends to find one. This is a heartbreaking, poignant and engrossing view into a man's life in old age. Art Carney gives an excellent performance of a man conflicted with changing society, and a man who must force himself to adapt whether he likes it or not. Will he ever find his place in the world? You have to watch to see.

*** out of **** stars.

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