Drama · United States of America · 1975 · 2h 25m

The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust poster
Director
John Schlesinger
Cast
Donald Sutherland as Homer Simpson Karen Black as Faye Greener Burgess Meredith as Harry Greener William Atherton as Tod Hackett Geraldine Page as Big Sister Richard Dysart as Claude Estee
Crew
Conrad Hall — Director of Photography Jim Clark — Editor John Barry — Original Music Composer Waldo Salt — Screenplay Nathanael West — Novel Jerome Hellman — Producer
Tagline

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Day of the Locust — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookcinema on cinemamovie businesssocial satirehollywoodlos angeles, californialynch mobdisturbedaccountantlonely man1930smovie mogul
Key Collaborators
John Schlesinger Director Conrad Hall Director of Photography Jim Clark Editor John Barry Original Music Composer Waldo Salt Screenplay Nathanael West Novel Jerome Hellman Producer Richard Macdonald Production Design
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