When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong new yorker goes on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat tonto. Read about the harry and tonto dvd and browse other dvd movies. Kinema junpo awards 1976 paul mazursky best foreign language film. We just had this story about an old guy crossing the country. He would follow it with acclaimed performances in w.
I love art carney,he has a real natural way of acting thats neither forced or method. After staying briefly with his son burt phil bruns, harry decides to travel across the country, accompanied by his cat, tonto, to visit his other grown children. This opening sequence really validates that the filmmakers. Harry is an older man played by art carney whos home is demolished by the forces of progress, so he starts on a journey that will take him west with his cat tonto. Rent harry and tonto 1974 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Everywhere harry goes, the cat is a problem, but so is harry. It has the thinnest strand of a story running through it but with each person harry meets and each possible plotline you watch unfold,the story suddenly moves on to another place,for example he meets up with a young. It features art carney as harry in an oscar winning performance. When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, harry and his beloved cat tonto begin a journey across the united states, visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see. One of the best and earliest1934is it happened one night, with clark gable and claudette colbert, a light, carefree comedy which ends happily. Harry coombes meets a hooker on his cross country trek. Harry meets a comical cat lady who offers him a place to stay. A predallas larry hagman as harrys downonhisluck hollywood hustler son.
Bill conti harry and tonto original soundtrack harry. Staring art carney, chief dan george, geraldine fitzgerald and larry hagman. Directed by 1 writing credits 2 cast 38 produced by 2 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 1 set decoration by 1 costume design by 1 makeup department 1 production management 2. Harrys hippy hooker love is a many splendored thing 03. Harry and tonto represents what was good about the new freedom of the screen in the early 1970s paul mazurskys easygoing look at america through the eyes of an elderly wanderer and his feline companion is the kind of movie that could only come about when writerdirectors with good instincts are let loose to do what they want. Harry and tonto is a 1974 dramedyroad movie directed and cowritten by paul mazursky septuagenarian widower and retired teacher harry coombes is evicted from his new york apartment building so it can be demolished.
Harry and tonto looks squarely in the face of a topic that most americans turn away from. Harry and tonto told the simple story of an old man art carney, in his oscarwinning role and his pet cat, tonto. When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, harry and his beloved cat tonto begin a journey across the united states, visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to. Harry and tonto trailer art carney from a 16mm print. In fact, harry and tonto gave carney a film career after years of only sporadic appearances in that medium. Made when mazursky was only 43 years old, this is a quirky, poignant, seriocomic. Jay silverheels born harold jay smith, may 26, 1912 march 5, 1980 was a mohawk actor and athlete. Paul mazurskys harry and tonto tells the story of a feisty seventytwoyearold who is carried forcibly from his new york apartment one step ahead of the wreckers ball. Harry and tonto 1974 with art carney classic film freak.
The sentimental comedy centred on a 72yearold retired college professor art carney who sets off with his cat, tonto, on a crosscountry bus trip to visit his daughter burstyn in chicago and his son. Harry and tonto 1974 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and directed by mazursky. Tonto the ginger tabby is truly the costar of this film, playing a major part and at least being present in more than half of the movies scenes. Harry y tonto es una 1974 road movie escrita por paul mazursky y josh greenfeld y dirigida por mazursky, protagonizada por art carney. Chief dan george as the native american medicine man with whom.
When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, harry and his beloved cat tonto begin a journey across the united states. Harry is a seventyplus manhattan widower who loses his tiny apartment to the wrecking ball. Rent harry and tonto 1974 starring art carney and ellen burstyn on dvd and bluray. Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the upper west side of new york city where his late wife and he raised his childrenwhere hes lived all his life. Tontos ubiquitous nature in the film must be broken, in order for harry to finally live his life freely.
Harry and tonto 1974 communes and being 16 in the 1970s duration. Two for the road 1967, quite differently, is about a bickering married couple. In paul mazurskys rueful character drama, 57yearold art carney plays harry, a 70plus manhattan widower who loses his tiny apartment to the wrecking ball. Original movie poster for harry and tonto 1974 27199 original fox 1974 release one sheet poster 27x41 directed by paul mazursky offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. Harry, an elderly widower, is forced to leave manhattan when his apartment.
He was well known for his role as tonto, the faithful native american companion of the lone ranger in the longrunning american western television series the lone ranger. When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, harry and his beloved cat tonto begin a journey across the united states, visiting his children, seeing a world he. Harry and tonto made a great impression on me mainly because of the way art carney subtly portrays his character, with some excellent, observant dialogues written by mazursky and josh greenfeld. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing harry and tonto near you. Harry and tonto 1974, however, was a critical and commercial success. Released april 2nd, 2007, harry and tonto stars art carney, ellen burstyn, chief dan george, geraldine fitzgerald the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a score of out of.
The name is apt because tonto is, apparently accidentally, his indian guide as well as his standin. Harry takes tonto to an animal hospital, and says goodbye. With art carney, ellen burstyn, rene enriquez, herbert berghof. Harry and tonto cast and crew cast photos and info. Harry and tonto art carney won an oscar for best actor for harry and tonto 1974, as an elderly new yorker who goes on a crosscountry road trip with his cat, tonto. Harry goes to the beach and enjoys a game a chess, during which tonto suddenly does not look well. One of the cats resembling tonto runs away across the beach. Harry and tonto follows the story of harry coombes art carney and his cat tonto on a road trip across 1970s america. During his journey, he finds a kindred spirit in a youthful hitchhiker melanie mayron, who eventually finds happiness with harrys grandson. Harry coombes art carney is a man in his seventies who is evicted from his manhattan apartment when the building is set to be demolished. Before and after 1974, when harrys story, going under the title harry and tonto, was filmed, there have been any number of road movies, a favorite film genre. He was happy with his life in the city apart from the four muggings so far this year and content to talk to his old cronies and to his cat, tonto.
Harry coombes art carney is an elderly widower and retired teacher who is forced from his upper west. Harry goes to the beach to write a letter to leroy, telling him that tonto passed away at the age of 11, or 77 in human years. Harry and tonto 2007 harry coombes art carney is a man in his seventies who is evicted from his manhattan apartment when the building is set to be demolished. Joined by his cat tonto, he moves in with his son burt phil bruns but quickly gets fed up with burts dysfunctional family and decides to fly to chicago to see his daughter. Did you know that before filming harry and tonto 1974 actor art carney had never had a pet. How harry and tonto made art carney a cat person youtube. Find out where harry and tonto is streaming, if harry and tonto is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. However, his visits to a former love geraldine fitzgerald, his daughter, shirley ellen. One of my favorite movies of all time, and my favorite opening credits of all time. Harry walks tonto on a leash in new york, which was inspired by director paul mazurskys mother who owned a red manx cat which she used to walk on a leash in the village.
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