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Genres:
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Drama /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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John Schlesinger
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Actors:
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Geraldine Page,
Lelia Goldoni,
Bo Hopkins,
Pepe Serna,
Gloria LeRoy,
Jane Hoffman,
Madge Kennedy,
Norman Leavitt,
Donald Sutherland,
Karen Black,
Burgess Meredith,
William Atherton,
Richard Dysart,
Billy Barty,
Jackie Earle Haley
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Duration:
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138 min.
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Rating:
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(7.1/10)99.5
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Plot Summary:
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An artistry director (William Atherton) in love with an actress (Karen Black) sees horror in 1930s Hollywood.
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Tags:
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Day of the Locust, The
Donald Sutherland, Karen Black and Burgess Meredith star in a black-hearted satire on 1930s Hollywood. By Midnight Cowboy director John Schlesinger
Nathaniel West's novel about the sordid reality behind the American Dream factory is one of the most incisive dissections of the film industry ever written; as caustic, comic and lyrical as anything by F Scott Fitzgerald. Director Schlesinger's adaptation saw him reuniting with Midnight Cowboy screenwriter Waldo Salt. The result was a flop, audiences unhappy with the pessimistic tone and an ending that borders on the surreal. Time, however, reveals a fascinating, if flawed, example of the film industry turning the lights on itself and finding nothing there but darkness.
The story follows the failing fortu...
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