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 before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends. Carneys win was unexpected but his performance in harry and tonto was not a fluke. Directed by paul mazursky, a classic movie, very moving. In 1974, the oscar nominees for best actor included jack nicholson chinatown, al pacino godfather part ii, and dustin hoffman lenny. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Art carney and tonto in harry and tonto 1974 harry and tonto 1974 art carney and barbara rhoades in harry and. 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, an elderly widower, is forced to leave manhattan when his apartment. He initially stays with his sons family in the suburbs but eventually chooses to travel cross country with his pet cat tonto in tow. Paul mazurskys brilliant oscarwinning film about old age, family and love stars art carney in his indelible academy awardwinning. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Rent harry and tonto 1974 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Its starts out swimmingly by introducing us to harry art carney and his elderly friends who congregate on a park bench regaling about their past glories. A pleasant film about an old man who rejuvenates himself on a cross. 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.
All harry potter movies ranked worst to best by tomatometer. Harry and tonto drift on west toward the pacific, and we begin to get the sense that this hasnt been your ordinary road picture, but a sort of farewell voyage by a warm and good old man who is still, at seventytwo, capable of being thankful for the small astonishments offered by life. Find out where harry and tonto is streaming, if harry and tonto is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. During his journey, he finds a kindred spirit in a youthful hitchhiker melanie mayron, who eventually finds happiness with harry s grandson. Descriere film harry and tonto harry and tonto 1974 online in romana. Harry and tonto 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In retrospect, i dont think that was a fair assessment to carney. At the beginning of the film, harry is forced out of his new york apartment. In paul mazurskys rueful character drama, 57yearold art carney plays harry, a 70plus manhattan widower who loses his tiny apartment to the wrecking ball. He was frank in last action hero star of harry and tonto star of harry and tonto ed norton player. Harry and tonto subtitles subtitles download movie and tv. 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. Rent harry and tonto 1974 starring art carney and ellen burstyn on dvd and bluray. Goose from captain marvel follows a long list of beloved cats in film. When the apartment building hes lived in for years in demolished, harry coombes faces some far from pleasant choices. Mar 17, 2015 bill contis score to paul mazurskys 1974 film harry and tonto.
Oscar actor for harry and tonto he played a sewer worker on tv. Harrys celluloid journey seems to be the inspiration for those aforementioned road trips of mr. Watch harry and tonto online stream full movie directv. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and directed by. This is an important work to me in that it helps people to see that old people are not invisible. Tinerii din localitate vor fi, dea lungul unui an, protagonistii unor intamplari fara egal, ce le va marca existenta. Melanie mayron breasts scene in harry and tonto aznude. You had to handcrank the cars in those days, tonto. Harry and tonto original trailer turner classic movies. One of the cats resembling tonto runs away across the beach.
Harry catches him, but then lets him free when he sees a young child playing in the sand. Harry and tonto, aventura comedie, film ameircan, regia paul mazursky. 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. Aug 21, 2015 paul mazurskys harry and tonto 1974 charts a kind of farewell, crosscountry journey made by 72 year old guy to meet his children. Through a repression, changing values, and rapid changing scenery, he sticks out like a sore thumb with his family, his friends, and people. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and.
Art carney stars as harry, a septuagenarian sitcom version of lear who sets out on a crosscountry journey with his aging cat tonto, in this sentimental and reflective comedy of paul mazursky. Harry and tonto 1974, however, was a critical and commercial success. Harry and tonto full movie watch online, stream or download. May 21, 2008 harry and tonto trailer art carney from a 16mm print. 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. Carney plays widowed septuagenarian harry coombes, a man who lives a simple life and purely adores his cat tonto. 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. Straight story 1999, about schmidt 2003 and nebraska 20 are some of the road movies involving elderly people that made an. The achievement is partly mazurskys, partly carneys. As the torrent of water dried up for the first time in thousands of years, it revealed a horrific sight.
Harry and tonto subtitles download movie and tv series. Harry and tonto looks squarely in the face of a topic that most americans turn away from. R 1h 55min adventure, comedy, drama 15 january 1975 france. Tonto the ginger tabby is truly the costar of this film. It features art carney as harry in an oscarwinning performance. As the film ends, he sees a young cat who looks exactly like tonto, and follows him to the beach, where a child is building a sand castle. Harry and tonto by paul mazursky a movie to download, on vod and legal streaming lacinetek. Harry and tonto is an engaging film but i view it as something of a missed opportunity. Harry and tonto 1974 paul mazursky made art carney a surprise, but very popular oscarwinner with the acclaimed 1974 comedydrama harry and tonto, the story of a retired school teacher out to find himself as younger people had been doing for the last ten years in road movies. Included among the american film institutes 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the top. Released by casablanca record and filmworks in 1974 nblp 7010 containing music from harry and tonto 1974. 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. Watch melanie mayrons breasts scene on aznude for free 39 seconds.
From there he decides to take a road trip across america with his pet cat tonto to go visit his daughter ellen burstyn in chicago and his other son larry hagman in california. Loved this film when i first seen it back in the seventies and always wanted to own it on dvd. However, his visits to a former love geraldine fitzgerald, his daughter, shirley ellen. Directed and written by robert benton, starring art carney and lily tomlin. He is literally pulled out by the police, a clever device to show his undying pain of the loss of his wife annie.
In my opinion, carneys later performances in the late show and going in style were just as good, maybe even better than his awardwinning role as harry coombes. Found an answer for the clue harry in harry and tonto that we dont have. Director paul mazursky opens the film with a montage of the downtrodden elderly of new york city. Im a huge fan of the late art carney and have never seen a bad performance by him. Harry and tonto follows the story of harry coombes art carney and his cat tonto on a road trip across 1970s america. 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. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of harry and tonto. Harry and tonto soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. Ellen burstyn in harry and tonto 1974 art carney and barbara rhoades in harry and tonto 1974. I lived in the city geneva, il where they filmed harry driving his rental car. He initially stays with his sons family in the suburbs but eventually chooses to travel cross.
Find out whats playing at your local movie theatre at canadas longest running online movie resource. Paul mazurskys brilliant oscarwinning film about old age, family and love stars art carney in his indelible academy awardwinning performance. 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. The midsection of harry and tonto, however, is mostly just another panoramic, easygoing, gently quirky 70s road movie. Harry and tonto is a touching film about old age that would be incomplete without the heartwarming performance of art carney, who makes every scene and line of dialogue seem completely genuine. Harry and tonto 1974 harry coombes art carney is an elderly widower who is forced from his upper west side apartment in new york city when his building is condemned. Harry takes tonto to an animal hospital, and says goodbye. In fact, harry and tonto gave carney a film career after years of only sporadic appearances in that medium.
Harry meets a comical cat lady who offers him a place to stay. 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. The first halfhour or so, and the last fifteen minutes, are very good touching and funny and satisfying. Each year, we begin the national film registry process anew and start from scratch. He would follow it with acclaimed performances in w. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and directed by mazursky.
New york film locations from the movie harry and tonto starring art carney. In 1975, he won the pulitzer prize for distinguished criticism. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Apr 30, 2008 tontos ubiquitous nature in the film must be broken, in order for harry to finally live his life freely. Some films not yet named to the registry film registry national. Paul mazurskys sentimental, upbeat seriocomedy about a widower who takes to the road with his cat after being evicted form his home is lifted above the. Harry coombes art carney is an elderly widower who is forced from his upper west side apartment in new york city when his building is condemned.
Was art carney winning the oscar best actor for harry and tonto. Harry goes to the beach and enjoys a game a chess, during which tonto suddenly does not look well. Sep 19, 2010 paul mazurskys brilliant oscarwinning film about old age, family and love stars art carney in his indelible academy awardwinning performance. Harry and tonto script transcript from the screenplay. I love art carney,he has a real natural way of acting thats neither forced or method. Finally, the harry and tonto script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie starring art carney. The adventures of sherlock holmes smarter brother 1975. An old widower art carney is evicted out of his apartment and has to go live with his son. Harry and tonto pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released harry and tonto pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line.