Harry meets a comical cat lady who offers him a place to stay. Harry and tonto concerns a retired school teacher in his 70s shocking oscarwinner art carney who is forced to leave the only home he has ever known when his apartment in new york is demolished to make way for a. Harry and tonto is a touchingly beautiful story with some sad moments but in clever directing character, paul mazursky quickly cuts from a sad scene to something more uplifting to keep the balance of humor and sometimes not so happy lifes realities in a comfortable range of fluidity. Find out where harry and tonto is streaming, if harry and tonto is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and directed by mazursky.
It features art carney as harry in an oscar winning performance. Harry and tonto rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. 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. Join fandango vip for free it only takes a few seconds to join already a fandango vip. Staring art carney, chief dan george, geraldine fitzgerald and larry hagman. Check if it is available to stream online via where to watch. Rent harry and tonto 1974 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Read about the harry and tonto dvd and browse other dvd movies. Finally, the harry and tonto script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie starring art carney.
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. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the. One of the best and earliest1934is it happened one night, with clark gable and claudette colbert, a light, carefree comedy which ends happily. I watched this movie on demand at tcm yesterday afternoon. When the apartment building hes lived in for years in demolished, harry coombes faces some far from pleasant choices. 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. On sunday, actors like denzel washington and casey affleck will go head to head for best actor at the oscars. He would follow it with acclaimed performances in w. 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. Harry and tonto is one of my all time favorite movies. 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.
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. Harrys hippy hooker love is a many splendored thing 03. During his journey, he finds a kindred spirit in a youthful hitchhiker melanie mayron, who eventually finds happiness with harrys grandson. Throughout the film, harry makes disappointing stops at the homes of his grown children. Harry and tonto stars art carney and a trained cat, respectively, in a pleasant film about an old man who rejuvenates himself on a crosscountry trek. Add harry and tonto to your watchlist to find out when its coming back.
It is also a film that features one of the finest acting performances in the last fifty years given by the late, great art carney. 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. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. Harry and tonto is a simple road movie about an older man looking to find his place after being evicted from his home, and feeling unwelcome with his son. 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. Harry and tonto looks squarely in the face of a topic that most americans turn away from. Harry and tonto follows the story of harry coombes art carney and his cat tonto on a road trip across 1970s america. Tontos ubiquitous nature in the film must be broken, in order for harry to finally live his life freely. Two for the road 1967, quite differently, is about a bickering married couple. 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. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing harry and tonto near you.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of harry and tonto. Straight story 1999, about schmidt 2003 and nebraska 20 are some of the road movies involving elderly people that made an. Jay silverheels born harold jay smith, may 26, 1912 march 5, 1980 was a mohawk actor and athlete. Harry and tonto the 1974 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. In fact, harry and tonto gave carney a film career after years of only sporadic appearances in that medium. One of the cats resembling tonto runs away across the beach. Rent harry and tonto 1974 starring art carney and ellen burstyn on dvd and bluray. Harry, an elderly widower, is forced to leave manhattan when his apartment. It features art carney as harry in an academy awardwinning performance. A wonderful movie experience that speaks volumes with its quiet, methodical pace.
Harry and tonto 1974 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. There are no tv airings of harry and tonto in the next 14 days. 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. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Harry and tonto movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. It is a film that is as beautiful and funny as it is poignant and sad.
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