A pleasant film about an old man who rejuvenates himself on a crosscountry trek. Harry and tonto follows the story of harry coombes art carney and his cat tonto on a road trip across 1970s america. Al pacino in his second as michael corleone in the godfather. As the film ends, he sees a young cat who looks exactly like tonto, and follows him to the beach, where a. 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. However, his visits to a former love geraldine fitzgerald, his daughter, shirley ellen. Tonto the ginger tabby is truly the costar of this film. Harry combes art carney is a 72 year old retiree living in a small new york apartment with his pet cat tonto and finds out that the complex is about to be torn down and he must leave.
Watch harry and tonto online stream full movie directv. Finally, the harry and tonto script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie starring art carney. The movie is directed by paul mazursky and featured art carney and ellen burstyn as lead characters. He would follow it with acclaimed performances in w. How harry and tonto made art carney a cat person youtube. Regarder harry and tonto 1974 en streaming complet hd. Harry, an elderly widower, is forced to leave manhattan when his apartment. Not only does he keep getting mugged, but the huge wrecking ball outside his window is about to demolish his apartment. 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. 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. 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.
The first halfhour or so, and the last fifteen minutes, are very good touching and funny and satisfying. Harry and tonto full movie watch online, stream or download. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and directed by. This is a human tale that speaks to anyone who is willing and able to listen. Arthur william matthew carney november 4, 1918 november 9, 2003 was an american actor in film, stage, television and radio. So harry bids farewell to the city and sets out for life in the suburbs with his sons family. 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. After staying with his east coast children doesnt work out, the pair engage on a road trip to the west coast, meeting a number of colorful characters, finding.
Director and cowriter paul mazursky oscarnominated for the latter created a movie that touches its audience with heart, emotion and smarts. Its not easy to make comedies that work as drama, too. Our respect for the elderly is as distant now as it was then and it takes a good film like this one to strike a chord and remind us of our older generations. 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.
Rent harry and tonto 1974 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. 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. In 1975, he won the pulitzer prize for distinguished criticism. Academy awards 1975 nominees and winners by categories. Straight story 1999, about schmidt 2003 and nebraska 20 are some of the road movies involving elderly people that made an. This is one of the few movies that is not available streaming anywhere. 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 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.
Jan 25, 2014 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. He is best known for playing ed norton opposite jackie gleasons ralph kramden in the 1950s sitcom the honeymooners, and for winning the academy award for best actor for his role in paul mazurskys harry and tonto 1974. 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 meets a comical cat lady who offers him a place to stay. Harry and tonto script transcript from the screenplay 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. Apr 30, 2008 tontos ubiquitous nature in the film must be broken, in order for harry to finally live his life freely. Harry and tonto ist eine usamerikanische filmkomodie des. 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. Film ini dibintangi antara lain ialah art cartney, rene enriquez, herbert berghof, dan masih banyak lagi. 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. Harry and tonto r 1h 55min adventure, comedy, drama 15 january 1975 france when his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong new yorker goes on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat tonto. Harry and tonto was pleasantly warm and shouldnt be pushed away in cinema history. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and.
He initially stays with his sons family in the suburbs but eventually chooses to travel cross country with his pet cat tonto in tow. Harry and tonto 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. Harry and tonto soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of harry and tonto. Jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and or viewings of harry and tonto. Judging one performance as being better than another unless youre comparing two actors in the same role is always a highly subjective and problematic exercise, as dustin hoffman once famously observed in his own oscar acceptance speech. One of the cats resembling tonto runs away across the beach. Find out where harry and tonto is streaming, if harry and tonto is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Was art carney winning the oscar best actor for harry and. Harry and tonto is a english movie released on 15 jan, 1975. Released by casablanca record and filmworks in 1974 nblp 7010 containing music from harry and tonto 1974. Harry and tonto is a simple film that did not rely on a big budget or trivial situations to tell its story. Harry a long with tonto go to see harry s children. 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. I love art carney,he has a real natural way of acting thats neither forced or method. Harry and tonto meet some old and new friends as they make there way across the country to california.
At first he moves in with his son phil bruns and his family, but it does not work out. Paul mazurskys brilliant oscarwinning film about old age, family and love stars art carney in his indelible academy awardwinning. It is very sad when harry must say good by to some old and treasured friends. In 1974, the oscar nominees for best actor included jack nicholson chinatown, al pacino godfather part ii, and dustin hoffman lenny. Art carney won the academy award for his portrait of harry in this very brilliant and touching film. In paul mazurskys rueful character drama, 57yearold art carney plays harry, a 70plus manhattan widower who loses his tiny apartment to the wrecking ball. 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 wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. 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. Rent harry and tonto 1974 starring art carney and ellen burstyn on dvd and bluray. Harry and tonto 1974 communes and being 16 in the 1970s duration.
Vous pouvez regarder le film harry et tonto en streaming dans le cable tv ou cinema au montreal canada et france avec son original en anglais. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Harry and tonto has carneys harry kicked out of his condemned apartment building with his cat, tonto. Throughout the film, harry makes disappointing stops at the homes of his grown children. January 15, 2015 january 15, 2015 greg orypeck 2 comments. Harry coombs, an elderly widower who lives with his cat tonto, is evicted from his west side manhattan apartment when the building is slated for demolition.
Harry and tonto harry and tonto 1974 film cinemagia. You never really feel somebodys suffering, you only feel their death. When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong new yorker goes on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat tonto. Harry and tonto 1974, however, was a critical and commercial success. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or. Harry carney, who lives in new york with his pet cat, tonto, is having a rough time of it. The midsection of harry and tonto, however, is mostly just another panoramic, easygoing, gently quirky 70s road movie. Harry catches him, but then lets him free when he sees a young child playing in the sand. A pleasant film about an old man who rejuvenates himself on a cross. Art carney and barbara rhoades in harry and tonto 1974 art carney and.
It features art carney as harry in an oscarwinning performance. 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. Harry is a seventyplus manhattan widower who loses his tiny apartment to the wrecking ball. Harry and tonto 1974 115 min adventure, comedy, drama, romance 15 jan 1975. 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. Harry and tonto merupakan salah satu film amerika serikat karya sutradara paul mazursky, film ini dirilis pada 15 januari 1975. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and directed by mazursky. In fact, harry and tonto gave carney a film career after years of only sporadic appearances in that medium. Harry and tonto wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia. 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.
Harrys celluloid journey seems to be the inspiration for those aforementioned road trips of mr. Carney is a game and canny old pro and he helps this film rise above its occasionally sentimental excesses. In fact, tonto won the 1975 patsy performing animal top star of the year awards for his role in the film, the equivalent of the oscar for animal actors. Harry coombs, an elderly widower who lives with his cat tonto, is evicted from. The achievement is partly mazurskys, partly carneys.