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The Day of the Locust

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

R Drama

Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page

Writer: Waldo Salt, Nathanael West

Release Date:
May 7, 1975
Ratings:
6.4 / 10
Director:
John Schlesinger
Companies:
Paramount Pictures

Overview

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.