Read about the harry and tonto dvd and browse other dvd movies. Rent harry and tonto 1974 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. 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 a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and directed by. I watched this movie on demand at tcm yesterday afternoon. Add harry and tonto to your watchlist to find out when its coming back. 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. 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 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 and tonto is one of my all time favorite movies. Rent harry and tonto 1974 starring art carney and ellen burstyn on dvd and bluray.
Tontos ubiquitous nature in the film must be broken, in order for harry to finally live his life freely. Find out where harry and tonto is streaming, if harry and tonto is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. 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. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. 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. 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 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. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing harry and tonto near you. Straight story 1999, about schmidt 2003 and nebraska 20 are some of the road movies involving elderly people that made an. On sunday, actors like denzel washington and casey affleck will go head to head for best actor at the oscars. Harry and tonto follows the story of harry coombes art carney and his cat tonto on a road trip across 1970s america.
When the apartment building hes lived in for years in demolished, harry coombes faces some far from pleasant choices. Harry and tonto the 1974 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Harry, an elderly widower, is forced to leave manhattan when his apartment. 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 movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Harry is a seventyplus manhattan widower who loses his tiny apartment to the wrecking ball. Throughout the film, harry makes disappointing stops at the homes of his grown children. One of the best and earliest1934is it happened one night, with clark gable and claudette colbert, a light, carefree comedy which ends happily. Harry and tonto looks squarely in the face of a topic that most americans turn away from. Harry and tonto rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray.
A wonderful movie experience that speaks volumes with its quiet, methodical pace. Harry and tonto is a 1974 dramedyroad movie directed and cowritten by paul mazursky septuagenarian widower and retired teacher harry coombes is evicted from his new york apartment building so it can be demolished. Check if it is available to stream online via where to watch. Harrys hippy hooker love is a many splendored thing 03.
It is a film that is as beautiful and funny as it is poignant and sad. It features art carney as harry in an academy awardwinning performance. One of the cats resembling tonto runs away across the beach. Join fandango vip for free it only takes a few seconds to join already a fandango vip. In fact, harry and tonto gave carney a film career after years of only sporadic appearances in that medium. It features art carney as harry in an oscar winning performance.
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. Finally, the harry and tonto script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie starring art carney. Harry and tonto 1974 with art carney classic film freak. Harry and tonto 2007 stream and watch online moviefone. Harry and tonto 1974 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Harry meets a comical cat lady who offers him a place to stay. Jay silverheels born harold jay smith, may 26, 1912 march 5, 1980 was a mohawk actor and athlete.
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. During his journey, he finds a kindred spirit in a youthful hitchhiker melanie mayron, who eventually finds happiness with harrys grandson. Staring art carney, chief dan george, geraldine fitzgerald and larry hagman. He would follow it with acclaimed performances in w. There are no tv airings of harry and tonto in the next 14 days. 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. 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. 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. 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. Harry and tonto is a 1974 road movie written by paul mazursky and josh greenfeld and directed by mazursky. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the. Harry coombes art carney is an elderly widower and retired teacher who is forced from his upper west. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of harry and tonto. 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.
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