Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 09/06/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD1/DD2
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
In
Paul Mazursky's rueful character
drama, 57-year-old
Art Carney plays
Harry, a 70-plus Manhattan widower who loses his tiny apartment to the wrecking ball. Accompanied by his pet, an aged cat named
Tonto,
Harry sets out on an odyssey to Los Angeles. During his journey, he finds a kindred spirit in a youthful hitchhiker (
Melanie Mayron), who eventually finds happiness with
Harry's grandson (
Joshua Mostel).
Harry makes stops at the homes of his grown children (
Philip Bruns,
Ellen Burstyn, and
Larry Hagman), but each visit is more disappointing than the last; he also touches base with an old flame (
Geraldine Fitzgerald), who has slipped into senility. By the time he arrives in L.A.,
Harry has become dispirited by his desultory visits with friends and family, but he eventually realizes that each new day can be a beginning rather than an end.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
