By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.
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.
- Bleak ending
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Classical in form, bleak, prestige and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Donald SutherlandHomer Simpson
- Karen BlackFaye Greener
- Burgess MeredithHarry Greener
- William AthertonTod Hackett
- Geraldine PageBig Sister
- Richard DysartClaude Estee
- Bo HopkinsEarle Shoop
- Pepe SernaMiguel
- Lelia GoldoniMary Dove
- Jackie Earle HaleyAdore Loomis
Crew
- John SchlesingerDirector
- Waldo SaltScreenplay
- Nathanael WestNovel
- Conrad HallDirector of Photography
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Jim ClarkEditor
- Jerome HellmanProducer
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