Day of the Locust Limited Edition (Blu-ray)
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- BLU-RAY
Synopsis
Academy Award-winner John Schlesinger (Marathon Man) reunites with Midnight Cowboy screenwriter Waldo Salt (Coming Home), a victim of the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklist, to adapt Nathanael Wests acid satire of Hollywood decadence and broken dreams. Painter Tod Hackett (William Atherton, Looking For Mr. Goodbar), working in the art department of a movie studio during the 1930s golden age of Hollywood, falls in unrequited love with aspiring starlet Faye Greener (Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces). He competes for her affections against other men: a pair of cowboys (Bo Hopkins, American Graffiti and Pepe Serna, Scarface), and a forlorn accountant (Donald Sutherland, Invasion of the Body Snatchers). As Fayes career fails to take her beyond roles as an extra, her life becomes increasingly desperate and her relationships with men take a darker turn, reaching fever pitch at a red-carpet movie premiere that explodes into barbaric chaos. A bitter critique of tinsel-towns empty promises and the lost s
Format | Blu-ray |
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Release Date | Dec 5, 2023 |
Genre | Drama, Thriller |
Actors | Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton |
Director | John Schlesinger |
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