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''Harry and Tonto'' is a 1974 {{Dramedy}} RoadMovie directed and co-written by Creator/PaulMazursky.
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''Harry and Tonto'' is a 1974 {{Dramedy}}/RoadMovie directed and co-written by Creator/PaulMazursky.
Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Creator/ArtCarney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Creator/EllenBurstyn). But after a series of mishaps, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). He ultimately decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Creator/LarryHagman), but the American road presents Harry with plenty of colorful characters and situations along the way, as Tonto stays faithfully by his side.
''Harry and Tonto'' is a 1974 {{Dramedy}}/RoadMovie directed and co-written by Creator/PaulMazursky.
Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Creator/ArtCarney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Creator/EllenBurstyn). But after a series of mishaps, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). He ultimately decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Creator/LarryHagman), but the American road presents Harry with plenty of colorful characters and situations along the way, as Tonto stays faithfully by his side.
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''Harry and Tonto'' is a 1974{{Dramedy}}/RoadMovie {{Dramedy}} RoadMovie directed and co-written by Creator/PaulMazursky.
Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Creator/ArtCarney)is finds himself evicted from his New York City apartment so the building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Creator/EllenBurstyn). But after a series of mishaps, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). He ultimately decides to travel to Los Angeles to see visit his other son Eddie (Creator/LarryHagman), but the American road presents Harry with plenty of colorful characters and situations along the way, as Tonto stays faithfully by his side.
''Harry and Tonto'' is a 1974
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* WholePlotReference: The film plays like a more naturalistic Americanized version of ''Film/WildStrawberries'', infused with plot elements of ''Theatre/KingLear''.
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* MistakenForTerrorist: When Harry intends to board a plane bound for Chicago, Airport Security starts grilling him about Tonto's cat carrier. Harry soon gets exasperated and angrily blurts out "Do you think I've got a bomb in there?" Though not arrested, he and Tonto do end up boarding a cross-country bus in the next scene.
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Most famous now for Carney's upset win of the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor, beating out Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/JackNicholson (''Film/{{Chinatown}}''), Creator/AlPacino (''Film/TheGodfatherPartII''), Creator/DustinHoffman (''Film/{{Lenny}})'') and Creator/AlbertFinney.
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* SliceOfLife: Bordering on RandomEventsPlot. It's basically a few weeks in the life of a quirky old widower (and his cat).
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Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Creator/ArtCarney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Ellen Burstyn). But after a series of mishaps, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). He ultimately decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Larry Hagman), but the American road presents Harry with plenty of colorful characters and situations along the way, as Tonto stays faithfully by his side.
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Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Creator/ArtCarney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Ellen Burstyn).(Creator/EllenBurstyn). But after a series of mishaps, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). He ultimately decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Larry Hagman), (Creator/LarryHagman), but the American road presents Harry with plenty of colorful characters and situations along the way, as Tonto stays faithfully by his side.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Harry has to explain Tonto's name to Sam Two Feathers, who's never heard of ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger''.
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Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Ellen Burstyn). But after a series of mishaps, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). He ultimately decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Larry Hagman), but the American road presents Harry with plenty of colorful characters and situations along the way, as Tonto stays faithfully by his side.
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Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Art Carney) (Creator/ArtCarney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Ellen Burstyn). But after a series of mishaps, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). He ultimately decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Larry Hagman), but the American road presents Harry with plenty of colorful characters and situations along the way, as Tonto stays faithfully by his side.
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Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Ellen Burstyn). But after a series of bureaucratic mishaps relating to Harry's devotion to Tonto, mishaps, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). After visiting Shirley, Harry He ultimately decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Larry Hagman), but still meets lots the American road presents Harry with plenty of unusual colorful characters and situations along the way, with as Tonto never far from stays faithfully by his side.
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* BittersweetEnding: Harry [[spoiler:settles in California and finds new friends and a new daily routine, but Tonto dies]].
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* ElectiveMute: Norman, Harry's grandson (and Burt's son) is studying Eastern mysticism and has taken a vow of silence, communicating only by writing. But [[spoiler:When we see him again later in the film, he's renounced it]].
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* ElectiveMute: Norman, Harry's grandson (and Burt's son) is studying Eastern mysticism and has taken a vow of silence, communicating only by writing. But [[spoiler:When [[spoiler:when we see him again later in the film, he's renounced it]].
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* TheBardOnBoard: It's a loose reworking of ''Theatre/KingLear'', which Harry even lampshades in the film. Since he was apparently an English teacher, Harry also quotes Shakespeare quite a bit.
* ElectiveMute: Norman, Harry's grandson (and Burt's son) is studying Eastern mysticism and has taken a vow of silence, communicating only by writing. But [[spoiler:When we see him again later in the film, he's renounced it]].
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Maybe not literally magical, but Harry meets an aging medicine man named Sam Two Feathers while he's in jail in Las Vegas.
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* TheRunaway: Ginger, a troubled teen who's left home to live in a commune in Colorado.
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''Harry and Tonto'' is a 1974 {{Dramedy}}/RoadMovie directed and co-written by Paul Mazursky.
Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Ellen Burstyn). But after a series of bureaucratic mishaps relating to Harry's devotion to Tonto, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). After visiting Shirley, Harry decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Larry Hagman), but still meets lots of unusual characters along the way, with Tonto never far from his side.
Most famous now for Carney's upset win of the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor, beating out Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/AlbertFinney.
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* RoadMovie: Harry and Tonto go from New York to Los Angeles via bus, driving and hitchhiking over the course of a single autumn.
''Harry and Tonto'' is a 1974 {{Dramedy}}/RoadMovie directed and co-written by Paul Mazursky.
Septuagenarian widower and retired teacher Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is evicted from his New York apartment building so it can be demolished. Joined by his cat Tonto, he moves in with his son Burt (Phil Bruns) but quickly gets fed up with Burt's dysfunctional family and decides to fly to Chicago to see his daughter Shirley (Ellen Burstyn). But after a series of bureaucratic mishaps relating to Harry's devotion to Tonto, he ends up buying a used car and driving to Chicago instead. Along the way he's joined by teenage runaway hitchhiker Ginger (Melanie Mayron). After visiting Shirley, Harry decides to travel to Los Angeles to see his son Eddie (Larry Hagman), but still meets lots of unusual characters along the way, with Tonto never far from his side.
Most famous now for Carney's upset win of the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor, beating out Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/AlbertFinney.
!!This film contains examples of:
* RoadMovie: Harry and Tonto go from New York to Los Angeles via bus, driving and hitchhiking over the course of a single autumn.
