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The Day of the Locust

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The Day of the Locust

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

1975·2h 25m·🇺🇸
Drama
6.9/ 107,008 votes

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Synopsis

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.

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Academy Awards

Best Supporting ActorBurgess Meredith
Nominated
Best CinematographyConrad Hall
Nominated

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