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The Day of the Locust (1975) [R]

Release Date:
May 7, 1975

Original Title:
The Day of the Locust

Alternate Titles:
Dzien szaranczy
Gräshopporna
Heinäsirkat
Katastrofenatten
Le Jour du Fleau
Medaljens bakside
O Dia do Gafanhoto
O Dia dos Gafanhotos
День Саранчи
淑女·荡妇·情人

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Long Road Productions
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 16  DK: 15  ES: 18  FI: K-16  FR: 12  GB: 18  IE: 18  NL: 16  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 145

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

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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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Production

Art Direction:
John J. Lloyd

Assistant Director:
Tim Zinnemann

Associate Producer:
Michael Childers
Sheldon Schrager

Camera Operator:
Thomas Laughridge

Casting:
Marion Dougherty
Dianne Crittenden

Choreographer:
Marge Champion

Costume Designer:
Ann Roth

Director:
John Schlesinger

Director of Photography:
Conrad L. Hall

Editor:
Jim Clark

Gaffer:
Richard Martens

Hair Designer:
Lynn Del Kail

Makeup Designer:
Del Armstrong

Novel:
Nathanael West

Original Music Composer:
John Barry

Producer:
Jerome Hellman

Production Design:
Richard Macdonald

Property Master:
Allan Gordon

Screenplay:
Waldo Salt

Script Supervisor:
Karen Hale Wookey

Set Decoration:
George James Hopkins

Sound Editor:
David Campling

Sound Mixer:
Gerry Humphreys

Sound Recordist:
Tom Overton

Special Effects:
Tim Smyth

Still Photographer:
Dave Friedman

Stunt Coordinator:
Phil Adams

Stunts:
Jeannie Epper
Gene LeBell

Title Designer:
Dan Perri

Unit Production Manager:
Sheldon Schrager

Unit Publicist:
Michael Maslansky

Visual Effects:
Albert Whitlock

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