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Harry and Tonto

1974 · 115 min

A gentle, wandering road movie that ambles like its hero, mixing wry warmth with quiet ache about getting old and letting go.

Tagline
Get a lift.
Overview
Harry Coombes is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States — visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • aging
  • family
  • loneliness
  • freedom
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
adventure, comedy, drama
Directed by
Paul Mazursky
Written by
Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
Starring
Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Chief Dan George, Larry Hagman, Philip Bruns, Herbert Berghof, Josh Mostel
Music
Bill Conti
Cinematography
Michael C. Butler
Runtime
115 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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