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Member Login  [help]  Email:    Password:     remember me Membership  Join for FREE  FAQs  About MatchFlick  Privacy Policy Popular Movies  [more]  Fight Club  Pulp Fiction  Eternal Sunshine Popular People  [more]  Johnny Depp  Tom Hanks  Natalie Portman Member Trends  Horror Club  Reviewer Stats  Exclusive Interviews Movie News  Current News  News Archives Message Board  Go To The Forum Columns   [more]  Mean Teen Wrecki...  It's Good To Be ...  Come Along With ...  Obama Era May Pr...  COLUMNS ARCHIVES Contests  GUESS THAT SCENE Syndication  RSS FEEDS MatchFlick Member Reviews 1 review / review this flick   The Day of the Locust (1975) From Amazon: Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust is by consensus the great Hollywood novel, a poison-pen letter aimed squarely at the tinsel heart of the movie biz. Only in the 1970s could Hollywood actually hazard a film of this story, and the result is suitably corrosive. William Atherton is the observer Tod, Karen Black the blond starlet Faye, and Donald Sutherland the hulking Homer--but they are easily out-acted by the colorful supporting cast. In particular, Burgess Meredith's exhausted showbizzy salesman and Billy Barty's strutting dwarf are superbly crafted gargoyles in this Hollywood wax museum. Director John Schlesinger piles on the... Starring:   Donald Sutherland Karen Black Burgess Meredith William Atherton Billy Barty Bo Hopkins Richard Dysart Geraldine Page Directed By:   John Schlesinger Member Reviews Add to Favorites A Favorite of... Buy/Rent on DVD Subscribe to MatchFlick Movie Reviews through RSS Read Reviews / Post Review The Day of the Locust Movie Review by OOGA BOOGA (11/22/2008) IN THE HEY-DAY OF HOLLYWOOD DECADENCE........ If you are a true nostalgic and cling possessively to your romantic illusions about the 'Glory Days' of Hollywood back in the 30's, then THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (TDOTL) is definitely not the flick for you. But if you want your eyes opened to the vicious, dog-eat-dog reality of... (complete The Day of the Locust review by OOGA BOOGA)
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