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Movie
German title	The day of the locust
Original title	The Day of the Locust
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1975
length	144 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	John Schlesinger
script	Waldo Salt
production	Jerome Hellman
music	John Barry
camera	Conrad L. Hall
cut	Jim Clark
occupation
Donald Sutherland : Homer Simpson Karen Black : Faye Greener Burgess Meredith : Harry Greener William Atherton : Death Hackett Geraldine Page : Big sister Richard Dysart : Claude Estee Bo Hopkins : Earle Shoop Pepe Serna : Miguel Lelia Goldoni : Mary Dove Billy Barty : Abe Kusich Jackie Earle Haley : Adore Loomis Gloria LeRoy : Mrs. Loomis, Adore's mother Madge Kennedy : Mrs. Johnson Jane Hoffman : Mrs. Odlesh Norman Leavitt : Mr. Odlesh Natalie Schafer : Audrey Jennings John Hillerman : Ned Grote

The Day of the Locust (Original title: The Day of the Locust ) is an American drama from 1975 . Directed by John Schlesinger , the screenplay was written by Waldo Salt based on the novel of the same name by Nathanael West from 1939.

action

The action takes place in Hollywood in the late 1930s. The father of the unsuccessful actress Faye Greener, Harry, works as a peddler. The simple-minded Homer Simpson, who used to work as an accountant, and the artist Tod Hackett, who lives in Faye's neighborhood, fall in love with her. Simpson is mistreated by the woman. Hackett, who recently graduated from college, is hired by a film studio. Death Hackett always has visions, which in the end mix with reality.

Grasshopper Day ends with the premiere of a movie at Grauman's Chinese Theater . Homer Simpson triggers a short-circuit reaction, a wave of violence and mass panic.

background

The film was shot in Los Angeles (including Hollywood ), Beverly Hills and Inglewood . The world premiere took place on May 7, 1975 in Los Angeles. The director William Castle has a brief cameo as a Hollywood director in the film.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of May 23, 1975 that the film was "lavish, daring and epic". It metaphorically shows America between the Depression and the war, but in the end it just becomes an "exercise". Some characters would be described as "grotesque". The portrayal of Donald Sutherland is one of the "miracles" of the film.

Cinema magazine wrote that the film was a "startling portrait of Hollywood losers". He paints “a bizarre, evil picture of the decline of the legendary American dream”.

Awards

Burgess Meredith for Best Supporting Actor and Conrad L. Hall for Best Cinematography were nominated for an Oscar in 1976 . Karen Black for Best Actress - Drama and Burgess Meredith for Best Supporting Actor were nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1976 .

Ann Roth won the BAFTA Award in 1976 for the costumes . Burgess Meredith and Richard Macdonald for Best Production Design were nominated for the BAFTA Award in 1976.

Book editions

• The Day of the Locust. 1939; Penguin , London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102365-1 .
  • Day of the grasshopper (translated by Fritz Güttinger). Diogenes , Zurich 1964; ibid. as TB: Day of the Locust. A Hollywood novel , 5th edition 2011, (German first edition as TB 1997), ISBN 978-3-257-20059-1 (= Diogenes paperback , volume 20059).
  • New edition: newly translated and edited. by Klaus Modick , afterword by Bernd Eilert , Manesse , Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7175-2272-0 .

Web links

• The Day of the Locust in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Day of the Locust at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Filming locations on imdb.com , accessed February 21, 2008.
2. ↑ Release dates on imdb.com , accessed February 21, 2008.
3. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed February 21, 2008.
4. ^ Film review in Cinema , accessed on February 21, 2008.