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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (31-Jul-1968)
Director: Robert Ellis Miller Writer: Thomas C. Ryan From novel by: Carson McCullers Music by: David Grusin Producers: Thomas C. Ryan; Marc Merson Keywords: Drama, Deafness A deaf mute takes a room in a boarding house, to be closer to an institutionalized friend; among his new friends are his landlord's deaf mute daughter. Alan Arkin gives an exceptional, understated performance, though the film is still a pale shadow of the McCullers' novel. Received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Since the film was budgeted for $1M, it was set in the present instead of the 1930s; filmed in Selma, Alabama.
CAST | Alan Arkin | ... Singer | | | Co-Starring | | Laurinda Barrett | ... Mrs. Kelly | | Stacy Keach | ... Blount | | Chuck McCann | ... Antonapoulos | | Biff McGuire | ... Mr. Kelly | | Percy Rodriguez | ... Dr. Copeland | | Cicely Tyson | ... Portia | | | Featuring | | Jackie Marlowe | ... Bubber | | Johnny Popwell | ... Willie | | Wayne Smith | ... Harry | | Peter Mamakos | ... Spirmonedes | | John O'Leary | ... Beaudine | | Hubert Harper | ... Brannon | | Sherri Vise | ... Delores | | | And Introducing | | Sondra Locke | ... Mick | | | Robbie Barnes | ... Ralph | | Richard Fingar | ... Sucker | | Gavin Paulin | ... Spareribs | | Horace Oates, Jr. | ... Himself | | Don Swafford | ... Dr. Gordon | | Anna Lee Carroll | ... Nurse Bradford | | Ronald A. Riner | ... Deputy Sheriff Ivor |
REVIEWS Review by Firegal (posted on 25-Feb-2008) I have waited almost 40 years to see this MOST MOVING FILM again. I had watched it in high school, they had taken us to the auditorium once and awhile and we saw what were considered highly regarded literary stories made into films. I never forgot this film. It didn't even seem dated to me when I watched it today, Feb. 25, 2008. Sandra Locke has obviously not had the best career the rest of her life, but she was up for an acadamy award for her part in this movie, and I think she should have won it. I think the thing that draws me most to the story is it doesn't preach, or give answers about life, it just shows us the inside lives of those around us and the things we don't know about them. You may not like this movie, but I think you owe yourself the treat of watching it, because I believe you will thouroughly enjoy the story, and the actors. Alan Arkan also did a fabulous job as a deaf mute. His relationship to Sandra's character is so superficial on one hand, and yet we find so deeply intertwined at the end.
Review by Steve Sedberry (posted on 27-Feb-2009) I read Carson McCullers obit (October 1967?) in the Birmingham News and immediately began reading her books. I'm not sure how she would have felt about this posthumous production but I enjoyed it when it first arrived at theaters and again when viewing the DVD with a friend last night. Arkin and Locke both convincingly portrayed their characters and seeing the Deep South movie sets was a real enjoyment. (Jefferson City, GA was evidently actually Selma, Alabama.) I didn't realize that my former World Lit and Latin/Greek roots professor (UAB 1968-1971) portrayed the bartender Brannon. I must have seen the movie before I knew him. Hubert Harper (Ph.D.) was a real character in and out of class. He was definitely one of the best professors with whom I ever studied (I'm sure he had fun playing the bartender, however). One problem I have with the movie is the same problem I have with all movies: they glorify God's creation rather than God Himself. No matter how entertaining and convincing, most, if not all, films celebrate the craftiness of humankind rather than the abundant provision of God. This is tragic. It's no wonder that our worshipping the idols of man in all of his endeavors has brought tragedy upon us throughout human history. When will we awaken to God Himself?
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