The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (film)

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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Ellis Miller
Screenplay byThomas C. Ryan
Based onThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
Produced byThomas C. Ryan
Marc Merson
StarringAlan Arkin
Laurinda Barrett
Stacy Keach, Jr.
Chuck McCann
Biff McGuire
Percy Rodriguez
Cicely Tyson
Sondra Locke
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byJohn F. Burnett
Music byDave Grusin
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date
  • July 31, 1968 (1968-07-31)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million (US/ Canada)[1]

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a 1968 American film adaptation of the 1940 novel of the same name by Carson McCullers. It was directed by Robert Ellis Miller.[2] It stars Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke (in her film debut, age 24),[3] who both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances. The film updates the novel's small-town Southern setting from the Depression era to the contemporary 1960s. The film is recognized by the American Film Institute in AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – Nominated.[4]

  1. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1968". Variety. January 8, 1969. p. 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
  2. ^ Adler, Renata (January 16, 2008). "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
  3. ^ Slaughter, Sylvia (May 28, 1989). "Sondra vs. Clint in palimony suit". The Tennessean. Nashville. Don Locke loves his sister. He misses her, and he regrets the fact that his three daughters don't have any knowledge of Sondra other than what they see on TV or in print or hear from gossipmongers. 'Sondra's not this kind of bad character,' he says. 'Maybe she's changed, but she was my big sister who used to play baseball with me. Sondra's gonna be 45 May 28 ...' Locke's publicist claims Sondra will be 42 today.
  4. ^ "AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved August 6, 2016.