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By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.
Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 111 ratings · 7 May 1975 · English · 2h 25m · Released
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
The Day of the Locust Original Trailer (John Schlesinger, 1975)
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