Jul 11th  
The Day of the Locust**     
(US 1975)                                     
Paramount/Long Road. 143m.

In the 1930s Hollywood an aspiring art director sees his depiction of Hell begin to come to real life.
Flawed adaptation of a satirical novel lacking a definite central character but produced with a glowing nostalgia for its period. The climax lives up to its billing but still leaves the ending unsatisfactory.

Written by: Waldo Salt, from the novel by Nathanael West.
Producers: Jerome Hellman, Sheldon Shrager.
Director: John Schlesinger.
Starring: William Atherton, Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Burgess Meredith, Richard Dysart, Geraldine Page, Bo Hopkins, Billy Barty, Lelia Goldoni, Paul Stewart.
Photography: Conrad Hall.
Music: John Barry.
Editing: Jim Clark.