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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391186359
Format: Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 08, 2008
Running Time: 123 minutes
Sales Rank: 16055
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 31, 1968
Editorial Review:
Description:
When hearing-impaired John Singer moves to a Southern town to continue his friendship with a recently institutionalized fellow deaf mute, his compassion changes the lives of a small circle of struggling people--who discover The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Amazon.com:
This quiet, sentimental 1968 drama based on the Carson McCullers novel is considered a classic contemporary coming-of-age film about alienation and love. Alan Arkin (The In-Laws) stars as a kind, but lonely deaf-mute who befriends a lonely teenage girl in his boarding house. Set in the deep South, the film depicts a wistful small-town life with an undercurrent of turmoil and intolerance. It features a standout performance by Arkin and the debut of Sondra Locke (Bronco Billy, Sudden Impact) as two fundamentally lonely people who find solace in themselves as they reach out to each other. --Robert Lane
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Alan Arkin's finest performance
Wonderful story about the destructive power of loneliness. Alan Arkin (in a role of J. Singer) plays a deaf mute whose life revolves around his one and only friend who is also deaf mute. But his friend is simple and cannot stop himself from getting into a trouble. When situation becomes too difficult to handle his friend is moved to another town to an institution. To escape loneliness, Arkin's character moves to that city, finds another job, rents a room from impoverished southern family and ... Read More
Rating: - Wow.
This is a terrific but sad story about a deaf-mute who works as a professional engraver, and moves to a small town to be of assistance to his only friend, another deaf-mute who also has mental retardation. The former is intelligent and significantly helpful to those around him, but remains more or less ignored as he is silent. There are numerous sub-plots, and the actors, who include Sondra Locke and Cicily Tyson, are excellent. This is drama at its best.
Rating:  - A statement about loneliness, community, and openly caring for others.
This is a great movie with messages that are timeless. Alan Arkin is wonderful as a deaf mute who cares deeply for people in pain. However, he cannot seem to communicate his own pain to others nor obtain comforting, love or a feeling of belonging for himself. I took his deaf-mute character as being a symbol for the many good people in our society who "can't quit fit-in" due to personal or social barriers that get in the way. This movie also shows the ultimate tragedy that occurs when people are ... Read More
Rating: - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
I have waited quite a while for this movie to come out on DVD. Finally it was released, Amazon of course had it and I watched it three times in one day. It is in my top five movies, and I highly recommend spending your time and money on this movie. Thanks Amazon!
Rating: - One Of My TopTen Favorites of all time
Arkin is brilliant. He actually learned to sign for this film, and his portrayal of a deaf-mute is incredible. There are several different stories within this film whose characters all come together at the end. The most riveting performance of all is given by Cicely Tyson who plays the daughter of a local doctor. Arkin's character, John Singer is responsible for breaking down a lifetime of prejudice on both their parts, even after Tyson's character suffers a personal tragedy because of racial injustice. ... Read More
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