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RIP Sondra Locke

posted 5 years ago by Satan2016 (23533)
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It's been ages since I saw this movie. DVD and SD streaming, no blu-ray or HD.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/14/sondra-locke-obituary

The actor Sondra Locke, who has died aged 74 after suffering from cancer, was closely associated with the film star and director Clint Eastwood: they made six films together and had a 13-year relationship, which ended acrimoniously.

But it was not Eastwood who made her a star. Eight years before they met, she had already received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for her accomplished debut as Mick, a southern teenager who befriends a deaf-mute man (Alan Arkin) in the 1968 adaptation of Carson McCullers’ novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. She won the part after a nationwide search to find a suitable newcomer.

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 4 years ago

It is quite sad that young Sondra was the first of the major players in this film to pass away... Alan Arkin, Stavy Keach and Cicely Tyson are all still with us and all are still working... even Locke's on-screen parents Biff McGuire and Laurinda Barrett are still alive.

A lovely film with a wonderful ensemble cast and a great breakthrough role for Sondra.