When deaf mute Singer moves to a small city to be near his only friend confined in a hospital, he grows attached to his landlady's sensitive 16-year-old daughter.When deaf mute Singer moves to a small city to be near his only friend confined in a hospital, he grows attached to his landlady's sensitive 16-year-old daughter.When deaf mute Singer moves to a small city to be near his only friend confined in a hospital, he grows attached to his landlady's sensitive 16-year-old daughter.
- Director
- Writers
- Carson McCullers(from the novel by)
- Thomas C. Ryan(screenplay by)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Carson McCullers(from the novel by)
- Thomas C. Ryan(screenplay by)
- Stars
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 11 nominations total
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- Dr. Copelandas Dr. Copeland
- (as Percy Rodriguez)
- Blountas Blount
- (as Stacy Keach Jr.)
- Director
- Writers
- Carson McCullers(from the novel by)
- Thomas C. Ryan(screenplay by)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
- Taglines
- ...and from this man who could not speak or hear, the girl heard many things.
- Genre
- Certificate
- G
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaTo conceal her age, Sondra Locke falsified her birth year more times than such notorieties as Joan Crawford, Mae West or Zsa Zsa Gabor. When Heart was being made in 1967, the late actress (born Sandra Smith in May 1944) was 23 years old, but an international press release said she was 17. Nashville Tennessean theater critic Clara Hieronymus called her out on the lie almost right away, but it took decades for the mass media to catch on. At the time of the movie's 1968 premiere, Locke claimed to be 21 but was in fact 24. While promoting The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) eight years later, the then 32-year-old gave her age as 20. Various news outlets wrongly reported Locke as being 29 in 1978 (when she was 34); 26 in 1979 (35 then); and 30 in 1980 (actually 36). Her real age was finally confirmed by her maternal half-brother, Donald Locke, in an exclusive interview with The Tennessean in 1989. Sondra Locke was 45 in 1989, but her publicist claimed 42. Locke never came clean about her age, even lying about it in her autobiography, and she refused to back down despite the proliferation of fact-checking during her final years. In a 2015 podcast interview, the then 71-year-old lied that she "was just graduating high school" when she started work on this film. Locke graduated high school in May 1962 at age 18 - more than five years before she was cast in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
- GoofsThe Sunny Dixie Carnival is supposedly taking place on a warm summer night judging from characters' lightweight costumes but actors' frosty breath can be seen in a number of shots.
- Quotes
Mick: [At the gravesite] Why did he do it? I keep asking myself that over and over.
Doctor Copeland: Oh, I don't suppose any of us will ever know that. None of us ever knew him... not really. We all brought our troubles to him, never stopping to think he may have troubles of his own.
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- Aug 1, 2001
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- Das Herz ist ein einsamer Jäger
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1