Hearts of the West (1975)

Directed by

Howard Zieff

Genre

comedy film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man who dreams of writing Westerns travels to 1930s Hollywood. He ends up acting in low-budget cowboy movies instead.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulgentlenostalgiceasygoingcomedic

What happens

Hearts of the West, released in Europe as Hollywood Cowboy, is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Blythe Danner, and Alan Arkin. A remake of 1932's Make Me a Star, its story revolves around a wannabe Western writer who finds himself cast as a leading man in several 1930s Hollywood B-movie Westerns. Despite good reviews, the film was a financial disappointment for MGM upon release in 1975, but it has since developed a significant cult following from midnight showings and college campus screenings. Screenwriter Rob Thompson launched his career with this film. He went on to be a producer on the television series Northern Exposure (for which he won an Emmy.) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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