By Craig Kennedy - January 30th, 2013; 12:01 am

Harry and Tonto (1974) Directed by Paul Mazursky. Screenplay by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld. Art Carney as Harry Coombes and Herbert Berghof as Jacob Rivetowski
Harry: Did you see that?
Jacob: No.
Harry: Fella almost ran me over.
Jacob: What kind of car?
Harry: I don’t know. A big grey job.
Jacob: Capitalist bastard!
Harry: What if it’d been a Volkswagen?
Jacob: Nazi bastard!
Harry: No, Jacob. I mean, if it was a small car, would it make the fellow not a capitalist?
Jacob: But it wasn’t a small car.
Harry: I don’t understand your logic.
Jacob: Why should you be any different than the rest of America?
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Art Carney is wonderful and the film remains a lightweight pleasure. Yeah I know the award the actor won was a lifetime achievement mainly for his iconic Ed Norton role on the beloved HONEYMOONERS, but 1974 wasn’t a strong year. The film is hard to criticize, providing we don’t look it as anything more than what it is.