Stealing Home (1988)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Directors:

Steven Kampmann
William Porter

Writers:

Steven Kampmann (written by) &
William Porter (written by)

Release Date:

26 August 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Stealing hearts, stealing laughs, stealing memories

Plot:

Mark Harmon is a washed-up baseball player who is call back home to handle the ashes of his childhood sweetheart/ first love who had committed suicide...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | One Night Stand | First Love | Baseball | Suicide

Cast

Mark Harmon	...	Billy Wyatt
Blair Brown	...	Ginny Wyatt
Jonathan Silverman	...	Teenage Alan Appleby
Harold Ramis	...	Alan Appleby
William McNamara	...	Teenage Billy Wyatt
Richard Jenkins	...	Hank Chandler
John Shea	...	Sam Wyatt
Jodie Foster	...	Katie Chandler
Christine Jones	...	Grace Chandler
Beth Broderick	...	Lesley
Jane Brucker	...	Sheryl
Ted Ross	...	Bud Scott
Thacher Goodwin	...	Young Billy Wyatt
Yvette Croskey	...	Young Robin Parks
Ollie Davidson	...	Robin Parks

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:L | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Camden, New Jersey, USA

Company:

The Mount Company

Trivia:

Warner Bros. green-lit the movie after Herman Raucher denied them the rights to remake Summer of '42 (1971).

Quotes:

Teenage Alan Appleby: You had sex with my prom date.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV)

Be My Friend!

Kampmann's decision to tell "Stealing Home's" story via flashbacks is a tricky one to pull off but this film does it beautifully. The emotional rollercoaster that pulls us in is done without the director pandering to the obvious. Mark Harmon's performance as the disaffected, angst-ridden adult that young dreamer Billy Wyatt has become is unusually well-done, as are Jonathan Silverman and Harold Ramis' lovable versions of Appleby. "BE MY FRIEND!" Ah, memories.