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In The Homecoming, adapted from the play by Harold Pinter, Michael Jayston brings his wife Vivien Merchant home to visit his long-estranged family. Jayston's father Paul Rogers is a washout, his uncle Cyril Cusack is on the edge of senility, and his brothers Ian Holm and Terence Rigby are, respectively, a slimy pimp and a brutish boxer. The sparser the dialogue, the thicker the tension in the air. Though British in origin, The Homecoming was presented as part of the American Film Theatre series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cyril Cusack - Sam
Ian Holm - Lenny
Michael Jayston - Teddy
Vivien Merchant - Ruth
Terence Rigby - Joey
Paul Rogers - Max

Part of the American Film Theatre series, Homecoming comes to DVD from Kino International. Originally written by Harold Pinter, this play has been adapted to film by director Peter Hall in 1973. Presented with a widescreen transfer enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions. Special features start off with "Harold Pinter and Homecoming," an essay by Michael Feingold, Chief Theater Critic at the Village Voice. Also includes the theatrical trailer, stills gallery, and interviews with both cinematographer David Watkin and Edie Landau, executive of the American Film Theatre. Most of the other special features are vintage AFT promotional materials, like a cinebill, trailer gallery, scrapbook, filmography, and a promotional reel from 1974 entitled "Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera. " ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

These movies have the touch and feel of The Homecoming...
S	C'est la Vie (NR)
1	Three Sisters (PG)
2	Vanya on 42nd Steet (PG)
?	The Angel Levine (PG-13)
2	3 Women [Criterion Collection] (PG)
S	The Big Cube
These movies have the subject or theme of The Homecoming...
1	In Celebration (PG)
8	Crimes of the Heart (PG-13)
2	Lily Tomlin: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (PG-13)
S	Pride of the Bowery
4	The Al Pacino Collection: Panic in Needle Park (PG)
1	Keetje Tippel (NR)
12	The Grifters [Widescreen] (R)
1	Return of the Secaucus 7 (R)
3	Out of the Blue [Collector's Edition] (R)
These movies share cast/crew with The Homecoming...
S	Accident (NR)
4	Anne of the Thousand Days/Mary, Queen of Scots
9	The Taming of the Shrew (NR)
14	Henry V (PG-13)
2	Dance with a Stranger (R)
S	The Maids (PG)
1	Cromwell (G)
These movies cover the same subjects as The Homecoming...
1	The Comfort of Strangers (R)
These movies are similar to The Homecoming...
5	Twister (PG-13)
27	Home for the Holidays (PG-13)
S	Un Air De Famille (NR)
2	The Myth of Fingerprints (R)
30	The Ice Storm (R)
4	Dancing at Lughnasa (PG)