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Stealing Home

Actor(s): Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Silverman, Harold Ramis
Director(s): Will Aldis, Steven Kampmann
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Movie Release: 1988
DVD Release: 11/23/1999
Format: DVD - Pan and Scan
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins
Studio: Warner Home Video
Total Copies: 33
Genres: Drama, Americana, Coming-of-Age

DVD Synopsis

The storytelling device of the flashback gets an intense workout in this tragic coming of age drama. Mark Harmon stars as washed-up baseball player Billy Wyatt, who is shocked when he receives news that his childhood sweetheart and friend Katie Chandler (Jodie Foster) has committed suicide and left the disposal of her ashes to his judgment. Although Billy and Katie have not kept in touch through the years, he has always carried a torch for her, his first love. On his way home, Billy recalls his past associations with the free-spirited Katie: their first meeting, the time they made love, and conversations they had, mostly during summers at the New Jersey shore. Billy also remembers the adolescent mischief he got into with his best friend Alan Appleby (played by Jonathan Silverman in the flashbacks, Harold Ramis in the present-day), like when each of them ended up sleeping with other's prom date. Billy finally decides to cast Katie's ashes to the wind in the place where they were happiest, by the seashore. Stealing Home was reportedly based on the real-life experiences of its writers, former Second City troupe members and WKRP in Cincinnati writers Steven Kampmann and Will Aldis. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Actors

Mark Harmon - Billy Wyatt as an Adult
Blair Brown - Ginny Wyatt
Jodie Foster - Katie Chandler
Jonathan Silverman - Alan Appleby as a Teen
Harold Ramis - Alan Appleby as an Adult

Editorial Review of DVD

Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster star in the drama Stealing Home, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are accessible in both of those languages as well. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence. This is a sub-par release from Warner Brothers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide