| Stealing Home | 
 enlarge | Directors: Steven Kampmann, William Porter
Actors: Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman, Harold Ramis
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 11099
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 98
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM2577
ISBN: 0790742853
UPC: 085391181828
EAN: 9780790742854
ASIN: 0790742853
Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 1988
Release Date: November 23, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
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. As he searches for what to do with them, he remembers the past and the relationship they had. In doing so he finds himself again.
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 One of my top three films September 2, 2008
I agree with the positive posts on this board. All I will add is that this is one of my top three all time movies, it made me love and enjoy Jodie Foster (more than I already did) and based on this movie, we almost named our daughter Katie. The character and how Foster portrayed her is one of those people that I always wish I was (of course w/o the suicide). Funky, free spirit, love of life....but it seems that the greatest people are also conflicted in some way. William McNamara is a doll - whatever happened to him? The whimsical Flying Horses and Katie's dislike of this also make the film special. As one poster added, the images stay with you and whenever I am on a pier, I think of Katie and Billy Boy running down, arms wide open. I looked this film up again as we spent our summer vacation on the Cape (though I know they are in Long Island) and I dream to one day own a place like Sea Smoke. A truly special film, don't let anyone tell you differently. (And if you like this one...I would recommend my other top two "She's Having a Baby" - fun, cute, heartwarming and "Made in Heaven." The latter being as haunting as "Stealing Home" Enjoy.
Katie's Theme August 1, 2008
When this very special film begins, Billy Wyatt is adrift, further away from the promising ballplayer he once was than he has ever been. The most wonderful person in his life has just committed suicide. She was his babysitter and first crush growing up. She was also his compass and beacon towards all that mattered in life. She has left him her red VW convertible, and something far more personal; her ashes.
Jodie Foster has a truly magical turn as the troubled free spirit, Katie. Foster's Katie is one of her most memorable performances, capturing perfectly a free soul just a little different, and a little more wonderful, than everyone else. She was always the one to point Billy in the right direction and is doing so one last time, posthumously. Mark Harmon does a nice job as the adult Billy, lost more than ever now that Katie has died.
Katie has killed herself at Seascape, the fondly remembered second home and hangout of his youth. Much of the film takes place as he makes the journey back home by train, remembering in bittersweet fashion this magical soul who meant so very much to his life. Their free-spirited drives always got them into trouble, but always made his life better somehow. She comforts him during a family tragedy and on his birthday gives him a silver chain with a baseball, telling him: "It's who you are Billy. You're a ballplayer."
Only Katie knew. But what Billy doesn't know, is what to do with her ashes. He knows she would not have entrusted him with something so important unless she knew it was he who would know what to do with them. But he is at a loss. Billy almost gives up finding the perfect spot for her ashes until he suddenly recalls a memory so revealing, he understands why Katie did what she did. There are images of Foster's Katie in this film that will quietly stay with you for the rest of your life.
Harold Ramis as Billy's lifelong best friend Alan Appleby is terrific here, and the always great Blair Brown as Billy's mother, Ginny, help lift this already special film to near greatness. It is wistful and nostalgic, a melancholy atmosphere augmented by David Foster's beautiful score, as evocative as any in memory. A great 60's soundtrack is mingled in also, but it is Foster's opening music and his "When We Danced" which will haunt the viewer long after the closing credits. A wistful mood and magical performance by Jodie Foster make this a film not to be missed.
LOVE IT April 27, 2008
What a great movie and soundtrack. I actually went and bought the soundtrack after I saw this. David Foster did a great job. . 5 STARS
A Homerun! January 14, 2008
This is a film produced two decades ago but with an enduring quality that makes you want to go back and see it again, and again, and again. In many ways it has all the characteristics of a classic: simple theme, uncomplicated characters, clear imagery in its presentation, and a soundtrack that supports the imagery and doesn't obscure the message. There is a simple innocence portrayed very effectively in characters played by actors who have since earned justifiably the admiration of peers and audiences alike for their depth of professional capacity,led by Jodie Foster and Mark Harmon. A great movie to just get comfortable with; no twisting plot moves; you can see everything coming - and it's nice when it works out that way.
Beautiful October 27, 2007
I was very moved by this story when I first saw it in the early 1990's. I found myself watching it again just last night at work - here I am 15 years older, at a place in life that I never expected to be, when the losses of my adolescent years seem light years away. But this story doesn't bring it back as much as it solidifies those experiences and the story even has greater resonance now. "Stealing Home" is a story dealing with the fundemental losses we face as people. It is poignant without being cheesy.
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