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Stealing Home

  • 1988
  • PG-13
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Jodie Foster and Mark Harmon in Stealing Home (1988)
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Ex-baseball player Billy comes home to receive his childhood darling's ashes.Ex-baseball player Billy comes home to receive his childhood darling's ashes.Ex-baseball player Billy comes home to receive his childhood darling's ashes.

  • Directors
    • Steven Kampmann
    • William Porter
  • Writers
    • Steven Kampmann
    • William Porter
  • Stars
    • Mark Harmon
    • Jodie Foster
    • Blair Brown
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
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    • Directors
      • Steven Kampmann
      • William Porter
    • Writers
      • Steven Kampmann
      • William Porter
    • Stars
      • Mark Harmon
      • Jodie Foster
      • Blair Brown
    • 62User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Mark Harmon
    Mark Harmon
    • Billy Wyatt
    Jodie Foster
    Jodie Foster
    • Katie Chandler
    Blair Brown
    Blair Brown
    • Ginny Wyatt
    Jonathan Silverman
    Jonathan Silverman
    • Teenage Alan Appleby
    Harold Ramis
    Harold Ramis
    • Alan Appleby
    William McNamara
    William McNamara
    • Teenage Billy Wyatt
    Richard Jenkins
    Richard Jenkins
    • Hank Chandler
    John Shea
    John Shea
    • Sam Wyatt
    Christine Jones
    • Grace Chandler
    Beth Broderick
    Beth Broderick
    • Lesley
    Jane Brucker
    Jane Brucker
    • Sheryl
    Ted Ross
    Ted Ross
    • Bud Scott
    Thacher Goodwin
    Thacher Goodwin
    • Young Billy Wyatt
    Yvette Croskey
    • Young Robin Parks
    Ollie Davidson
    • Robin Parks
    Judith Kahan
    • Laura Appleby
    Sam Chew Jr.
    • Nathan Appleby
    Miriam Flynn
    Miriam Flynn
    • Mrs. Parks
    • Directors
      • Steven Kampmann
      • William Porter
    • Writers
      • Steven Kampmann
      • William Porter
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The opposing pitcher in the final game was former major leaguer Wally Joyner.
    • Goofs
      When adult Billy(Mark Harmon) finally gets to his mother, Ginny's, home, they have dinner with younger adult sister, Hope(Helen Hunt), and they discuss Hope's pregnancy. But over dinner Hope is drinking wine. Especially in the late 1980's the connection between alcohol and pregnancy was prevalent and women were warned of not drinking while pregnant, so this is out of character.
    • Quotes

      Katie Chandler: See that's all I want to do Billy-Boy. I want to leap of this pier and fly high in the air with hang with the wind and drift through the clouds, and at night, with the Moon full and the sea wild, I meet my lover high on a cliff and we'd swoop down into the ocean and swim all the way touch the bottom up through the dark water and break the surface. Then we'd fly to Jamaica for Pina Colatas... God, I wish I could do that.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Betrayed/Stealing Home/The Last Temptation of Christ/Married to the Mob/Hero and the Terror (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Stealing Home
      (Instrumental)
      Performed by David Foster

    User reviews62

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    Touched my Heart

    Stealing Home is a beautiful, moving, little picture, that will touch your heart. Fuelled by an amazing soundtrack and terrific performances by Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster, and esp William McNamara this is one film to definitely watch again and again.

    Harmon plays the adult Billy Wyatt, who at the beginning of the film is a washed up former ballplayer, but a phone call with devastating news about the death of his former paramor cum babysitter Katie Chandler forces Billy to return home grow up and decide what to do with her ashes. Through flashbacks we learn about Katies free spirited life and her complex relationship with a young then a teenaged Billy.

    This movie is one my all time favorites and after seeing it it should be yours too.
    • cyberdude_1971
    • Jun 24, 2002
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    • Release date
      • August 26, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Katies Sehnsucht
    • Filming locations
      • Chestnut Hill Academy - 500 W. Willow Grove Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • The Mount Company
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,467,504
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,346,864
      • Aug 28, 1988
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,467,504
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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