Homecoming (1996 film)
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| Directed by | Mark Jean |
| Produced by | Jack Baran Shirō Sasaki |
| Written by | Christopher Carlson (screenplay) Mark Jean (screenplay) Cynthia Voigt (book) |
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Anne Bancroft Kimberlee Peterson Trever O'Brien Hanna Hall William Greenblatt |
| Music by | Spencer Proffer Gaili Schoen |
| Cinematography | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Edited by | Nancy Richardson |
| Distributed by | Hallmark Home Entertainment |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Homecoming is an American drama television film.
On April 14, 1996, the TV film Homecoming was released and aired on the American cable channel, Showtime. The screenplay was written by Christopher Carlson and was based on Cynthia Voigt's novel, Homecoming. The movie follows the story of four children who were abandoned by their mother and left to fend for themselves. Homecoming was directed by Mark Jean, produced by Jack Baran, and the executive producer was Shirô Sasaki. This drama is rated PG and has a running time of 105 minutes.
Homecoming did not win any awards, despite being nominated for a total of five. Anne Bancroft was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries by the Screen Actors Guild. Christopher Carlson and Mark Jean were nominated for Adapted Long Form by the Writers Guild of America, USA. The movie gathered three Young Artist Awards nominations: Best Family TV Movie or Mini-Series - Cable, Best Performance in a TV Movie/Home Video - Young Ensemble, and Kimberlee Peterson was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Movie/Mini-Series - Young Actress.
On a hot summer night in Provincetown, Liza Tillerman abandons her four children, thirteen-year-old Dicey, ten-year-old James, nine-year-old Maybeth, and six-year-old Sammy, in a mall. With only a change of underwear, a map, and nine dollars, Dicey, James, Maybeth, and Sammy take off on foot to Bridgeport where their nearest known relative, Aunt Cilla, lives. Along the way, Dicey struggles to care for and protect her siblings.
After finally arriving at Aunt Cilla’s, Eunice, their cousin, tells them that Aunt Cilla had died last spring. Eunice consults Father Joseph, who decides that the children may stay but only temporarily. Eunice tells Dicey of Abigail Tillerman, their grandmother, who lives in Crisfield, Maryland, and gives them some money. Dicey decides to take her siblings to their grandmother's house, but upon arriving they realize they do not know where she lives. While stopping at a store, a woman tells them that Abigail doesn’t have a phone and is isolated clear out of town. Dicey decides to meet her alone, so she leaves James in charge of Maybeth and Sammy.
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