The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
by Fielder Cook
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Actor: Cleavon Little, Edgar Bergen, Ellen Corby, Patricia Neal, Richard ThomasDirector: Fielder Cook
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Earl Rath
Editor: Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor: Marjorie Fowler
Producer: Lee Rich
Producer: Robert L. Jacks
Writer: Earl Hamner Jr.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-23
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Movie Review: Waltons..The Homecoming. Equal for Christmas Best's with A Christmas Carol/Scrooge
Summary: 5 Stars
I have ordered my DVD and await with much anticipation. I already know what I'm getting !! I watched this wonderful movie as a child and have always wanted it. But I could not afford it at store prices. The only version I had was an old ,terrible, partial VHS recording I got off of TV many years ago,off of a station that was barely coming in. As bad as it was, I still had to "watch" it, if only to hear most of it !! As it's been said over again, I searched for it every year on TV, but never found it being shown, even at Christmas-time. As all the lovers of this movie, I can remember EVERY scene with detail & loving kinship. As poor as this family was, there was always a coziness and bonding throughout the entire household that I always longed for in my own. This movie is and will always endure as a True Classic !! I also watch it several times a year, especially if I need to be reminded of what true hardships are, and how we can rise above it. I would not have thought of it if Amazon hadn't recommended it.( Thank you Amazon ! ) I hope other parents will share this with their families !! A must see ! But it is a mistake to watch this with the " series " in mind. Although this film starts the series, it stands apart. The adults, other than " grandma " are different, and they deserve their own respects as strong personalities and great acting. The expectations should not be at all the same as the series characters. If you remember this going into viewing the film, you will not have that disappointment others have expressed ! Enjoy !!!!!!!
Summary of The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Olivia john-boy and their virginia family spend christmas eve 1933. Pilot for the waltons tv series. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/23/2003 Starring: Patricia Neal Ellen Corby Run time: 120 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Fielder CookA true television classic, The Homecoming was the second movie (after 1963's Spencer's Mountain) based on Earl Hamner's autobiographical writings about love, pride, faith, and survival in rural America during the Great Depression. The Homecoming introduced the Walton family, a 1930s mountain clan living a hardscrabble existence that forces patriarch John Walton (Andrew Duggan) to seek work, far from home, in the city. When John fails to return home, as promised, on Christmas Eve, his iron-willed wife Olivia (Patricia Neal) keeps a lid on their children's worry. Oldest son John-Boy (Richard Thomas), who privately dreams of becoming a writer but worries about disappointing his parents, is dispatched to find his dad. Graceful yet harder-edged than the subsequent TV series The Waltons (which recast several characters and ran for nine years), The Homecoming reveals, albeit understatedly, much about the pain of poverty even as the family draws strength and closeness through endurance. --Tom Keogh
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