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Summary: A must see!
Review: This is a film, if you keep an open heart and open mind, that will touch you deeply, man or woman. Everyone has those moments of innocence that stay with you forever, sometimes you just forget they were there. This movie deals with this in an excellent way showing how your dreams of youth can be a reality, just maybe not what you expected. Mark Harmon plays an excellent role but the real diamond here is Jodi Foster. Outstanding and uplifting. A real inspiration!
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Summary: I loved it but...
Review: This is a great movie if you're part of the lost generation of baby boomers who enjoy baseball and happened to have lived in Philadelphia. I fortunately fit into all of the above. It is a sweet coming of age story that is a great "chick flick". I grant that there were things that could have (and should have) been done better. But if you're looking for a visit back to your junior high-high school years, this one is a pleasant trip. Mark Harmon and Jody Foster get all of the attention in this, but William Mcnamara as young "Billy Wyatt" (Mark Harmon's character) is terrific.
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Summary: EXCELLENT MOVIE (i live in C.H.)
Review: THIS IS AN AWESOME MOVIE! I live in Philly, and in the part of philly where this movie was filmed.. i know people who owned some of the houses.. It's a classic! anyone who lives in philly must like this movie!
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Summary: home run
Review: This little gem is near-perfect from start to finish. You know you are in for something special from the first note of David Foster's rich, sensitive musical score, which is an integral part of the architecture of the film. Jodie Foster is unforgetable as a free-thinking 50's teenager and, later, a troubled woman who commits suicide. She leaves her ashes to life-long friend Billy (Mark Harmon) and as he remembers her, an intricate series of flashbacks take us to various stages of his life. Playing Billy as a teenager, William McNamara is sweet, beautiful, and touching as the young ballplayer who gives up a promising career. Billy must find a place for Katie's ashes and, at the same time, his own reason for being. This is a labor of love on the part of the writer/directors, and they hit it out of the park.
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Summary: STEALING HOME IS A THOUGHT EVOKING EXPERIENCE
Review: THIS MOVIE IS A MUST HAVE FOR VIDEO COLLECTORS. DAVID FOSTER ADDED ANOTHER DIMENSION TO THIS MOVIE WITH HIS HEARTING MOVING SOUNDTRACK.
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Summary: A movie that can change your way to see life!
Review: This video is great. The story of the movie was well writen, the caracters are very well structured and Jodie is great as always. The director wanted to show how a relationship based in love changes a persons life and he did. Congratulations to the director, all the actors and specially to Jodie Foster.
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Summary: Summers of love
Review: What a wonderful movie and what a wonderful set of reviews. Stealing Home has definitely struck a chord with a lot of thinking, feeling people.The casting was a work of genius and every member of the cast, of whatever age group, gave 1000%. There are so many fine moments in this classic movie that I can only urge you to buy a copy ASAP. Yet through all the humour, drama, romance and teenage testosterone overload, the bitter-sweet tinge of loss and lost love gives Stealing Home a magical flavour. One of the greatest things about high quality teen love and initiation movies such as Stealing Home and Summer Of 42, is that the viewer can experience the events and the people's lives vicariously. While I cannot relate directly to this type of movie, as I never had any physical relationships in my teens, I can thoroughly enjoy living those moments through the lives of the film characters. This is a very sensitive and intelligent portrayal of the lives of a group of ordinary people, who shared some very special moments. In an industry filled with car chases and shoot outs, Stealing Home shines like a diamond and serves as a reminder of just how good a film can and should be. A true classic.
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Summary: It is a movie about love, loss and life in general.
Review: When I first saw this movie, I had to watch it again and again. If you have ever been down on your luck, if you have ever lost a love, if you have ever thought of abandoning hope, watch this movie. It is absolutely wonderful.
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Summary: Summer at Seasmoke
Review: When this very special film begins, Billy Wyatt (Mark Harmon in an affecting performance) is adrift, further away from the promising ballplayer he once was than he has ever been. The most wonderful person in his life is Katie Chandler (Jodie Foster in a magical turn). Katie was his babysitter and first crush, and his compass for who he is. She has always been the one to point him in the right direction. She is doing so again by giving him a gift he must return home for; her red VW convertible, and her ashes. The magical Katie has killed herself at Seascape, the fondly remembered second home and hangout of his youth. This wonderful free spirit who filled his life with memories was the only person who really knew how lost he was without baseball, and one last and poignant time she will be his compass and put him back on the right path. At once inspirational and heartbreaking, uplifting and melancholy, this is a truly unique film that you will never forget. It holds a special place in the heart of anyone who has seen it. Foster's 'Katie' is one of her most memorable performances. She captures perfectly the free soul who is just a little different, and a little more wonderful, than everyone else. She is that one person, who if were lucky enough in this life, comes along to be our friend, to love us, and be our guide towards adulthood. There are images of Foster's 'Katie' in this film that will quietly stay with you for the rest of your life. A lot of this film takes place as Billy is on his way home by train, recalling these wonderful images. Their free spirited 'drives' always getting them into trouble, but always making 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. Harold Ramis as Billy's lifelong best friend Alan Appleby is teriffic 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 great 60's sountrack peppered throughout. But it is the score by David Foster that will haunt you. It is one of the most evocative scores of the 80's and is punctuated by Katie's theme, "When We Danced". Billy almost gives up finding the perfect spot for Katie until he suddenly recalls a memory, a moment captured in time not only by his eyes, but by his heart. It was a revealing moment, and only when he recalls it does he realize that this wonderful and free spirit was also a sad and restless soul longing to be free. It is then that he knows what he must do. It is an uplifting moment that will bring him the courage to return to baseball, and steal home. This is a special film and is not to be missed. It is a must for anyone who loves either baseball, nostalgia, Jodie Foster, or all of the above. Pick this one up as soon as you can!
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