Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman

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 reme...( read more  read more... )mbers the past and the relationship they had. In doing so he finds himself again.

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PG-13, 98 min.

Directed by: William Porter, Steven Kampmann

Release Date: August 26, 1988

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DVD Release Date: November 23, 1999

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  • November 20, 2008
    I ran across this movie today, and had to watch it for the forty seventh time. Stealing Home, is another movie I adore, that is actually on my favorites list. It is an often overlooked 80s movie, that really is a wonderful treat.
    It's the story of a washed up ball player, Bi...( read more)lly Wyatt, played by Mark Harmon. He hasn't been home in ages, when he is called home, to attend to some personal business. As he searches for answers, you are taken for a ride into his past. Along this journey, he remembers what's really important in life, and ends up finding his lost livelihood. It's a great story of love, passion, friendship, loss, and the growing pangs of being a teenager. It reminds you of how those you love have a profound effect on your life, and to always take time to enjoy the little moments that make it all worth while.
    It stars William McNamara as teenage Billy, admittedly awkward at times and adorably charming. This movie also stars Jodie Foster as Katie, a very bewitching young lady with an abundant lust to explore life. Jonathan Silverman plays teenage Alan Appleby. Alan is the bright and funny geek. This movie earns bonus credit in my book, for casting Harold Ramis as the adult Alan Appleby.
    This movie has a fun 60s inspired soundtrack, including Baby it's You by the Shirelles and Poison Ivy by The Coasters.
    Stealing Home is fantastic emotional ride. There are moments to laugh, and moments to cry. It is a must see, for anyone who hasn't sat and watched it.
  • December 29, 2008
    I Loooooooooooooove This Movie !
  • September 21, 2008
    GOOD MOVIE WORTH WATCHING.
  • September 18, 2008
    I knew I was in trouble when the flick opened with a painfully obvious voiceover from Mark Harmon's character, harping on how much he missed Jodie Foster's character. We never really find out a whole lot about either of them or their relationship to each other. I only bought the ...( read more)movie because I like "baseball movies," and the title caught my eye when I was browsing the bargin bin at the grocery store. There are only two baseball scenes in this tired old movie, and both of them are shot in such a way that I was left wondering what happened. Sure, our hero won both games, I know that's all I'm supposed to care about, but as a baseball fan, I was left wondering how. We only see Harmon running the bases, and we never see where the ball is. Even Jodie Foster couldn't save this dreck with her small number of scenes. The overacting is so unbearable, I had to follow my viewing with a long midday nap.
  • September 11, 2008
    bitter....empty....beautiful....
  • May 16, 2008
    Very heartfelt film!
  • May 6, 2008
    this is the movie that realtes my real life story.....i love this movie
  • February 17, 2008
    Love this movie. Poison Ivvyyy
  • February 4, 2008
    Jodie Foster chooses good roles...Appeals...
  • January 27, 2008
    Enjoyable and sporadically disarming character study about a gifted athlete who renews his commitment to baseball after several years of aimless drifting. An ensemble cast does a fine job with this bittersweet tale.

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