Homer (film)

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Homer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Trent[1]
Written byClaude Harz
Matt Clark[1]
Screenplay byClaude Harz[1]
Produced byTerence Dene
Steven North [1]
Starring
CinematographyLaszlo George [1]
Edited byMichael Menne[1]
Music byDon Scardino
Production
companies
Distributed byNational General Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • September 21, 1970 (1970-09-21)
Louisville, Kentucky[1]
Running time
91 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish

Homer is a 1970 Canadian-American drama film directed by John Trent and starring Don Scardino, Tisa Farrow and Alex Nicol.[2][3][4]

Plot

A high school graduate, named Homer, experiences the pains of the generation gap and the Vietnam War in the late 1960s while growing up in Schomberg, Wisconsin.

Cast

  • Don Scardino as Homer Edwards
  • Tisa Farrow as Laurie Grainger
  • Alex Nicol as Mr. Harry Edwards
  • Lenka Peterson as Mrs. Edwards
  • Tim Henry as Eddie Cochran
  • Tom Harvey as Mr. Jess Tibbet
  • Jan Campbell as Mrs. Grainger
  • Arch McDonnell as Mr. Grainger
  • Ralph Endersby as Hector
  • Murray Westgate as Mr. Cochran
  • Mona O'Hearn as Mrs. Cochran
  • Bob Warner as Sheriff
  • Trudy Young as Sally
  • Allen Doremus as Minister

Filming locations

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Homer (1970)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1997. ISBN 0452279143.
  3. ^ Jeremy M. Devine. Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second. University of Texas Press, 1999. ISBN 029271601X.
  4. ^ Pierre Véronneau, Piers Handling. Self portrait: essays on the Canadian and Quebec cinemas. Canadian Film Institute, 1980. ISBN 0919096204.

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