Home Movies (1980)
May 16, 1980Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Nancy Allen
Kristina
Mary Davenport
Mrs. Byrd
Kirk Douglas
Dr. Tuttle 'The Maestro'
Keith Gordon
Denis Byrd
Vincent Gardenia
Doctor Byrd
Brian De Palma
Director
Gerrit Graham
James Byrd
Loretta Tupper
Grandma
Robert Harders
Writer
Gloria Norris
Writer
Captain Haggerty
Policeman
Kim Ambler
Writer
Theresa Saldana
Judy
Dana Edelman
Writer
Kari Borg
Swedish Nurse
Stephen Le May
Writer
Constance Ilowitz
Lawyer's Secretary
Kim Herbert
Biker
Ross Barnes
Mark
Charlie Loventhal
Thomas / Screenplay / Casting
Robert Mickles
Andrew
Jeff Graham
Luke
Erin Lynch
Little Girl
Jon Dawson
Uncle Nelson
Colter Rule
Wise Guy in Class
Symie Dahut
Stripper
Al Maclennon
Waiter
Tom Surgal
Student Holding Sign
Bunny
Self
Sam Irvin
Shocked Pedestrian (uncredited) / Production Manager / Associate Producer
Gilbert Adler
Producer
Pino Donaggio
Original Music Composer
James L. Carter
Director of Photography
Corky O'Hara
Editor
Jack Temchin
Producer
Mark Romanek
Second Assistant Director
Dennis Stuart Murphy
Production Consultant
Cord Keller
Special Effects
Gigi Williams
Makeup & Hair
Mark E. Rosman
Assistant Director / Associate Producer
Tom Surgel
Art Direction
Tina Bossidy
Costume Design
Anna R. Delanzo
Boom Operator
Rick Waddell
Sound
Karen Scourby D'Arc
Props
Ron Kurash
Special Effects Assistant
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Home Movies is a 1979 independent film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kirk Douglas, Nancy Allen, Vincent Gardenia, Keith Gordon, Theresa Saldana, and Gerrit Graham.
De Palma had been teaching film at his alma mater Sarah Lawrence College, and conceived this project as a hands-on training exercise for his students. They were given the primary responsibilities of raising money, arranging the shooting schedule, and editing the film, all under De Palma's supervision. Many of these students, such as Gilbert Adler, Sam Irvin, and Charlie Loventhal, went on to long careers of their own, producing and directing films.
Kirk Douglas plays a film instructor loosely modeled on the director himself. Keith Gordon is one of his pupils who films everything that happens at home. Many of the events that happen to Gordon's character were modeled on events from De Palma's own adolescence, particularly rivalry with a more favored brother, a mother prone to dramatic outbursts, and a philandering father.