Home Movies (1980)
May 16, 1980Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Nancy Allen
Kristina
Mary Davenport
Mrs. Byrd
Kirk Douglas
Dr. Tuttle
Vincent Gardenia
Doctor Byrd
Keith Gordon
Denis Byrd
Gerrit Graham
James Byrd
Loretta Tupper
Grandma
Captain Haggerty
Policeman
Theresa Saldana
Judy
Kari Borg
Swedish Nurse
Constance Ilowitz
Lawyer's Secretary
Kim Herbert
Biker
Ross Barnes
Mark
Stephen Le May
Matthew / Screenplay
Charlie Loventhal
Thomas / Casting / Screenplay
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
Kim Ambler
Screenplay
Robert Harders
Screenplay
Gloria Norris
Screenplay
Brian De Palma
Director / Story / Producer
Jack Temchin
Producer
James L. Carter
Director of Photography
Dana Edelman
Screenplay
Corky O'Hara
Editor
Mark E. Rosman
Assistant Director / Associate Producer
Anna R. Delanzo
Boom Operator
Karen Scourby D'Arc
Props
Gigi Williams
Makeup & Hair
Mark Romanek
Second Assistant Director
Ron Kurash
Special Effects Assistant
Rick Waddell
Sound
Dennis Stuart Murphy
Production Consultant
Cord Keller
Special Effects
Tina Bossidy
Costume Design
Tom Surgel
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
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.