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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

Patricia Neal (Actor), Richard Thomas (Actor), Fielder Cook (Director) Rated:
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4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 3,142 ratings
IMDb8.3/10.0
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Genre Drama
Format Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Subtitled, Multiple Formats
Contributor Lee Rich, Marjorie Fowler, Robert L. Jacks, Ellen Corby, Cleavon Little, Edgar Bergen, Judy Norton, Mary Beth McDonough, Woodrow Parfrey, Gene Fowler Jr., Merv Adelson, Fielder Cook, Andrew Duggan, Earl Rath, William Windom, Earl Hamner Jr., Patricia Neal, Dorothy Stickney, Josephine Hutchinson, Richard Thomas See more
Language English
Number Of Discs 1
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Set on a Depression Christmas Eve in 1933, this heart-tugging story centers around the Walton. They’re a rural American family preparing to celebrate Christmas together. Though times are tough, love and sharing are abundant in this family. An inspiring tale of love, hope and spirit, this deeply moving story goes far beyond the boundaries of time and place to reach out and touch everyone, everywhere.

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A true television classic, The Homecoming was the second movie (after 1963's Spencer's Mountain) based on Earl Hamner's autobiographical writings about love, pride, faith, and survival in rural America during the Great Depression. The Homecoming introduced the Walton family, a 1930s mountain clan living a hardscrabble existence that forces patriarch John Walton (Andrew Duggan) to seek work, far from home, in the city. When John fails to return home, as promised, on Christmas Eve, his iron-willed wife Olivia (Patricia Neal) keeps a lid on their children's worry. Oldest son John-Boy (Richard Thomas), who privately dreams of becoming a writer but worries about disappointing his parents, is dispatched to find his dad. Graceful yet harder-edged than the subsequent TV series The Waltons (which recast several characters and ran for nine years), The Homecoming reveals, albeit understatedly, much about the pain of poverty even as the family draws strength and closeness through endurance. --Tom Keogh

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 7.52 x 0.71 inches; 1.69 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ D843304D
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Fielder Cook
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Subtitled, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 40 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 23, 2003
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen, Ellen Corby, Cleavon Little
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Lee Rich, Merv Adelson, Robert L. Jacks
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000AQS5E
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Earl Hamner Jr.
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 3,142 ratings

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Jbanana
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Thanksgiving Movie
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024
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It was easy at a good price and fast shipping to get a copy of this for my DVD collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Homecoming
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Been trying to find a copy of this video for a while. Now it's mine 😊
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Allen Forkum
5.0 out of 5 stars OK movie
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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I bought it for mom and she was very happy.
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Debi
5.0 out of 5 stars Memories
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2024
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I was staying with my Mother after she had some dental work and we watched a Walton’s marathon. Found this movie and ordered it to add to our Christmas favorites. I had forgotten how good shows like this were
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Timothy B. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars The Homecoming: A Christmas Story - A Memory Worth Reliving
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2009
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For years my wife and I have promised each other that we would find the "original Walton's movie" for Christmas. This year we finally did locate the DVD on Amazon and curled up with the children on the couch. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story is a memory worth reliving--a beloved TV classic from my childhood.

The Waltons was more than a tv show to most of us who were glued to the tv nightly during the 1970's. The Waltons were part of the fabric of the decade itself. To this day, I'll bet families still call out "goodnight John Boy" occasionally, spoofing the corny close to each Walton's episode.

Before the expansive Walton clan became household names there was The Homecoming: A Christmas Story. December 19, 1971 to be exact. That night Patricia Neal as Olivia Walton was at the helm of a tense, yet tender hour. Taking us to Christmas Eve in 1933, Neal and the Walton Children (most of whom made it to the weekly series cast) spent the afternoon and evening hours waiting and worrying that their Daddy might not come home. John Boy Walton (Richard Thomas) is sent out looking for his father. He takes us to a traditional African-American church service being conducted by Pastor Hawthorne Dooley (Cleavon Little), the home of the Baldwin sisters (the sweet old moonshiners) and over the river and through the woods in a one-horse open sleigh.

The most memorable scenes of the film for me are that of a missionary giving away toys to any child who can recite a passage from the Bible. Mary Ellen feeds lines to the children. Mary Ellen's sister Elizabeth asks for a passage and is given, "Jesus wept." Upon hearing this once again, I realized that the depth of the Christmas season has shallowed since.

Another is the tearful climax, when Olivia Walton (Neal) exclaims, "Flowers! Flowers in the dead of winter!" reflecting the true nature of Christmas.

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jese's lineage coming,
As men of old have sung.
It came a flow'ret bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.

Patricia Neal won the Best Actress Golden Globe for The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, and was nominated for an Emmy. Edgar Bergen was delightful as Zeb Walton (Grandpa) and in the film is drawn to the radio to hear President Roosevelt and Fibber McGee and Molly (which didn't premier until 1935-two years later than the year in which the film is set!). Ironically, Bergen was a pillar of the radio era with his "Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show" debuting in 1937.

Like a visit to the house I grew up in, or my old elementary school, a hauntingly familiar feel accompanies the watching of this classic TV special. Meanwhile a few new tidbits are noticed and enjoyed, making The Homecoming: A Christmas Story an absolute must-see for those who were lucky enough to grow up along with the family that lived on Walton's Mountain.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2023
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I bought this for nostalgic reasons. Thoroughly enjoyed, again. Looking back at it from a current perspective, it is predictable. However, the acting is top notch, and the whole theme and plot are family friendly. A welcome and fresh reminder to just be, still; appreciative and thankful for all that one has. However great or seemingly small. Peace.
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Steve
4.0 out of 5 stars The Homecoming
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2005
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Though never planned as such, this is the original pilot movie for "The Waltons" TV series. As with most pilots, most things are much the same, but some things are very, very different.

In a nutshell - the kids are all the same as the subsequent TV series. Mom and Dad and Grandfather are all different; Grandmother is the same. The house is on a snow-covered plain, rather than in a forest as in the TV show.

The mother, Olivia Walton, is the biggest shock to the system here. Patricia Neal's portrayal is approximately one light-year different to Michael Learned's, which is very strange because after all both Neal and Learned were playing the same real-life character (Earl Hamner's own mother), so how could they have ended up with such a different 'take' on things?

Neal's version of Olivia sounds like she spends most of the time in her kitchen knocking back the sherry that she is supposed to be putting in the trifle, while chain-smoking cigarettes.

In general, the movie benefits from being a little sharper, racier and less cosy than the TV show. The kids are a bit naughtier, especially in a hilarious scene where they persuade each other to offer up very ambiguous biblical phrases to a visiting lady preacher. Judy Norton (as Mary Ellen), in particular, seems to be much more at home in this more believable scenario ("Jesus wept!" exclaims the character at one point), indicating that she probably found the later TV series strait-jacketed her, acting-wise. I almost spat out my TV dinner when both the kids and mother made repeated use of the word "p*ss" (as in "p*ss ants" - apparently some sort of insect of which I am not familar!)

A must-buy for lovers of TV oddities.
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Love them! Very cute!
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this movie - watched with my 85 yr old mother
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
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My 85 yr old mother loves watching the older movies that remind her of her childhood. We loved watching it together
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SWIZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration for the entire Waltons series
Reviewed in Canada on December 16, 2020
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This specific film has a much stronger cast of actors in the family. The harsh lifestyle is more evident in the sets, as the home is much more rustic, the food is meagre (if plentiful), and the remoteness of rural living more pronounced. There is also a much better tie in to historical events. It is set in 1933, and commentaries state that better days are surely close. In fact, the Depression worsened for the next 4 years, and only ended really at the outset of WWII, ie into 1942 in America - and hard times simply got harder. But in this environment, the core values that were being promoted throughout the 1970s of education, as well as racial, gender and social equality and harmony are the base of the dialogue. Released in 1971, it was produced in a post civil rights, post Woodstock, pre Watergate, pre Oil Shock, pre-inflationary world. That optimism is woven into the production - even though vast swaths of that pretty naïve world view have been shredded, watching a film made with such optimism still feels pretty good. To some, the philosophical take may seem naïve or dated. To others, not so much.
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Tammy Marshall
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2021
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Hildegard
4.0 out of 5 stars Sehenswert für Walton-Fans
Reviewed in Germany on March 3, 2016
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Eine gute Story,die Familie in ihren ersten Anfängen.
Sollte man als Walton-Fan gesehen haben .
Sehr nett gemacht der Film
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Caroline Guedes
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming Christmas gift
Reviewed in Canada on January 15, 2023
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My mom has told me she’s wanted this Walton’s movie for a while now. Knowing it’s not easy to find in stores, I was so happy to find it for her on Amazon at a decent price.
Honestly, the tears in my mom’s eyes when she told me this was her favourite Christmas gift this year meant the world to me.
She will always be a diehard fan of this show she’s loved since she was a child, and now she has the missing movie she was looking for. So, thank you.
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Vinegrett
3.0 out of 5 stars Lässt sich mit hiesigen DVD-/Blu-Ray-Spielern nicht lesen, da US-Format.
Reviewed in Germany on September 28, 2015
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Lässt sich mit hiesigen DVD-/Blu-Ray-Spielern nicht lesen, da US-Format. Lies sich aber notdürftig am Rechner anschauen :-(
Hinweis hierauf fehlte.
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