The film was entered in competition at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards in 1970, although its inclusion was controversial; it was shot in Canada with a Canadian director, but financed by an American studio and told a story set in the United States, resulting in some debate about whether the film was sufficiently Canadian.[5]
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.
homer, film, homer, 1970, canadian, american, drama, film, directed, john, trent, starring, scardino, tisa, farrow, alex, nicol, homertheatrical, release, posterdirected, byjohn, trent, written, byclaude, harzmatt, clark, screenplay, byclaude, harz, produced, . Homer is a 1970 Canadian American drama film directed by John Trent and starring Don Scardino Tisa Farrow and Alex Nicol 2 3 4 HomerTheatrical release posterDirected byJohn Trent 1 Written byClaude HarzMatt Clark 1 Screenplay byClaude Harz 1 Produced byTerence Dene Steven North 1 StarringDon ScardinoTisa FarrowAlex Nicol 1 CinematographyLaszlo George 1 Edited byMichael Menne 1 Music byDon ScardinoProductioncompaniesCinema Center FilmsPalomar Pictures 1 Distributed byNational General Pictures 1 Release datesSeptember 21 1970 1970 09 21 Louisville Kentucky 1 Running time91 minutes 1 CountryUnited States 1 LanguageEnglishThe film was entered in competition at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards in 1970 although its inclusion was controversial it was shot in Canada with a Canadian director but financed by an American studio and told a story set in the United States resulting in some debate about whether the film was sufficiently Canadian 5 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Filming locations 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPlot editA 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 editDon 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 MinisterFilming locations editSchomberg Ontario Unionville Ontario Palgrave OntarioSee also editList of American films of 1970References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l Homer 1970 AFI Catalog of Feature Films AFI Retrieved August 17 2018 Leonard Maltin 1997 Leonard Maltin s Movie and Video Guide Penguin Group USA Incorporated 1997 ISBN 0452279143 Jeremy M Devine 1999 Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second University of Texas Press 1999 ISBN 029271601X Pierre Veronneau Piers Handling 1980 Self portrait essays on the Canadian and Quebec cinemas Canadian Film Institute 1980 ISBN 0919096204 Betty Lee Fourteen films in the running for Etrog s golden approval The Globe and Mail September 19 1970 External links editHomer at IMDb nbsp This 1970s drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Homer film amp oldid 1128492655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
