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Release Date:
12 February 1970 (Denmark)
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Tagline:
"Deeply moving film!"
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Plot:
When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he's greeted by the open but strained arms of his two parents...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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User Comments:
Flowery with unnatural prose, but worth a look for the acting...
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Runtime:
USA:107 min
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
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Martin Sheen and
Jack Albertson reprised their roles (Timothy Cleary and John Cleary) in this film after previously playing the characters in the stage version on Broadway.
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Gilda (1946)
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Soundtrack:
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
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Frank Gilroy adapted his Broadway triumph for the screen, apparently freezing every original line and action into place until the results nearly resemble an assembly-line production. Jack Albertson won a Supporting Actor Oscar for recreating his stage role of sad, anxious father welcoming son Martin Sheen home from the war after three years. Talky, melodramatic, but superbly-acted family reunion featuring lovely Patricia Neal as Sheen's mother (her first role after recuperating from a series of strokes). Gilroy's dialogue doesn't always flow naturally, and some of the give-and-take is puzzling and/or awkward (something a looser direction might have avoided), but the characters are interesting and the film is involving and occasionally moving. **1/2 from ****