7/31/2023 0 Comments Home for the holidaysShe struck a deal with Paramount Pictures to distribute the film theatrically and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment to handle the international rights and domestic video and pay television. Foster's own production company, Egg Pictures, acquired Richter's screenplay. Castle Rock Entertainment was originally going to finance the film but canceled. Executive producer Stuart Kleinman sent Jodie Foster the screenplay with a note that said, "It's a complete mess and I love it." Foster agreed and decided that it would be her second directorial effort (the first was Little Man Tate). Richter adapted a short story by Chris Radant that appeared in the Boston Phoenix. Before the plane takes off, Leo gets in the seat next to her, and they fly back to Chicago together. The next day, Claudia wakes up and sees Tommy and Leo driving away and heads to the airport herself shortly after. They kiss.Īrriving back at Claudia’s parents’ home, Leo and Claudia begin to make out in the living room, but Tommy, reminds Leo that they have to get an early start in the morning. In the car, Leo tells Claudia that Tommy showed him a picture of her, and he came to Thanksgiving to meet her. Claudia and Leo drive Aunt Glady home, then deliver leftovers to Joanne's family. Their conversation reveals they are still happily together. Before handing the phone over to Tommy, Henry says that he's happy for both of them. The family returns inside, where Henry answers the ringing phone it turns out to be Jack calling. Henry sprays his them with the hose, and Walter leaves with his wife and children. Walter wrestles Tommy onto the ground, and Tommy accidentally punches Leo who's trying to break them up. play football and, frustrated by the game, the brothers-in-law begin to fight. Shortly after, Tommy accidentally drops the turkey all over he and Claudia’s conservative sister Joanne resulting in an argument in which she reveals to everyone that Tommy had married Jack in a beach wedding several months ago.Īfter the meal, Tommy, Leo, Joanne’s husband Walter and son Walter Jr. On Thanksgiving Day, eccentric Aunt Glady (Adele's sister), who is showing signs of dementia, professes her love for Henry. The next day while in town, Claudia runs into a girl she used to go to school with and feels diminished by talk of her divorce. Claudia is glad to see her brother but fears that he and Jack, his boyfriend, have broken up. That night, Tommy arrives with his friend Leo Fish, whom Claudia believes to be his boyfriend. While on the plane, Claudia makes a phone call to Tommy, her younger brother and confidant, who she believes won't be attending the Thanksgiving dinner, and unloads her problems.Ĭlaudia arrives in Baltimore at her parent’s home. She flies from Chicago to spend Thanksgiving at the Baltimore home of her parents, Adele and Henry, while her only child decides to stay home and spend the holiday with her boyfriend. The film grossed $22.1 million against a budget of $20 million.Ĭlaudia Larson is a single mother who has just been fired from her job. The film received mixed reviews from critics who appreciated Foster's direction, and Hunter's and Downey's performances but criticised the screenplay. Home for the Holidays was released theatrically on November 3, 1995, by Paramount Pictures in North America and by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment worldwide. The film features an ensemble cast, including Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson, Claire Danes, Austin Pendleton, and David Strathairn. The film follows Claudia Larson, who after losing her job, kissing her ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter has plans of her own for the holidays, departs Chicago to spend her Thanksgiving with her dysfunctional family. The film's score was composed by Mark Isham. Richter, based on a short story by Chris Radant. Home for the Holidays is a 1995 American family comedy-drama film directed by Jodie Foster and produced by Peggy Rajski and Foster.
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