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| Home of Angels | |
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| Directed by | Nick Stagliano |
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| Produced by | James Oliva |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David Max Steinberg |
| Edited by | Thomas R. Rondinella |
| Music by | George Small |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Home of Angels is a 1994feature filmwritten by James Oliva and Nicolas L. DePace anddirected byNick Stagliano.
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Billy (Lance Robinson) defies his mother (Karin Wolfe) and father (Craig Sechler) and makes a secret trip fromLong Island toPhiladelphia to sneak his grandfather (Abe Vigoda) out of a nursing home and bring him home for the holidays. The convalescent home's inhabitants distract the staff so Billy and his confused Grandfather can make their escape. They cross path with a street gang whose leader (Aries Spears) commands a pursuit. They are given a hiding place by a concerned homeless man Buzzard Bracken (Sherman Hemsley), but their sanctuary is only temporary, as the gang invades the homeless camp and capture Billy and Gramps. Buzzard and his homeless friends rescue the two and raise money by panhandling in order to get them on their way back to Long Island and aChristmas reunion.
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Home of Angels was produced by Cloverlay Productions, whose only movie produced so far isHome of Angels.[1] Filmed on locations inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992,[2][3] wasAries Spears firstfilm when he was then 17.[4]
Home of Angels was distributed onVHS by Bridgestone Multimedia.[5]
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Tv Guide: "With its falsely upbeat approach to Alzheimer's disease and homelessness, the sticky-sweet 'Home of Angels' plays like a PSA masquerading as timely drama. Although it merits consideration for delving into topics rarely addressed in children's movies, its good intentions are undone by its cutesy tone"[6]