The Long Way Home (1998) (TV)

Regisseur:

Glenn Jordan

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Louise Vincent (tv movie "Thomas Guerin, Retraite") and
Patrick Jamain (tv movie "Thomas Guerin, Retraite") ...

Premierendatum:

1. März 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Familienfilm

Plot:

Nutzerkommentare:

Heartwarming

Besetzung

Jack Lemmon	...	Thomas Gerrin
Sarah Paulson	...	Leanne Bossert
Kristin Griffith	...	Bonnie Gerrin
Garwin Sanford	...	Ken Gerrin
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Mrs. Bossert
Peter Dvorsky	...	Craig Bossert
Tom Butler	...	Pete Gerrin
James Purcell
Betty Garrett	...	Veronica
Eric Keenleyside	...	Sheriff Billings
Peter Bryant	...	Trooper
Ewan 'Sudsy' Clark	...	Harvey (as Sudsy Clark)
William deVry	...	Adam (as William Devry)
Dolores Drake	...	Female Desk Clerk
Lesley Ewen	...	Trucker (as Leslie Ewen)

Alternativ:

Lange Weg zurück, Der (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

96 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG | UK:PG

Drehorte:

Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Hallmark Entertainment

Heartwarming

At last a movie that deals sensitively with the relationship between a widower (recent) and his children and why those children choose a course of action which does not always include the widower (Jack Lemmon). The fact that he chooses, on the spur of the moment, to go to California to see someone he has not seen for 50 years is testimony to the fact that he believes his life is being led by others and not himself. Part of the self realisation comes from a young woman who nearly runs him over and it is through her that he gradually realises that he is not old, he does not have to retire and that he has a purpose after all. A touching movie with nice warm overtones. If you are a child with an aged parent, it is a movie which one should see so that you do not make the same assumptions!