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Home from the Hill

1960 · 150 min

A slow, emotionally charged family saga that simmers with buried secrets and quiet resentments, rewarding patience with a powerful, bittersweet payoff.

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When you talk about great motion pictures you will talk about this one!
Overview
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • parenthood
  • grief
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Written by
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Starring
Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton, Everett Sloane, Luana Patten, Anne Seymour, Constance Ford
Music
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Cinematography
Milton Krasner
Runtime
150 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
French, English

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