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Genres
  
Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

Writer
  
James Oliva

Language
  
English

6.2/10
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Country
  
United States

Release date
  
1994

Cast
  
Similar movies
  
Aries Spears appears in Home of Angels and The Pest

Home of Angels is a 1994 feature film written by James Oliva and Nicolas L. DePace and directed by Nick Stagliano.

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Plot

Billy (Lance Robinson) defies his mother (Karin Wolfe) and father (Craig Sechler) and makes a secret trip from Long Island to Philadelphia 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 a Christmas reunion.

Cast

  • Abe Vigoda as Henry Bruggers
  • Sherman Hemsley as Buzzard Bracken
  • Karin Wolfe as Laura Bruggers
  • Craig Sechler as Matthew Bruggers
  • Joe Frazier as Thadeous
  • Lance Robinson as Billy
  • Carla Belver as Martha
  • John Brumfield as Sammy
  • Henry R Ford as Claude Cremson
  • Alice Spivak as Josie
  • Anne Murray as Jenny
  • Michael Massee as Detective Baines
  • Aries Spears as Gang leader
  • Jonathan Sam as Gang Member
  • Bill Rowe as Fred
  • Ray Xifo as Charlie the Cabbie
  • Ron Crawford as Card Player
  • Production

    Home of Angels was produced by Cloverlay Productions, whose only movie produced so far is Home of Angels. Filmed on locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992, was Aries Spears first film when he was then 17.

    Distribution

    Home of Angels was distributed on VHS by Bridgestone Multimedia.

    Critical response

    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"

    References

    Home of Angels Wikipedia
    Home of Angels IMDb


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