Going Home
After serving a prison term for killing his wife, a man is paroled and returns to his home town. He tries to reestablish his relationship with his son, who was a child when the incident happened who witnessed his father kill his m...
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"Going Home is a pretty upsetting movie, so I caution only those who can handle it to rent it. I thought it was going to be one of those "ex-con makes good" stories, but it wasn't at all. Robert Mitchum does start the movie getting out of prison, and he does try for a fresh start in life, but there's a lot more to the story. His teenage son, Jan-Michael Vincent, has a whole mass of problems because of what Bob did. We never learn why, or even if he did it, but he went to prison for murdering his wife. As a little boy, Jan-Michael witnessed the tail end of the crime. Understa..."
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Contemporary articles in the entertainment press noted that MGM president and CEO James T. Aubrey cut 21 minutes of the film after it initially received an "R" rating. Aubrey did not give the film an opening advertising campaign or non-public previews. It quickly closed its limited run in only four cities after one week and, of course, was not a financial success for the studio or director Herbert B. Leonard, who agreed to work for a deferred salary.
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After serving a prison term for killing his wife, a man is paroled and returns to his home town. He tries to reestablish his relationship with his son, who was a child when the incident happened who witnessed his father kill his m...