Homer and Eddie | |
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Directed by | Andrei Konchalovsky |
Written by | Patrick Cirillo |
Produced by | Moritz Borman James Cady |
Starring | Whoopi Goldberg Jim Belushi |
Cinematography | Lajos Koltai |
Edited by | Henry Richardson |
Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Skouras Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Homer and Eddie is a 1989 American comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Jim Belushi and directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. [1] [2]
This was Anne Ramsey's final performance. The film received generally poor reviews from critics.
A homicidal escaped mental patient with a brain tumor with only a month to live meets a childlike, mentally challenged man, who becomes her traveling companion for a cross-country car trip that brings unexpected meaning to both their lives.
Homer and Eddie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | 1989 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 38:46 |
Label | Virgin |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bad Seeds" | John Brannen, Jack Tempchin | Richie Havens | 4:09 |
2. | "The Wild One" | Brannen, Danny Tate, Tom Gray | John Brannen | 4:17 |
3. | "How Far Can You Go?" | Billy Burnette, David Malloy | Billy Burnette | 4:06 |
4. | "Running with the Storm" | Brannen, Doug Gilmore, Bob Jones | John Brannen | 4:23 |
5. | "Living in the Jungle" | Mike Piccirillo | Richie Havens | 4:09 |
6. | "Night Is the Hunter" | Brannen, Jones, Gray | John Brannen | 3:49 |
7. | "Jesus Scared the Hell Out of Me" | Simon Stokes, Harry Garfield | Simon Stokes | 4:09 |
8. | "Down Home Jubilee" | Dennis Morgan, Susi Beatty, Spady Brannan | Susi Beatty | 3:02 |
9. | "Home" | Piccirillo | Richie Havens | 2:23 |
10. | "Silver Lining" | Eduard Artemyev, Billy Joe Walker | Eduard Artemyev & Billy Joe Walker | 4:22 |
Total length: | 38:46 |
Homer and Eddie has an approval rating of 0% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 2.67/10. [3]
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