Touching Home

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Touching Home
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Directed byLogan Miller
Noah Miller
Written byLogan Miller
Noah Miller
Produced byLogan Miller
Noah Miller
Jeromy Zajonc
Starring Ed Harris
Brad Dourif
Robert Forster
CinematographyRicardo Jacques Gale
Edited by Robert Dalva
Music byMartin Davitch
Distributed byCFI Releasing
Release dates
  • April 29, 2008 (2008-04-29)(SFIFF)
  • April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29)(United States)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[ citation needed ]
Box office$116,353 [1]

Touching Home is a 2008 American drama film directed by Logan and Noah Miller and starring Ed Harris, Brad Dourif, and Robert Forster.

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Plot

The true story about a father struggling to make amends with his twin sons as they pursue their dreams of professional baseball.

Cast

Production

After their homeless father died in jail, Logan and Noah Miller vowed that their autobiographical film would be made as a dedication to him. With no money and no contacts, they found Ed Harris in a San Francisco alley, and later assembled a cast and crew with 11 Academy Awards and 28 nominations.[ citation needed ]

The Miller brothers wrote a book describing the making of the film, Miller, Logan; Miller, Noah (2010). Either You're in or You're in the Way: Two Brothers, Twelve Months, and One Filmmaking Hell-Ride to Keep a Promise to Their Father.

Reception

Touching Home received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 50% rating based on reviews from 14 critics. [2]

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