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26/08/1988 Drama, Romance 1h 38m
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Stealing hearts, stealing laughs, stealing memories

Overview

Billy Wyatt, a former high school and minor-league baseball player, receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his first love, Katie Chandler, has died. Wyatt returns home to deal with this tragedy, reminiscing over his childhood growing up with his father, Katie, and best friend Alan Appleby.

  1. Steven Kampmann

    Director, Writer

  2. William Porter

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Mark Harmon

    Billy Wyatt

  2. William McNamara

    Teenage Billy Wyatt

  3. Jodie Foster

    Katie Chandler

  4. Helen Hunt

    Hope Wyatt

  5. Jonathan Silverman

    Teenage Alan Appleby

  6. Harold Ramis

    Alan Appleby

  7. John Shea

    Sam Wyatt

  8. Blair Brown

    Ginny Wyatt

  9. Richard Jenkins

    Hank Chandler

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2026-06-04
**_A middle-aged Minor League player reflects on his coming-of-age years_**

Mark Harmon stars as the protagonist, Billy, who looks back to 1960 when he was 10 years-old in the Philadelphia area and his babysitter, Katie, who was 5½ years older than him, played by Jodie Foster. He also reminisces on the era of 1966-1968 when he came-of-age and the turning-point events thereof. William McNamara plays Billy at this stage in life.

Comparable movies include “The Summer of ’42” and “Last Summer” (1969), as well as “The Outsiders” and bits of “Desert Bloom.” The future “S...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$7,467,504.00

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