She doesn't want much. Just a whole new life.
Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.
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Classical in form, character-led, contemporary and spare.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Mar 20246/10
**_Teenage Winona Ryder as a misfit coming-of-age in northwest Ohio_** A celebrity from a small town in the Sandusky Bay region is finally returning home for a visit and members of the town react in different ways. A nonconformist teen (Ryder) has suspicions about the ‘star’ while developing a relationship with the school’s guidance counselor (Laila Robins) and pestering a man who has a history with Roxy (Jeff Daniels). "Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael" (1990) is sometimes listed as a comedy, but it’s not; it’s a coming-of-age drama with satirical bits and occasional amusement. It’s not about the title character but about how that person’s ‘success’ and fame affect the locals who knew her or knew about her, not to mention those who appreciate her simply for putting their town on the map. This happened in real life with Dave Grohl, who returned to his birthplace, Warren, Ohio, in 2009, wherein he was given the key to the city at the celebration and an alley was named after him. The difference is that Grohl was only 3 years-old when his family left Warren whereas Roxy Carmichael was about 18. What I like is that the flick captures the mundane existence of people in small town America,
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Cast
- Winona RyderDinky Bossetti
- Jeff DanielsDenton Webb
- Stephen TobolowskyMayor Bill Klepler
- Dinah ManoffEvelyn Whittacher
- Laila RobinsElizabeth Zaks
- Thomas Wilson BrownGerald Howells
- Joan McMurtreyBarbara Webb
- Graham BeckelLes Bossetti
- Frances FisherRochelle Bossetti
- Robby KigerBeannie Billings
Crew
- Jim AbrahamsDirector
- Karen Leigh HopkinsWriter
- Paul ElliottDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Melissa EtheridgeOriginal Music Composer
- Bruce GreenEditor
- Penney Finkelman CoxProducer
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