Come Away Home facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Come Away Home
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Directed by	Doug McKeon
Written by	Stephen Zakman
Starring	Jordan-Claire Green Macey Cruthird Will Denton Lea Thompson Thomas Gibson Paul Dooley Martin Mull Kristen Renton
Music by	Mark Chait
Cinematography	Jeff Baustert
Editing by	Gillian L. Hutshing
Release date(s)	April 29, 2005 (2005-04-29) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,300,000 (est.)

Come Away Home is a 2005 American family drama film directed by Doug McKeon, and written by Stephen Zakman, and later the inspiration for the novel of the same name by Robert D. Slane. The film stars Jordan-Claire Green as Annie Lamm, Lea Thompson and Thomas Gibson as her parents, and Paul Dooley as her grandfather. The film had theatrical release April 29, 2005, and was released to DVD February 5, 2008.

Plot

While she had planned to spend her summer in New York, Annie Lamm's (Jordan-Claire Green) parents Carol (Lea Thompson) and Gary (Thomas Gibson) force her to spend the summer with her grandfather Donald (Paul Dooley) in Hilton Head, South Carolina. She hates being forced and thinks her summer is ruined, but after her effort to sneak back to New York was stymied, and after nearly drowning in his rickety old boat and then being rescued, she develops a greater appreciation for both her grandfather and the island where he lives. When summer comes to the end, she learns her parents intend placing her grandfather in a retirement home, and she has to convince them otherwise.

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