Homer and Eddie

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	Kings Road Entertainment
Distributed by	Skouras Pictures
Release dates	August 17, 1989 (1989-08-17) (West Germany) December 1, 1989 (1989-12-01) (United States)
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.

Plot

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.

Cast

Jim Belushi as Homer Lanza
Whoopi Goldberg as Eddie Cervi
Karen Black as Belle
Anne Ramsey as Edna
Beah Richards as Linda Cervi
John Waters as Robber
Mickey Jones as Pizza Chef
Tad Horino as Mickey
Vincent Schiavelli as Priest
Fritz Feld as Mortician (in his last film role)
Tracey Walter as Tommy Dearly
Barbara Pilavin as Mrs. Lanza
Angelo Bertolini as Mr. Lanza
Nick LaTour as Bar Customer

Soundtrack

Homer and Eddie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	1989
Genre	Rock
Length	38:46
Label	Virgin

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
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

Reception

Critical response

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]

References

External links

Films by Andrei Konchalovsky

Films by Andrei Konchalovsky
Feature films	The First Teacher (1965) The Story of Asya Klyachina (1966) A Nest of Gentry (1969) Uncle Vanya (1970) A Lover's Romance (1974) Siberiade (1979) Maria's Lovers (1984) Runaway Train (1985) Duet for One (1986) Shy People (1987) Homer and Eddie (1989) Tango & Cash (1989) The Inner Circle (1991) Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs (1994) House of Fools (2002) Gloss (2007) The Nutcracker in 3D (2010) The Postman's White Nights (2014) Paradise (2016) Sin (2019) Dear Comrades! (2020)
Short films	The Boy and the Dove (1961) Lumière and Company (segment; 1995) To Each His Own Cinema (segment: "Dans le Noir"; 2007)
Television	The Odyssey (1997) The Lion in Winter (2003)
Screenplays	The Steamroller and the Violin (1961) Andrei Rublev (1966) The Seventh Bullet (1972) The Ferocious One (1974) A Slave of Love (1976) Moscow Chill (2007) The Demons of St. Petersberg (story; 2008)

Golden Shell

Golden Shell
1953–1975	I Was a Parish Priest (1953) Sierra maldita (1954) Days of Love (1955) The Railroad Man (1956) Oh! Sabella (1957) Ewa chce spac (1958) The Nun's Story (1959) Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960) One-Eyed Jacks (1961) Arturo's Island (1962) Mafioso (1963) America America (1964) Golden Queen / Mirage (1965) I Was Happy Here (1966) Two for the Road (1967) The Long Day's Dying (1968) The Rain People (1969) Dead of Summer (1970) Claire's Knee (1971) The Glass House (1972) The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) Badlands (1974) Furtivos (1975)
1976–2000	Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (1976) An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977) Alambrista! (1978) Autumn Marathon (1979) The Orchestra Conductor (1980) Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Demons in the Garden (1982) Entre Nous (1983) Rumble Fish (1984) Yesterday (1985) Half of Heaven (1986) Wedding in Galilee (1987) On the Black Hill (1988) Homer and Eddie / La nación clandestina (1989) Letters from Alou (1990) Butterfly Wings (1991) A Place in the World (1992) The Beginning and the End / Sara (1993) Dias contados (1994) Margaret's Museum (1995) Bwana / Trojan Eddie (1996) The Swindle (1997) Wind with the Gone (1998) What's Life? (1999) The Ruination of Men (2000)
2001–present	A Cab for Three (2001) Mondays in the Sun (2002) Gun-shy (2003) Turtles Can Fly (2004) Something Like Happiness (2005) Half Moon / Mon fils à moi (2006) A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) Pandora's Box (2008) City of Life and Death (2009) Neds (2010) Los pasos dobles (2011) In the House (2012) Bad Hair (2013) Magical Girl (2014) Sparrows (2015) I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016) The Disaster Artist (2017) Between Two Waters (2018) Pacified (2019) Beginning (2020) Blue Moon (2021) The Kings of the World (2022) The Rye Horn (2023)