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Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming
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Directed by	Ernie Barbarash
Produced by	Philip Stilman Claire Welland
Written by	Ernie Barbarash
Starring	Rob Lowe Marnie McPhail Ben Lewis
Music by	Norman Orenstein
Cinematography	François Dagenais
Editing by	Mitch Lackie
Distributed by	Lionsgate Entertainment
Release date(s)	August 11, 2007
Running time	89 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming is a 2007 American television movie produced by Lions Gate Entertainment. The film premiered on the Sci Fi Channel. Originally titled The Dead Speak, it was written and directed by Ernie Barbarash and purports to be a sequel to the 1999 feature film Stir of Echoes, although its only connection to the previous work is the inclusion of Jake Witzky, who had a key role in the original film but is only a secondary character here.

Synopsis

Ted Cogan (Rob Lowe) is a United States National Guard captain commanding a National Guard unit in Iraq. When a van pulls into his checkpoint, he orders it to stop, but it doesn't. He orders his men to fire a warning shot, but they shoot up the van instead.

A few booms and crackles later, an Iraqi girl comes out of the van, then the whole thing catches fire, and Ted finds that they've just killed an innocent family. Ted tries to save the girl, but the vehicle explodes and Ted's unit is attacked, leaving Ted in a coma.

Two weeks later, Ted wakes up and gets to return home to his wife Molly (Marnie McPhail) and teenage son Max (Ben Lewis) in Chicago, but he's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder complicated by the extreme guilt he feels about the Iraqi family's deaths. Little does Ted know that the terror has only just begun. He starts having visions of a burned man who wants him to right a wrong.

As Ted begins to lose his grip on both his sanity and his family, he seeks medical support for his post-traumatic stress disorder, but his financial situation does not allow him to pay for a treatment, and the government denies him. Ted enlists the aid of an equally unhinged psychic named Jake Witzky (Zachary Bennett) to help him understand his terrifying and relentless dreams.

It turns out that Ted is seeing the spirit of Farzan (Vik Sahay), an Arab-American college student who was beaten up and then set on fire. Farzan wants Ted to find his killers -- whose identities shock Ted to the very core.

Max's girlfriend Sammi (Tatiana Maslany) and their friend Luke (Shawn Roberts) were devastated and extremely angry about the deaths of their fathers in Iraq. Max was angry about what happened to Ted in Iraq. That resulted in them becoming furious at Arabic people. Farzan asked them for directions one day, and they took that fury out on him by brutally killing him.

Sammi and Luke get killed in a car crash that injures Max, and after a lot of thought, a heartbroken Ted turns Max in, against Molly's wishes. Max is locked up for a period of time, and Ted visits him.

Production

The cast includes Rob Lowe, Marnie McPhail, Katya Gardner, Zachary Bennett and Ben Lewis.

The film was shot in Stouffville and Toronto, both in Ontario, Canada. It was released on DVD on November 20, 2007.

External links

• Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming at Allmovie
• Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming at the Internet Movie Database