Square Dance (television broadcast title: Home Is Where the Heart Is) is a 1987 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Daniel Petrie from a screenplay by Alan Hines, based on his novel of the same name.

The film stars Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder, and Rob Lowe, and was released on February 20, 1987, by Island Pictures.

Gemma at first experiences slight culture shock in regards to big city life, but soon comes to accept her new surroundings.

[1] After an initial financing deal with FilmDallas fell through, Michael Nesmith of The Monkees put up $2.5 million through his production company Pacific Arts Pictures while Haid was able to secure the remaining $1.5 million from NBC as Haid was friends with then NBC President Brandon Tartikoff and was starring in the network's popular Hill Street Blues.

[1] In order to convincingly portray the intellectually disabled Rory, Lowe attended adult special needs classes and spent four days working with a speech therapist to perfect the slurred manner of speaking he would use for the audition.