Heartland (film)
| Heartland | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Richard Pearce |
| Written by | Beth Ferris William Kittredge Elinore Randall Stewart |
| Produced by | Beth Ferris Michael Hausman |
| Starring | Conchata Ferrell Rip Torn Lilia Skala Barry Primus Megan Folsom |
| Cinematography | Fred Murphy |
| Edited by | Bill Yahraus |
| Music by | Charles Gross |
Production companies | Filmhaus The National Endowment for the Humanities Wilderness Women |
| Distributed by | Levitt-Pickman |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. [1] The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West. It is based on a memoir by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader (1914). [2]
Plot
In 1910 Wyoming, a widow and her seven-year old daughter travel by train to two great unknowns-a strange land and life in a remote frontier with a man they never met. [3] [4]
Production
Set in southwestern Wyoming, where Stewart homesteaded, the movie was filmed in central Montana. [5]
The soundtrack features New Orleans clarinetist George Lewis playing the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." [6]
Reception
In 1980, the film was featured as a "Buried Treasure" (a film that received little attention during its initial run) [7] by film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel on an episode of the TV show, Sneak Previews, (the latter put the film as one of the best films of 1981) [8]
Cast
- Rip Torn as Clyde Stewart
- Conchata Ferrell as Elinore Randall Stewart
- Barry Primus as Jack
- Megan Folsom as Jerrine
- Lilia Skala as Mrs. Landauer
- Amy Wright as Clara Jane
- Jerry Hardin as Cattlebuyer
- Mary Boylan as Ma Gillis
- Jeff Boschee as Land Office Agent #1
- Robert Overholzer as Land Office Agent #2
- Bob Sirucek as Dan Byrd
- Marvin Berg as Justice of the Peace
- Gary Voldseth as Cowboy
- Mike Robertson as Cowboy
- Doug Johnson as Cowboy
Awards
In 1980, the film shared the Golden Bear award for Best Film at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival,[9] and 1981 Top Ten Films from National Board of Review along with Chariots of Fire and Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
See also
- Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead, Wyoming, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
- American Midwest
- Days of Heaven, the 1978 Terrence Malick film similar in content
References
- ^ Heartland Movie Review & Film Summary (1981)-Roger Ebert.com
- ^ 5 Reasons to Watch the Movie Heartland·Willow and Thatch
- ^ Hen's Tooth Video
- ^ Heartland Trailer 1981-Video Detective on YouTube
- ^ [1]
- ^ What a Friend We Have in Jesus by George Lewis-Topic on YouTube
- ^ Edge Center for the Arts: “Heartland” is the January Film Classic in Bigfork
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Berlinale 1980: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
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