O Pioneers! (film)

"**O Pioneers!**"
"O Pioneers!"
Lorimar Productions; Hallmark Hall of Fame episode
Episode no.	Season 41; Episode 2
Production code	291
Original air date	February 2, 1992
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*O Pioneers!*
O Pioneers!
Genre	Drama
Created by	Willa Cather (novel)
Written by	Robert W. Lenski (teleplay)
Directed by	Glenn Jordan
Starring	Jessica Lange; David Strathairn; Tom Aldredge
Theme music composer	Bruce Broughton
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Craig Anderson
Producer	Glenn Jordan
Cinematography	Dick Bush
Editor	Scott Conrad
Running time	99 minutes
Production companies	Lorimar Productions (Warner Bros. Television); Hallmark Hall of Fame
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	February 2, 1992

O Pioneers! is a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie based on the novel of the same title by Willa Cather. It originally aired in 1992 on CBS and stars Jessica Lange.

Plot summary

The film centers around a family of Swedish immigrants in Nebraska around the turn of the 20th century. The family's father dies and leaves the family farm to his daughter. She does her best to make the farm work when many others are giving up and leaving.^[1]

Cast

Jessica Lange – Alexandra Bergson
David Strathairn – Carl Linstrum
Tom Aldredge - Ivar
Reed Diamond - Emil
Josh Hamilton – Young Carl
Heather Graham – Young Alexandra Bergson
Anne Heche – Marie

Filming locations

Much of the filming was done on location in and around Johnstown, in northern Nebraska. Many of the buildings used are still in use today and retain the board sidewalks seen in sections of the film.^[2] Also some of it was filmed in Clarkson Nebraska in the northeast part of the state. There, the filiming was done at the city's library, which is now the city's office, and a small farmhouse north of town.

Reception

It first aired on television on February 2, 1992, and was the second-most watched primetime show of the week.^[3]

Awards and nominations

Awards

1992 Emmy Award - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
1993 Western Heritage Award - Television Feature Film

Nominations

1992 Emmy Award - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special
1993 Golden Globe award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Jessica Lange).

References

^ O'Connor, John J. (31 January 1992) TV Weekend; Jessica Lange as Willa Cather Heroine, The New York Times
^ Johnstown, Nebraska Homepage Archived December 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ USA Today ratings (Jan 27 - Feb 2, 1992, TVaholics.com, Retrieved 2 October 2017)

External links

[oconnor-1] O'Connor, John J. (31 January 1992) TV Weekend; Jessica Lange as Willa Cather Heroine, The New York Times

[2] Johnstown, Nebraska Homepage Archived December 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[nielsen-3] USA Today ratings (Jan 27 - Feb 2, 1992, TVaholics.com, Retrieved 2 October 2017)

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v t e Willa Cather
Novels	Alexander's Bridge O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark My Ántonia One of Ours A Lost Lady The Professor's House My Mortal Enemy Death Comes for the Archbishop Shadows on the Rock Lucy Gayheart Sapphira and the Slave Girl Hard Punishments
Short stories	"Peter" "Lou, the Prophet" "The Elopement of Allen Poole" "A Tale of the White Pyramid" "A Son of the Celestial" "The Clemency of the Court" "The Fear That Walks by Noonday" "On the Divide" "A Night at Greenway Court" "Tommy, the Unsentimental" "The Princess Baladina – Her Adventure" "The Count of Crow's Nest" "The Burglar's Christmas" "The Strategy of the Were-Wolf Dog" "A Resurrection" "The Prodigies" "Nanette: An Aside" "The Way of the World" "The Westbound Train" "Eric Hermannson's Soul" "The Dance at Chevalier's" "The Sentimentality of William Tavener" "The Affair at Grover Station" "A Singer's Romance" "The Conversion of Sum Loo" "Jack-a-Boy" "El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional" "The Professor's Commencement" "The Treasure of Far Island" "A Death in the Desert" "A Wagner Matinee" "The Sculptor's Funeral" "Flavia and Her Artists" "The Garden Lodge" "The Marriage of Phaedra" "Paul's Case" "The Namesake" "The Profile" "The Willing Muse" "Eleanor's House" "On the Gulls' Road" "The Enchanted Bluff" "The Joy of Nelly Deane" "Behind the Singer Tower" "The Bohemian Girl" "Consequences" "The Bookkeeper's Wife" "The Diamond Mine" "A Gold Slipper" "Ardessa" "Scandal" "Her Boss" "Coming, Eden Bower!" "Uncle Valentine" "Double Birthday" "Neighbour Rosicky" "Two Friends" "The Old Beauty" "Before Breakfast" "The Best Years"
Short story collections	The Troll Garden Youth and the Bright Medusa Obscure Destinies The Old Beauty and Others Five Stories
Collection of poems	April Twilights
Collaborations	The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science
Adaptations	A Lost Lady (1934 film) O Pioneers! (1992 film) My Antonia (1995 film) The Song of the Lark (2001 film) O Pioneers! (2009 opera)
Related	Willa Cather Birthplace Willa Cather House Edith Lewis Willa Cather Foundation WILLA Literary Award