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Heartland (1981)
Directed by Richard Pearce
“Heartland is about roots and origins. Heartland is about love and survival.”
Drama, Romance, Western · 1h 36m
Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.
Cast
Rip Torn
Conchata Ferrell
Barry Primus
Megan Folsom
Lilia Skala
Amy Wright
Jerry Hardin
Mary Boylan
Crew
- Director
- Richard Pearce
- Screenplay
- Beth Ferris
- Director of Photography
- Fred Murphy
- Original Music Composer
- Charles Gross
- Editor
- Bill Yahraus
- Producer
- Beth Ferris, Michael Hausman
Details
- Release date
- 1981-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Western
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Filmhaus, The National Endowment for the Humanities