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The Sarah plain & tall collection /

"Sarah, Plain and Tall:" A mail-order bride from Maine travels to Kansas in 1910 to join a widower, John Witting, and his two children. "Skylark:" The Witting family is tested first by drought and then by separation, as Sarah and the children are forced to leave their Kansas farm...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Self Productions, Inc, Trillium Productions, Inc, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc, Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Jordan, Glenn, 1936-, Sargent, Joseph, 1925-2014, Close, Glenn, 1947-, Walken, Christopher, 1943-, Randall, Lexi, Bell, Christopher, 1983-, Stein, Margaret Sophie, De Vries, Jon, Palance, Jack, 1919-2006, Hearn, George, Osment, Emily, MacLachlan, Patricia
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [Santa Monica, Calif.] : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2002]
Edition:Gold crown collector's ed., full screen version.
Subjects:
Mail order brides > Drama.
Stepfamilies > Drama.
Frontier and pioneer life > Kansas > Drama.
Droughts > Drama.
Fathers and sons > Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
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Summary:"Sarah, Plain and Tall:" A mail-order bride from Maine travels to Kansas in 1910 to join a widower, John Witting, and his two children. "Skylark:" The Witting family is tested first by drought and then by separation, as Sarah and the children are forced to leave their Kansas farm to join Sarah's aunts in Maine while Jacob remains behind to try to save their livelihood. "Sarah Plain and Tall: Winter's End:" Having abandoned his family decades ago, Jacob's father John returns to the farm to try to mend his relationship with his son.
Item Description:Title from container.
Based on the book "Sarah Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan.
Originally produced for television in 1990 ("Sarah Plain and Tall"), 1992 ("Skylark") and 1999 ("Sarah Plain and Tall: Winter's End").
Special features: The makings of "Sarah Plain and Tall," "Skylark," "Winter's End;" conversations about the productions; cast & credits; biographies.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (295 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; 2.0 Dolby surround.
Production Credits:Directors of photography, Micheal Fash ("Sarah Plain and Tall," Skylark"), Ralf Bode ("Sarah Plain and Tall: Winter's End") ; edited by John Wright ("Sarah Plain and Tall"), Michael Brown ("Skylark"), David Simmons ("Sarah Plain and Tall: Winter's End") ; music by David Shire.