The Yearling (1994 film)
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The Yearling | |
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Genre | Adventure Drama Family |
Based on | The Yearling novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Written by | |
Directed by | Rod Hardy |
Starring | Peter Strauss Philip Seymour Hoffman Jean Smart |
Music by | Lee Holdridge |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | David R. Ames Sandra Birnhak Ames Robert Halmi Robert Halmi Jr. |
Producer | |
Cinematography | David Connell |
Editor | Richard Bracken |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production companies | RHI Entertainment |
Distributor | CBS Turner Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | April 24, 1994 |
The Yearling is a 1994 American made-for-television coming-of-age drama film based on the 1938 novel The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It was produced by RHI Entertainment, sponsored by Kraft General Foods and broadcast on CBS on April 24, 1994. It is also a remake of the 1946 theatrical film The Yearling starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman.
Premise[]
A young, impoverished 12-year-old boy named Jody Baxter (Wil Horneff), the lone surviving child of four, lives on a farm in 1870s Florida Everglades shortly after the American Civil War. Jody develops a lasting bond with an orphaned deer named Flag.
Cast[]
- Peter Strauss as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
- Jean Smart as Ora Baxter
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Buck
- Wil Horneff as Jody Baxter
- as Fodder-Wing
- Brad Greenquist as Lem Forrester
- as Ma Forrester
- Richard Hamilton as Pa Forrester
- Scott Sowers as Boyle
- Ed Grady as Doc Wilson
- as Lyla
- as James
- as Milwheel
Reception[]
Reviewer of Variety wrote that "the absence of true grit and dirt-under-fingernails feeling weaken the believability of the drama," though "like the novel and the ’46 film version, death is taken very seriously, and life is not taken for granted. For this alone, despite the glitches, young viewers should be encouraged to watch."[1]
References[]
- ^ "The Yearling". 22 April 1994.
External links[]
- The Yearling at IMDb
- The Yearling at AllMovie
- The Yearling at the TCM Movie Database
- 1994 films
- 1994 television films
- 1990s coming-of-age drama films
- 1990s teen drama films
- American coming-of-age films
- American films
- American film remakes
- American teen drama films
- CBS network films
- Drama television films
- English-language films
- Films about animals
- Films about deer and moose
- Films about families
- Films directed by Rod Hardy
- Films featuring pets
- Films scored by Lee Holdridge
- Films set in the 1870s
- Films set in Florida
- 1994 drama films
- American drama television film stubs