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Beth Ferris (screenplay)
William Kittredge (additional scenes and dialogue)
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Release Date:
22 September 1979 (USA) more
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Heartland is about roots and origins. Heartland is about love and survival.
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3 wins more
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Women surviving in the American west more (21 total)

Cast

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Rip Torn ... Clyde Stewart
Conchata Ferrell ... Elinore Randall Stewart
Barry Primus ... Jack
Megan Folsom ... Jerrine

Lilia Skala ... Mrs. Landauer
Amy Wright ... Clara Jane
Jerry Hardin ... Cattlebuyer
Mary Boylan ... Ma Gillis
Jeff Boschee ... Land Office Agent #1
Robert Overholzer ... Land Office Agent #2
Bob Sirucek ... Dan Byrd
Marvin Berg ... Justice of the Peace
Gary Voldseth ... Cowboy
Mike Robertson ... Cowboy
Doug Johnson ... Cowboy
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96 min
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Letters written by Elinore Pruitt Stewart provided the basis for the film. These letters dated from April 1909 to November 1913 and were first printed in "The Atlantic Monthly." more

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Women surviving in the American west, 5 June 2005
Author: Paul Jordan-Smith from Seattle, Washington, USA

This is a first-rate film, based on the letters of its heroine, Elinore Pruitt Stewart (and published in the book Letters of a Woman Homesteader, in print 2003), supplemented with material gathered from other frontier families. The film follows the life of a widow with a young daughter who arrives in Wyoming (in actual life, Colorado) in 1910 to serve as housekeeper for a rancher. The film is inconclusive, as it should be: this isn't a story so much as a slice of life. And what a life! Regardless of whether the character represents Elinore's true nature, this is a wonderful woman: strong, self-determining, and courageous. She's not your usual impossibly slender, pretty young thing--Hollywood seems to think mere wisps could survive these hardships and keep their Mary Kay contact visiting regularly--but a sturdy and practical woman who never flinches at what life throws at her. One scene to watch for (among many): taking down clothes from the clothesline. I won't give the game away, but Elinore Stewart was one hell of a human being. I'd have felt honored to know her.

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