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22 September 1979 (USA)
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Heartland is about roots and origins. Heartland is about love and survival.
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3 wins
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Women surviving in the American west
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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."
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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.