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22 April 1995 (USA) more
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An "inspirational" saga of a pioneer woman who is abducted by Shawnee indians. full summary | add synopsis
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Sheryl Lee ... Mary Ingles

Ellen Burstyn ... Gretel

Eric Schweig ... Wildcat

Tim Guinee ... Will

Renée O'Connor ... Bettie Draper
Tyler Noyes ... Tommy Ingles

Andy Stahl ... Henry Lenard (as Andrew Stahl)

Gabriel Macht ... Johnny Draper
Tony Amendola ... LaPlante
Sammy D. Miller ... Goulart
Graeme Malcolm ... Buchanan
Juddson Keith Linn ... Deer Following
Jimmie F. Skaggs ... Snake Stick
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Rated PG for some frontier violence and mild thematic material.
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Brazil:91 min
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The real Mary Draper Ingles was an ancestor of the Ingalls family portrayed on Little House on the Prairie. more

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Hollywood messes up another fine book!, 24 March 2004
Author: DansLaLuna1 (DansLaLuna1@aol.com) from CA, USA

A few years ago, I was at a pub in Santa Monica, CA. Having a beer and reading John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meaney". A man was sitting next to me and we struck up conversation about the book, and if it could be made in to a movie (Which, sad to say, it sort of was in the guise of "Simon Birch", another book ruined by Hollywood, but I digress)This man then asked me what great book I had read which I thought would be a great movie, and I said "Follow the River". I explained the story to him (Mari's review is great)and even that I would cast Eric Schweig as Wildcat. Less than a year later, viola, this god-awful movie shows up on television (and I don't think it was a coincidence). This book is so beautiful, a tale of strong will and courage, overcoming great odd's. And it's turned into American-pie everyone lives happily ever after fodder. Why must Hollywood take wonderful books and ruin them. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

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