Seasons of Love (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Daniel Petrie

Writers (WGA):

George Dell (book)
Joe Wiesenfeld (teleplay)

Release Date:

7 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Based on George Dell's classic 1934 novel The Earth Abideth, stars Peter Strauss as Thomas Linthorne...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Book

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Peter Strauss	...	Thomas Linthorne
Rachel Ward	...	Kate Linthorne
Rip Torn	...	Spence
John Finn	...	Gorm Schrader
Chandra West	...	Lucille
Hume Cronyn	...	Lonzo
Robert Joy	...	Jim Brewster
Justin Chambers	...	Adult Hocking
Emily Hampshire	...	Adult Charlotte
Nick Stahl	...	Adult Grover
Grant Nickalls	...	Jed
Laura Bertram	...	Judith Brewster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trevor Blumas	...	Young Hocking
Paulo Costanzo
Natasha Debellis	...	Gypsy Girl
Don Francks	...	Reverend Doctor Garshwin
Jason Leduc	...	Teenage Son
Trent McMullen
Max Morrow	...	Young Hocking

Also Known As:

Love on the Land (UK) (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

240 min | Finland:170 min (2 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Expected better from Sullivan

Grabbed this one from the public library, sure I would enjoy it as I have other Kevin Sullivan films. For the first hour I did. Not as sweet or wholesome as his other films - I expected it wouldn't be. What I didn't expect was how prideful, unforgiving and selfish half the cast of characters would be, right up until they died. Deathbed reconciliations make for cloying dialog. The characters are quite likable when first introduced, but then become annoyingly shallow. The actors did superb jobs, given the awful material. This and beautiful cinematography up the score - but fail to save the film from its thin and contrived plot.