The life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.The life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.The life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.
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In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its sawmill on Walton's Mountain. The story is told through the eyes of eldest son John-Boy, who wants to be a novelist, goes to college, and eventually fulfills his dream. The saga follows the family through economic depression and World War II; and through growing up, school, courtship, marriage, employment, birth, aging, illness, and death. —Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Great show
TV Land is showing the series in sequence (for the most part), and I'm enjoying seeing it again, for only the second time. The acting is excellent, as are the production values. The terrible reunion shows of the 90s did not do justice to the series. They "messed" with the chronology, jumping ahead in time, for the sake of historical landmarks, when they should have respected the reality of the series. Granted, the last two seasons were strained, but I am currently viewing Season Six, the first without John-Boy, and it works quite well. Some complain that the series is a 70s version of the 30s/40s, but in 2004, I would not agree. I grew up in Virginia during the 60s, and I definitely feel that the series creators have adequately presented the dignity and attitude of the Southeast. Again, the reunion shows were idiotic. (Did these people never buy new appliances, or pave their driveway? The last reunion, set in 1969, was ridiculous. The characters were ten years younger than they should have been. The youngest child would have been around 41 years old, not 30.)
12/2006 NOTE: The current Walton's home set is NOT the original - just check with the studio.
12/2006 NOTE: The current Walton's home set is NOT the original - just check with the studio.
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Is The Waltons (1972) known by a different name in India in English? If yes, what is it known as?
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