Heartland (film)

Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West. It is based on a memoir by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader (1914).

Contents

• Heartland trailer 1981
• heartland sneak peek
• Cast
• Awards
• References

Set in southwestern Wyoming, where Stewart homesteaded, the movie was filmed in central Montana.

The soundtrack features New Orleans clarinetist George Lewis playing the hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."

In 1980 the film was featured as a "Buried Treasure" (a film that received little attention during its initial run) on an episode of the TV show, Sneak Previews, produced and hosted by the film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.

Cast

Rip Torn as Clyde Stewart

Conchata Ferrell as Elinore Randall Stewart

Barry Primus as Jack

Megan Folsom as Jerrine

Lilia Skala as Mrs. Landauer

Amy Wright as Clara Jane

Jerry Hardin as Cattlebuyer

Mary Boylan as Ma Gillis

Jeff Boschee as Land Office Agent #1

Robert Overholzer as Land Office Agent #2

Bob Sirucek as Dan Byrd

Marvin Berg as Justice of the Peace

Gary Voldseth as Cowboy

Mike Robertson as Cowboy

Doug Johnson as Cowboy

Awards

In 1980, the film shared the Golden Bear award for Best Film at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.