O Pioneers! (film)
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Adapted from O Pioneers! Duration Language English | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Initial DVD release April 22, 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 2, 1992 Cast (Alexandra Bergson), (Carl Linstrum), (Ivar), (Emil), (Marie), Heather Graham (Young Alexandra Bergson)Similar movies God's Country , Barnstorming , Bitter Harvest Tagline The future was stirring in the land... and in her heart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
O Pioneers! is a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie based on the novel of the same title by Willa Cather. It originally aired in 1992 on CBS and stars Jessica Lange.
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Plot summary
The film centers around a family of Swedish immigrants in Nebraska around the turn of the 20th century. The family's father dies and leaves the family farm to his daughter. She does her best to make the farm work when many others are giving up and leaving.
Cast
Filming locations
Much of the filming was done on location in and around Johnstown, in northern Nebraska. Many of the buildings used are still in use today and retain the board sidewalks seen in sections of the film. Also some of it was filmed in Clarkson Nebraska in the northeast part of the state. There, the filiming was done at the city's library, which is now the city's office, and a small farmhouse north of town.
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References
O Pioneers! (film) WikipediaO Pioneers! (film) IMDb O Pioneers! (film) themoviedb.org