The Yearling Movie Review 1994

TV remake of the classic Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings novel about a boy and his orphaned fawn. The Baxters are struggling in '30s Florida: Pa Penny (Strauss) is a hardscrabble farmer and severe Ma Ora (Smart) has lost three of her four children. Surviving son, 12-year-old Jody (Horneff), gets more than his share of life's hard lessons--with even his adored pet causing problems. On the cloying side, the 1946 big-screen version is still the one to watch. Filmed in South Carolina.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Wild Kingdom, Coming of Age, Great Depression, Farm Livin', Florida

Screenplay

Joe Wiesenfeld

Cast

Peter Strauss, Jean Smart, Wil Horneff, Brad Greenquist, Jarred Blanchard, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nancy Moore Atchison

Director

Rod Hardy

Music

Lee Holdridge

Producer

Edwin Self, Jr. Robert Halmi, Sandra J. Birnhak, David R. Ames, Inc. RHI Entertainment