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O Pioneers! (film)



 
 
O Pioneers! is a Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on United States television. It has had a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and still continuing today....
 television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
 based on the novel of the same title
O Pioneers!

O Pioneers! is a 1913 in literature novel by United States author Willa Cather. It was written in part when Cather was living in Cherry Valley , New York with Isabelle McClung and was completed at the McClung's home in Pittsburgh....
 by Willa Cather
Willa Cather

Willa Sibert Cather was an United States author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My ?ntonia, and The Song of the Lark....
. It originally aired in 1992 on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 and stars Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange

Jessica Phyllis Lange is an United States stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards....
.

mily of Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 immigrants in Nebraska
Nebraska

Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
 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.


of the filming was done on location in and around Johnstown
Johnstown, Nebraska

Johnstown is a village in Brown County, Nebraska, Nebraska, United States. The population was 53 at the United States Census, 2000....
, a small town in northern Nebraska
Nebraska

Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
.






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O Pioneers! is a Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on United States television. It has had a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and still continuing today....
 television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
 based on the novel of the same title
O Pioneers!

O Pioneers! is a 1913 in literature novel by United States author Willa Cather. It was written in part when Cather was living in Cherry Valley , New York with Isabelle McClung and was completed at the McClung's home in Pittsburgh....
 by Willa Cather
Willa Cather

Willa Sibert Cather was an United States author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My ?ntonia, and The Song of the Lark....
. It originally aired in 1992 on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 and stars Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange

Jessica Phyllis Lange is an United States stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards....
.

Plot summary

A family of Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 immigrants in Nebraska
Nebraska

Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
 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

  • Jessica Lange
    Jessica Lange

    Jessica Phyllis Lange is an United States stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards....
     – Alexandra Bergson
  • David Strathairn
    David Strathairn

    David Russell Strathairn is an Academy Awards-nominated United States film, television, and stage actor....
     – Carl Linstrum
  • Anne Heche
    Anne Heche

    Anne Celeste Heche is an United States actor, film director and screenwriter....
     – Marie
  • Heather Graham
    Heather Graham

    Heather Joan Graham is an United States actress and fashion model....
     – Young Alexandra Bergson
  • Josh Hamilton
    Josh Hamilton (actor)

    Josh C. Hamilton is an United States actor.Hamilton was born in New York City, New York. His Broadway theatre credits include Proof and The Coast of Utopia ....
     – Young Carl


Filming locations

Much of the filming was done on location in and around Johnstown
Johnstown, Nebraska

Johnstown is a village in Brown County, Nebraska, Nebraska, United States. The population was 53 at the United States Census, 2000....
, a small town in northern Nebraska
Nebraska

Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
. Many of the buildings used are still in use today and retain the board sidewalks seen in sections of the film.

Awards and nominations

Awards
  • 1992 Emmy Award
    Emmy Award

    The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
     - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
  • 1993 Western Heritage Award - Television Feature Film
Nominations
  • 1992 Emmy Award - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special
  • 1993 Golden Globe award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Jessica Lange
    Jessica Lange

    Jessica Phyllis Lange is an United States stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards....
    ).


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