Skylark is a sequel

Sequel

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 to the film Sarah, Plain and Tall

Sarah, Plain and Tall (film)

Sarah, Plain and Tall is a television film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series that was released in 1991. It is the first of three installments in the film adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's novel of the same name.-Plot summary:...

. It was followed by another sequel, Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End is the third of three television films based on the trilogy of children's books by Patricia MacLachlan. The first was Sarah, Plain and Tall and its sequel was Skylark...

. It aired in 1993

1993 in film

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 on CBS

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 as a Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

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 movie, and now is regularly shown on Hallmark Channel

Hallmark Channel

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. Glenn Close

Glenn Close

Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and...

 was nominated for the 1993 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie

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.

Cast and characters

• Glenn Close
  Glenn Close
  Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and...
  
   – Sarah Witting
• Christopher Walken
  Christopher Walken
  Christopher Walken is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New...
  
   – Jacob Witting
• Lexi Randall
  Lexi Randall
  Lexi Randall is a former child actor in films and television. She appeared in the film The Long Walk Home and The War with Kevin Costner and Elijah Wood. Randall starred in the three television movies made from the novel Sarah, Plain and Tall...
  
   – Anna
• Christopher Bell – Caleb
• Jon de Vries – Matthew
• Margaret Sophie Stein – Maggie
• T. Max Graham – Photographer
• Teresa Hughes – Mattie Wheaton
• James Rebhorn
  James Rebhorn
  James Robert Rebhorn is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 television shows, feature films and plays.-Personal life:...
  
   – William Wheaton
• Lee Richardson – Chubbers Horatio
• Lois Smith
  Lois Smith
  Lois Smith is an American actress whose career in theater, film, and television has spanned five decades.Smith was born Lois Arlene Humbert in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Carrie Davis and William Oren Humbert, who was a telephone company employee...
  
   – Lou Wheaton
• Woody Watson – Jess Stearns
• Elizabeth Wilson
  Elizabeth Wilson
  Elizabeth Welter Wilson is an American actress. She was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007.-Life and career:Wilson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Marie Ethel and Henry Dunning Wilson, who was an insurance agent...
  
  – Harriet Wheaton

Plot

The Witting farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder what will happen to the family if they have to leave the farm.