The Awakening Land (1978)
4.2 of 5 from 45 ratings
5h 30min
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- Synopsis:
Unschooled homesteader Sayward Luckett (Elizabeth Montgomery) couldn't read her name if you showed it to her, yet she fell in love with and married agnostic, book-learned frontier lawyer Portius Wheeler (Hal Holbrook). Now it's time to make a life with him in wild, wooded 1790's Ohio Territory. There will be children, seven in all; joy and hardships aplenty; inconstancies of heart; and the enduring legacy of settling a new land. Based on Conrad Richter's trilogy of novels (he received a Pulitzer Prize for the third), this miniseries nominated for 6 Emmy Awards celebrates the pioneering spirit as it chronicles Sayward's heroic, unadorned life. Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook (earning two of those six Emmy nominations) lead a strong cast that includes Jane Seymour and W.H. Macy (his first screen credit). - Actors:
- Elizabeth Montgomery, Hal Holbrook, Jane Seymour, Steven Keats, Tony Mockus Jr., William H. Macy, Chelcie Ross, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Derin Altay, Bert Remsen, Charles Tyner, Sean Frye, Johnny Timko, Barney McFadden, Pia Romans, Sonja Lanzener, Art Kassul, Bernie Kuby, Ann Eggert, Louis Plante
- Genres:
- TV Classics, TV Dramas
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