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The Yearling

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The Yearling (1946)

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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 11  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins
Synopsis:
Clarence Brown directed this award-winning adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a poor pioneer family struggling to eke out a living in the Florida backwoods--and the coming of age of a young boy. After the Civil War, the Baxter family struggles to... [More]
Clarence Brown directed this award-winning adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a poor pioneer family struggling to eke out a living in the Florida backwoods--and the coming of age of a young boy. After the Civil War, the Baxter family struggles to maintain its meager existence in the wake of family tragedy. All the Baxter children--except for 11-year-old Jody (Claude Jarman Jr.)--have died, leaving Ma (Jane Wyman) embittered and cold and Jody exceptionally lonely. Penny Baxter (Gregory Peck) works hard to make his wife and son happy. When a rattlesnake bites Penny, he's forced to kill a deer in order to obtain an antitoxin from its innards. Jody instantly befriends the animal's orphaned fawn, and the two play together in the woods. But as the fawn becomes a yearling, it turns (however unintentionally) destructive, forever breaking into the small garden on which the family depends for food and money. The family is then forced to make a potentially tragic choice. This exceptional family classic was beautifully shot on location in the Florida Everglades and features outstanding lead performances from its award-winning cast. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Chill Wills, Clem Bevans

Director: Clarence Brown
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Story: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Composer: Herbert Stothart

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 3, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

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Family classic, beautifully realized, involving a pet deer.

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03/30/08 07:52 PM
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Along with Lassie Come Home, this is one of MGM's classic family-animal melodramas, based on Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' novel, beautifully acted by Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman and Claude Jarman Jr.(in his debut), with strong production values (in color).

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Classy family classic of the old school.

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A forever young, forever fresh family film. One of the best.

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Linda Cook
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A classic tearjerker, photographed in heavenly Technicolor

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...a family classic in every sense of the word.

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