The Yearling

• Director: Rod Hardy
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Coming-of-Age, Animal Picture
• Themes: Innocence Lost, Down on Their Luck
• Main Cast: Peter Strauss, Jean Smart, Wil Horneff, Jarred Blanchard, Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Release Year: 1994
• Country: US

Plot

This moving made-for-TV movie is a faithful rendition of Marjorie Kinan Rawling's timeless coming-of-age tale in which a boy living a hardscrabble life with his family in a Florida swamp must grow-up and face his responsibilities after he befriends an orphaned fawn. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Peter Strauss - Ezra "Penny" Baxter
• Jean Smart - Ora Baxter
• Wil Horneff - Jody Baxter
• Jarred Blanchard
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Buck

Nancy Moore Atchison - Eulalie; Ed Grady - Doc Wilson; Brad Greenquist - Lem Forrester; Richard Hamilton - Pa Forrester; Mary Nell Santacroce - Ma Forrester; Scott Sowers - Hoyle

Credit

Peter Mitchell - Costume Designer, Rod Hardy - Director, Richard Bracken - Editor, Lee Holdridge - Composer (Music Score), Toby Corbett - Production Designer, David Connell - Cinematographer, Joe Wiesenfeld - Screenwriter

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