Land meines Herzens (1981)

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Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West. It is based on a memoir by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader (1914).

Production

The film was developed by screenwriter Beth Ferris and executive producer Annick Smith, both of whom had lived in Montana for at least part of their lives. The film was funded in large part by a $682,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities. An initial $80,000 funded script development including interviewing the with the still-living children of the main characters, and reviewing previously unpublished letters.

Set in southwestern Wyoming, where Stewart homesteaded, the movie was filmed on location in 37 days in Wheatland, Fergus, and Meagher Counties in central Montana. A Montana girl was cast as Jerrine; Megan Folsom helpfully already knew how to milk cows and ride horses. Local ranchers, cowboys, and townspeople appear as background characters.

The soundtrack features New Orleans clarinetist George Lewis playing the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."

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