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7.0/10   270 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Allan Gurganus (novel)
Joyce Eliason (teleplay)
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Release Date:
1 May 1994 (USA) more
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Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 9 nominations more
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Lengthy, but interesting... more (6 total)

Cast

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Diane Lane ... Lucy Honicut Marsden

Donald Sutherland ... Capt. William Marsden

Cicely Tyson ... Castralia, Marsden Family House Slave / Maid

Anne Bancroft ... Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)

Blythe Danner ... Bianca Honicut

E.G. Marshall ... Prof. Taw, Old Folks Home Resident

Gwen Verdon ... Etta Pell, Old Folks Home Resident
Camille Cooper ... Shirey Ann Williams, Lucy's best girlhood friend
Maureen Mueller ... Lady Mardsen

Kathryn Morris ... Zundro (Sandra)
Wil Horneff ... Willie Marsden (at 13)
Jesse Zeigler ... Ned Mardsen (12), Lucy's eldest son

Garette Ratliff Henson ... Ned Smythe, Willie's best friend (flashback scenes)

Jordan Williams ... Samuel Honicut
Stephanie Astalos-Jones ... Ruth Wilgus, Neighbor with telephone
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Israel:170 min (2 parts) | 240 min (including commercials) | Argentina:113 min | USA:180 min (DVD version)
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4 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Lengthy, but interesting..., 10 October 2005
6/10
Author: jmckelve from United States

I found the show lengthy but interesting. The story is told in flashback sequence...a style I find particularly annoying. It also does not contain subtitles which add to viewing. Diane Lane is magnificent and Southerland does well also. One foible is that the boy Marsden shown in many of the Civil War battleground sequences has dark brown eyes while the adult Marsden (Southerland) clearly has light blue eyes. Tyson does a great job in her role as the housekeeper/former slave girl. The character of Marsden shows little or no love or care for his wife and children just doing whatever he pleases whenever he wants to...pretty accurate and indicative of a husband from the South at this time in history....

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