Rose Hill (1997) (TV)

Director:

Christopher Cain

Writers (WGA):

Julie Garwood (novel)
Earl W. Wallace (teleplay)

Release Date:

20 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Four orphan boys running from the law in New York stumble upon a baby in a carriage. They decide to...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Garner	...	Mary Rose Clayborne / Victoria Elliot at 17
Jeffrey D. Sams	...	Adam Clayborne
Zak Orth	...	Douglas Clayborne
Justin Chambers	...	Cole Clayborne
Tristan Tait	...	Travis Clayborne
David Newsom	...	John Stringer
Casey Siemaszko	...	Fergus Carroll
Stuart Wilson	...	Richard Elliot
Kristin Griffith	...	Annie
Courtney Chase	...	Young Mary Rose
Michael Alexander Jackson	...	Adam Clayborne at 15
David Klein	...	Douglas Clayborne at 13
Kevin Zegers	...	Cole Clayborne at 13
Blair Slater	...	Travis Clayborne at 11
Vanya Rose	...	Maude

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild western violence.

Runtime:

Italy:90 min | USA:99 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

CL Ranch - 45001 Township Road, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Boys Next Door Productions Inc.

movie or book?

If you've read the book, don't watch this movie.

And if you're thinking about watching the movie, read the book instead.

I was completely disappointed in this adaptation, which seems to have retained only the names of the characters and the fact that Mary Rose was found as a baby by the brothers (although the more specific details of this have been altered as well). All I could think while watching this travesty was, a) Apparently the screenplay writer read the back copy of the novel and not Garwood's actual book and b) Thank god for Jennifer Garner and Justin Chambers (the only apparent acting talent in the movie), otherwise I'd shoot myself right now.

By the end of the movie, I was trying to figure out how Julie Garwood even allowed her name to be anywhere in the same universe as this film. I would probably have felt about ten thousand times better if this was done independent of the book, since it has practically nothing in common. And I would have been much less freaked out when Cole and Adam die (uh, yeah, in Julie Garwood world they get their own novels) and waaaaaay less weirded out when Harrison, Mary Rose's boyfriend/husband in the book shows up as her brother in the movie.

Okay, really, the message here is just read the freaking book. Pretend the movie never happened.