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The Education of Little Tree
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Overview

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Writers (WGA):
Forrest Carter (novel)
Earl Hamner Jr. (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
25 December 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Read it!!! more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Cromwell ... Granpa
Tantoo Cardinal ... Granma

Joseph Ashton ... Little Tree / Joshua

Mika Boorem ... Little Girl
Christopher Heyerdahl ... Pine Billy
Christopher Fennell ... Wilburn (as Chris Fennell)

Graham Greene ... Willow John
Leni Parker ... Martha
Rebecca Dewey ... Dolly
Bill Rowat ... Henry
Robert Daviau ... Ralph
Norris Domingue ... Mr. Jenkins

Mark Jeffrey Miller ... Preacher

Gordon Masten ... Politician

Howard Rosenstein ... Calf's Owner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'éducation de Little Tree (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for language and thematic elements including old fashioned discipline.
Runtime:
Argentina:116 min | USA:112 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Allied Films more

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Continuity: When Little Tree is petting the calf outside the church he alternates between kneeling to the right and then left of the calf's head. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#21.7)" (1999) more

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2 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Read it!!!, 3 January 2001
Author: jtur88 from Michigan

I didn't even know that this book had been filmed, until I stumbled across it on cable. The movie is hokey, mostly, but the story is so incredibly powerful that it is worthwhile, no matter how it is conveyed. The book is on my all-time top-20 list. The film is not. But it is still worth seeing, for it does represent the social facts of life encountered by Forrest Carter, as described in this autogiography.

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