The Sarah plain & tall collection
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Main Flagstaff Public Library - Juvenile VideosDVD J SARAH PLAIN COLLECTIONChecked OutApril 10, 2025

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Droughts -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Feature films
Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Fiction.
Made-for-TV movies
Mail order brides -- Fiction.
Stepfamilies -- Fiction.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (295 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
015012752502

Notes

General Note
Based on the characters from the novel "Sarah Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan.
General Note
Originally produced for television in 1990 ("Sarah Plain and Tall"), 1992 ("Skylark") and 1999 ("Sarah Plain and Tall: Winter's End").
General Note
Special features: Disc 1. "The makings of Sarah plain and tall" featurette; About the production; Cast & credits; Biographies. Disc 2. "The making of Skylark" featurette; Conversations; About the production; Cast & credits; Biographies. Disc 3. "The making of Winters end" featurette; Conversations; About the production; Cast & credits; Biographies.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, Micheal Fash, Ralf Bode ; edited by John Wright, Michael Brown, David Simmons ; music by David Shire ; production designer, Ed Wittstein, Charles Rosen ; costume designer, Van Broughton Ramsey, Jim Echerd ; set decorator, Robert Checchi, Derek R. Hill, Joseph Litsch.
Participants/Performers
Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, (Sarah plain and tall) Lexi Randall, Margaret Sophie Stein, Jon Devries, Christopher Bell. (Skylark) Lexi Randall, Christopher Bell, Margaret Sophie Stein, Jon Devries, Tresa Hughes, Lee Richardson, Lois Smith, Elizabeth Wilson, (Winter's end) George Hearn, Lexi Randall, Christopher Bell, Emily Osment, Jack Palance.
Description
"Sarah, Plain and Tall:" A mail-order bride from Maine travels to Kansas in 1910 to join a widower, Jacob Witting, and his two children. "Skylark:" The Witting family is tested first by drought and then by separation, as Sarah and the children are forced to leave their Kansas farm to join Sarah's aunts in Maine while Jacob remains behind to try to save their livelihood. "Sarah Plain and Tall: Winter's End:" Having abandoned his family decades ago, Jacob's father John returns to the farm to try to mend his relationship with his son.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation; 2.0 Dolby surround.
Language
Closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Close, G., Walken, C., Randall, L., Hearn, G., Osment, E., Palance, J., Jordan, G., Sargent, J., & MacLachlan, P. (2002). The Sarah plain & tall collection (Gold crown collector's ed., full screen version.). Artisan Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Glenn Close et al.. 2002. The Sarah Plain & Tall Collection. [Santa Monica, Calif.]: Artisan Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Glenn Close et al.. The Sarah Plain & Tall Collection [Santa Monica, Calif.]: Artisan Home Entertainment, 2002.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Close, G., Walken, C., Randall, L., Hearn, G., Osment, E., Palance, J. and Jordan, G. et al (2002). The sarah plain & tall collection. Gold crown collector's ed., full screen version. [Santa Monica, Calif.]: Artisan Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Close, Glenn, et al. The Sarah Plain & Tall Collection Gold crown collector's ed., full screen version., Artisan Home Entertainment, 2002.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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