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American Harvest

1987 · 93 min

A quiet, grounded rural drama about stubborn pride and hard land, carrying a steady ache of regret and the weight of old grudges.

Directed by
Dick Lowry
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wayne Rogers, Earl Holliman, Mariclare Costello
Overview
American Harvest is set in the heartland of Kansas. Two proud, stubborn families have not spoken to one another because of an incident in the distant past. Wayne Rogers, the patriarch of one of the families, is in danger of losing his wheat farm. He knows that his land will be saved if he patches things up with rival farmer Earl Holliman, but such a reconciliation is out of the question.

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Directed by
Dick Lowry
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wayne Rogers, Earl Holliman, Mariclare Costello
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • work
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Dick Lowry
Written by
Bill Stratton
Starring
Wayne Rogers, Earl Holliman, Mariclare Costello, Fredric Lehne, Matt McCoy, John Anderson, Jill Carroll, Casey Siemaszko
Music
Christopher Young
Cinematography
Chuy Elizondo
Runtime
93 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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