Long Road Home (film)

*Long Road Home*
Long Road Home
Based on	Long Road Home; by Ronald B. Taylor
Written by	Jane-Howard Hammerstein
Directed by	John Korty
Starring	Mark Harmon; Lee Purcell; Morgan Weisser; Leon Russom; Timothy Owen Waldrip;
Composer	Craig Safan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Norman Rosemont
Producer	David A. Rosemont
Cinematography	Kees Van Oostrum
Editor	Jim Oliver
Running time	78 minutes
Production companies	Gideon Productions; Rosemont Productions; World International Network;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 25, 1991

Long Road Home is a 1991 American drama television film directed by John Korty, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Ronald B. Taylor. The film stars Mark Harmon, Lee Purcell, Morgan Weisser, Leon Russom, and Timothy Owen Waldrip. It revolves around a migrant farm worker who struggles to keep his family alive during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The film received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the performances of Purcell and Russom.

Cast

Mark Harmon as Ertie Robertson
Lee Purcell as Bessie Robertson
Morgan Weisser as Jake Robertson
Leon Russom as Titus Wardlow
Timothy Owen Waldrip as James Earl
Vinessa Shaw as Clara Tarpin
Bianca Rose as Susie Robertson
Kathryn Morris as Billy Jo Robertson
Sarah Lundy as Mary Ellen Robertson
Ronnie Dee Blaire as Elijah Parsons
Sydney Walker as Kleindecker
Edward Ivory as Barkham
Morgan Upton as Bull
Jim Zubiena as Cletus Sharp
Donald A. Mercier as Windy
Rider Strong as Benjy Robertson
Paul Henri as Will Henry
Don West as Alf Young
Ron Kaell as Checker
Cab Covay as Hammer

Reception

Entertainment Weekly's television critic Ken Tucker wrote that "director John Korty has made a limp, self-pitying little TV movie here, and the script by Jane-Howard Hammerstein is so full of vague grandiloquence that even some of the characters don't understand what's being said."^[1] Wilborn Hampton of The New York Times described the film as "a fairy-tale view not only of the Great Depression, but of the labor movement it spawned and the way its victims survived."^[2] Ray Loynd of the Los Angeles Times called it the "Best Production Based on a Novel" among 1991 drama television films which he saw.^[3]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
1991	43rd Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Lee Purcell	Nominated
1991	43rd Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Leon Russom	Nominated
1992	44th Writers Guild of America Awards	Best Adapted Long Form	Jane-Howard Hammerstein	Won

References

^ Tucker, Ken (February 22, 1991). "Long Road Home". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
^ Hampton, Wilborn (February 25, 1991). "Review/Television; Destitution in the 1930's (No, It's Not "The Grapes")". The New York Times. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
^ Loynd, Ray (December 27, 1991). "A Look at 1991's Best TV Movies Based on Real Events: Television: One critic's view of the gems, curiosities and stinkers that paraded across the tube in 1991". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

External links

Long Road Home at IMDb
Long Road Home at the TCM Movie Database

[1] Tucker, Ken (February 22, 1991). "Long Road Home". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[2] Hampton, Wilborn (February 25, 1991). "Review/Television; Destitution in the 1930's (No, It's Not "The Grapes")". The New York Times. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[3] Loynd, Ray (December 27, 1991). "A Look at 1991's Best TV Movies Based on Real Events: Television: One critic's view of the gems, curiosities and stinkers that paraded across the tube in 1991". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

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