The Yearling (1946)

The Yearling (1946) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1946 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Clarence Brown

Written By:
Paul Osborn
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Actors:
Gregory Peck ..... Penny Baxter
Jane Wyman ..... Orry Baxter
Claude Jarman Jr. ..... Jody
Chill Wills ..... Buck Forrester
Clem Bevans ..... Pa Forrester
Margaret Wycherly ..... Ma Forrester
Henry Travers ..... Mr. Boyles
Forrest Tucker ..... Lem Forrester
Donn Gift ..... Fodderwing

Synopsis:

After the American Civil War, a rebel soldier and his wife become pioneer farmers in Florida. Their son Jody is 11 years old; he gets along well with his warm and affectionate pa, but his ma is haunted by the death of her other children, so she's somber, even cold. The boy wants a pet: the dad is sympathetic, the mom obdurate. When a rattler bites pa, pa kills a doe to use its organs to draw out the poison. Jody begs to keep the doe's fawn as a pet. The parents agree, and the boy and the deer are soon inseparable. The fawn grows quickly, and as a yearling tramples tobacco shoots and eats the newly-sprouted corn. This is too much for ma, and Jody has to face harsh, adult realities.

The young son of poor farmers makes friends with a fawn, but loses it when it grows and eats the corn and has to be shot. The boy's childhood is over.

Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 22 March, 2013.