The Education of Little Tree (1997) ( L'éducation de Little Tree )

The Education of Little Tree (1997) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: L'éducation de Little Tree
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

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Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Friedenberg

Written By:
Forrest Carter
Earl Hamner Jr.

Actors:
James Cromwell ..... Granpa
Tantoo Cardinal ..... Granma
Joseph Ashton ..... Little Tree /
Joshua ..... Little Girl
Mika Boorem ..... Pine Billy
Christopher Heyerdahl ..... Wilburn (as Chris Fennell)
Christopher Fennell ..... Willow John
Graham Greene ..... Martha
Leni Parker ..... Dolly
Rebecca Dewey ..... Henry
Bill Rowat ..... Ralph
Robert Daviau ..... Mr. Jenkins
Norris Domingue ..... Preacher
Mark Jeffrey Miller ..... Politician
Gordon Masten ..... Calf's Owner
Howard Rosenstein

Synopsis:

Eight year old Little Tree lives in depression-era America. After his parents pass away, he goes to live with his grandparents in the rugged country side. There he is taught by them, as well as by Willow John, the Cherokee way of life. The history of how the Caucasians settlers first befriended them, then using the army forcibly took over their lands, forced them to re-locate resulting in many deaths. When the state's social services finds out that Little Tree is not attending school and is assisting his grandfather in selling liquor, they compel him to re-locate to an oppressive Catholic school, where things take a turn for the worse.

Richard Friedenberg scripted and made his directorial debut with this adaptation of Forrest Carter's 1992 award-winning coming-of-age novel detailing the Depression-era boyhood of an orphaned Cherokee, eight-year-old Little Tree (Joseph Ashton). Raised and tutored by his grandparents (Tantoo Cardinal, James Cromwell) in the Smokey Mountains of the 1930s, Little Tree encounters difficulties after authorities force him to attend the Notched Gap Indian School. Friedenberg later received an Oscar nomination for his A River Runs Through It screenplay.

Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents and starts to live with his Indian grandma and grandpa and learn the wisdom of the Cherokee way of life.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 09 June, 2015.