Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions (1999)
Family
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IMDB   6.8
1 hr 35 mins USA / English
VHS  Region 1   NR
Glenn Close Sarah Witting
Christopher Walken Jacob Witting
Jack Palance John Witting
George Hearn Dr. Sam Hartley
Lexi Randall Anna Witting
Christopher Bell Caleb Witting
Emily Osment Cassie Witting
Betty Laird May Parkley
Calen Pick Justin
Delno Ebie Farmer
Margaret Sophie Stein
Director
Glenn Jordan
Joseph Sargent
Producer Glenn Jordan
Glenn Close
Writer Patricia MacLachlan

What a joy to watch this family grow up and see the same children acting in this series eight years later. Anna (Lexi Randall) is a beautiful young lady, working for a physician in town. She is in love with his son Justin, who went away in the army and was injured in war. And the newest daughter of Jacob and Sarah, Cassie, is an outspoken cutie, so transparently honest she often is embarrassing.

On a cold winter day a stranger shows up at the farm. He is slow to reveal his identity. When they find out he is Jacobs father, John Witting, thought long ago dead, hard questions about the past are difficult to get answered.

Glenn Close is magnificent as a loving mother, who wants only the best for all her family, and is constantly wrestling with the forces that tend to separate them. Sarah talking to Jacob said, "It's all so fragile, this life. Anything can happen in the blink of an eye. I could have died in that blizzard. Think of Justin, and John. probably more ill than we know. Time moves on. The moment passes, then it's too late. It's a shame, don't you think?"

Life lessons on honesty and forgiveness make this a meaningful evenings entertainment.
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