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In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Marsh Turner
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Norton Baskin
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Ellie Turner
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Geechee
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Mrs. Turner
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Paul
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Floyd Turner
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Tim's Wife
Bo Rucker ...
Leroy
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Charles Rawlings
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Tim
Tommy Alford ...
Postal Clerk
Norton Baskin ...
Man in the Rocking Chair
Terrence Gehr ...
Store Keeper
Keith Michel ...
Preston Turner
Nora Rogers ...
Mary Turner
Kenneth V. Vickery ...
Minister
C.T. Wakefield ...
Sheriff
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Max Perkins

Directed by

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Martin Ritt

Written by

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ... (based on Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Memoirs "Cross Creek")
 
Dalene Young ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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Terence Nelson ... co-producer (as Terry Nelson)
Robert B. Radnitz ... producer (produced by)
Martin Ritt ... producer (produced by)

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Leonard Rosenman

Cinematography by

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John A. Alonzo ... director of photography

Editing by

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Sidney Levin

Editorial Department

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Robert Frazen ... assistant editor
Phil Hetos ... color consultant
Rick Sparr ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Caro Jones

Production Design by

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Walter Scott Herndon

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Gregory Garrison

Costume Design by

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Joe I. Tompkins

Makeup Department

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Lee Halls ... makeup artist
Werner Sherer ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Terence Nelson ... production manager (as Terry Nelson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kenneth D. Collins ... second assistant director (as Kenneth Collins)
Donald Heitzer ... first assistant director (as Don Heitzer)
Sidney Levin ... second unit director

Art Department

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Dudley Holmes ... property master
Richard Pine ... assistant property master
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)
Drew Struzan ... poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Marty Church ... adr mixer
Jack A. Finlay ... sound effects
James Fritch ... sound editor
Doug Grindstaff ... sound editor
Gregory H. Watkins ... re-recording mixer
Ken Dufva ... foley artist (uncredited)

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Russel Hessey ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Michael Ferris ... camera operator
Horace Jordan ... first assistant camera
Michael Ritt ... second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Guy Tanno ... wardrober men
Pamela Wise ... wardrobe supervisor

Music Department

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Else Blangsted ... music editor
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ... musician
Lionel Newman ... conductor
Ralph Ferraro ... orchestrator (uncredited)
The Hollywood Studio Symphony ... music performed by (uncredited)
Wayne Kiser ... music preparation (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marie Kenney ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Lyla Foggia ... unit publicist
Martina Ritt ... intern
Elise Rohden ... production coordinator
Lynn Hendee ... production executive (uncredited)

Thanks

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Norton Baskin ... thanks (as Mr. Norton Baskin)

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  • Intrada (score album released by) (limited edition)

Storyline

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Taglines The portrait of a woman who, at the edge of survival, found a world of meaning. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Crosscreek (World-wide, English title)
  • Marjorie (France)
  • Los mejores años de mi vida (Spain)
  • 크로스 크리크 (South Korea)
  • Крос Крийк (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
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Runtime
  • 127 min
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Trivia The fiddle tunes Rip Torn's character plays, and the style in which they are played, are authentic to the region and era. They are based closely on recordings of Cush Holston, an old time fiddler who was from rural north Florida and recorded at an advanced age at a folk festival in 1960. The tune Torn sings is Holston's "Coon Dog," and the instrumental he plays before this is also from Holston, "Have a Good Time Tonight." The actual playing for the film was done by a Florida old time musician who had studied and researched the music of Holston. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Oscars (2020). See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: [voiceover] I had become a part of Cross Creek. I was more than a writer. I was a wife, a friend, a part of the earth. Who owns Cross Creek? The earth may be borrowed, not bought, may be used, not owned. It gives itself in response to love and tenderness, offers its seasonal flowering and fruiting. Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain, to the sun and seasons, to the cosmic secrecy of seed, and beyond all, to time.
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