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The Awakening Land | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | The Awakening Land trilogy by Conrad Richter |
Written by | James Lee Barrett Liam O'Brien |
Directed by | Boris Sagal |
Starring | Elizabeth Montgomery Hal Holbrook Jane Seymour |
Theme music composer | Fred Karlin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 3 |
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Executive producers | Harry Bernsen Tom Kuhn Harry Bernstein |
Producer | Robert E. Relyea |
Production locations | Springfield, Illinois New Salem, Illinois |
Cinematography | Michel Hugo |
Editor | Bernard J. Small |
Running time | 420 mins. |
Production companies | Bensen/Kuhn/Sagal Productions Warner Bros. Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | February 19 February 21, 1978 | –
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The Awakening Land is a 1978 television miniseries based on Conrad Richter's trilogy of novels: The Trees; The Fields; and The Town, published from 1940 to 1950. The series originally aired on NBC in three installments from February 19 to February 21, 1978; directed by Boris Sagal, it starred Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook.