Heartland (film)
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| Directed by | Richard Pearce |
| Written by | Beth Ferris William Kittredge Elinore Randall Stewart |
| Produced by | Beth Ferris Michael Hausman |
| Starring | Conchata Ferrell Rip Torn Lilia Skala Barry Primus Megan Folsom |
| Cinematography | Fred Murphy |
| Edited by | Bill Yahraus |
| Music by | Charles Gross |
Production companies | Filmhaus The National Endowment for the Humanities Wilderness Women |
| Distributed by | Levitt-Pickman |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.4 million |
Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West. It is based on a memoir by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader (1914).