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Skylark
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Genre	Drama
Written by	Patricia MacLachlan
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Glenn Close Christopher Walken
Theme music composer	David Shire
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Glenn Close William Self
Producers	Joseph Sargent Robert Huddleston (line producer)
Production locations	Osage City, Kansas Wichita, Kansas Maine
Cinematography	Mike Fash
Editor	Michael Brown
Running time	95 minutes
Production company	Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	February 7, 1993 (1993-02-07)
Related
Sarah, Plain and Tall Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

Skylark (also titled Skylark: The Sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall) is a 1993 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television drama film and is a sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991).

Plot

The Witting farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder what will happen to the family if they have to leave the farm. Sarah decides to take Anna and Caleb to her hometown in Maine while Jacob stays at the farm to make sure it is safe and sound. When the family arrives in Maine, Anna and Caleb meet Sarah's family who completely fall in love with them. It is also there that Sarah reveals that she is pregnant.

Cast

Glenn Close as Sarah Witting
Christopher Walken as Jacob Witting
Lexi Randall as Anna
Christopher Bell as Caleb
Jon de Vries as Matthew
Margaret Sophie Stein (Malgorzata Zajaczkowska) as Maggie
T. Max Graham as Photographer
Tresa Hughes as Mattie Wheaton
James Rebhorn as William Wheaton
Lee Richardson as Chubbers Horatio
Lois Smith as Lou Wheaton
Woody Watson as Jess Stearns
Elizabeth Wilson as Harriet Wheaton

Sequel

It was followed by another sequel, Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End.

Release

It aired in 1993 on CBS as a Hallmark Hall of Fame film, and now is regularly shown on Hallmark Channel.

Reception

Awards

Glenn Close was nominated for the 1993 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries.

External links

Films directed by Joseph Sargent

Street-Fighter (1959)
One Spy Too Many (1966)
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
The Hell with Heroes (1968)
The Sunshine Patriot (1968)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Tribes (1970)
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971)
Man on a String (1972)
The Man (1972)
The Man Who Died Twice (1973)
Sunshine (1973)
White Lightning (1973)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Friendly Persuasion (1975)
The Night That Panicked America (1975)
Hustling (1975)
MacArthur (1977)
Goldengirl (1979)
Amber Waves
Coast to Coast (1980)
Freedom (1981)
Tomorrow's Child (1982)
Nightmares (1983)
Memorial Day (1983)
Choices of the Heart (1983)
Terrible Joe Moran (1984)
Love Is Never Silent (1985)
Passion Flower (1986)
There Must Be a Pony (1986)
Of Pure Blood (1986)
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
Day One (1989)
The Incident (1990)
Caroline? (1990)
Ivory Hunters (1990)
Never Forget (1991)
Miss Rose White (1992)
Somebody's Daughter (1992)
Skylark (1993)
Abraham (1994)
World War II: When Lions Roared (1994)
My Antonia (1995)
Streets of Laredo (1995)
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
The Long Island Incident (1998)
Crime and Punishment (1998)
The Wall (1998)
A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
Vola Sciusciù (2000)
Bojangles (2001)
Salem Witch Trials (2003)
Out of the Ashes (2003)
Something the Lord Made (2004)
Warm Springs (2005)
Sybil (2007)
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