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Cross Creek is a 1983 American biographical drama romance film starring Mary Steenburgen as The Yearling author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The film is directed by Martin Ritt and is based in part on Rawlings's 1942 memoir Cross Creek.
Oct 27, 1983 · With Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill. 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.
Washington County's largest park features the beautiful Cross Creek Lake for boating and fishing, as well as picnic shelters, playgrounds and a hiking trail.
After Rawlings had written several successful novels set in Florida, she wrote an autobiography, Cross Creek, telling the real story of her life and neighbors there. Now here is the movie version, arriving in Chicago after a shameful delay.
In southeast Alachua County less than 20 miles from Gainesville, the tiny community of Cross Creek is best known as the historic home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Yearling.”
Cross Creek (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Cross Creek. In the late 1920s, columnist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) moves to Cross Creek, Fla., to dedicate herself to writing a serious novel. Despite her husband's...
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