Sidney Poitier
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May 9, 1999 · The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn: Directed by Gregg Champion. With Sidney Poitier, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker, George Newbern. A 91-year-old carpenter has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn, is a 1999 American television film aired on 9 May 1999 on CBS. It stars Sidney Poitier as the eponymous rural Georgia skilled carpenter, who lives alone without electricity and seems frozen in time.
A greedy land developer hires a psychiatrist to declare a farmer mentally incompetent in an attempt to gain his land.
- Drama
In the process, the psychiatrist decides that people should have a life style as simple as Noah. She defends Noah and in the process they become friends. Valerie Crane goes to the farm where she was born and raised to get the feeling for the simple life, and dumps her boyfriend.
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn. 1999 · 1 hr 28 min. PG. Drama. A 91-year-old woodworker finds an unexpected ally in his fight to keep his Georgia land from being taken by a scheming mall developer. Subtitles: English. Starring: Sidney Poitier Mary Louise-Parker Dianne Wiest George Newbern Roxzane T. Mims. Directed by: Gregg Champion.
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn. Academy Award winners Sidney Poitier and Dianne Wiest star with Mary-Louise Parker in this enchanting tale about a quiet hero who becomes the talk of the town.
From start to finish, this inspiring story of one man's struggle to preserve an uncomplicated existence in today's all-too-complicated world is a feast...
Sitting on 35 acres of Georgia land coveted by a shopping mall developer, 90+years-old Noah Dearborn is untainted by modern life. He's never heard of the Beatles, and his only interest is his woodworking, in which he excels.
An ageless carpenter manages to remain untouched by the corruption of the 20th century until he becomes the target of a greedy developer. Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farmer, has discovered that the secret to staying young is meaningful work.
In the small Southern community of Twin Pines, GA, lives Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farmer who cherishes his solitude almost as much as the local townspeople cherish him — especially restaurant owner Sarah McClellan.
