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Winter People is a 1989 American romantic-drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, and starring Kurt Russell and Kelly McGillis. It is based on the novel by John Ehle. Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934.
Feb 11, 2014 · The Winter People is a book about a mother who disappears and a daughter who uncovers a dark secret from the past. The novel blends historical and present-day perspectives, and explores the theme of grief, loss, and the supernatural.
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Apr 14, 1989 · A widowed clock maker moves to Appalachia with his daughter and falls in love with a single mother in 1934. He faces danger from the baby's violent father and his clan in this tense and passionate film.
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Aug 30, 2016 · A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year. West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter.
Winter People. Kurt Russell ("Escape From New York") and Kelly McGillis ("At First Sight") star as forbidden lovers willing to risk everything to be together in a film that shows just how beautiful and powerful love can be in the face of devastating odds. IMDb 6.21 h 46 min1989. PG-13. Drama.
A widower (Kurt Russell) with a daughter loves an unwed mother (Kelly McGillis) amid a mountain feud in 1930s North Carolina.
Winter People is a romance drama set in the 1930s, starring Kelly McGillis and Kurt Russell as outsiders in a mountain community. Roger Ebert criticizes the movie for being spineless, boring, and lacking chemistry and realism.
