On September 20, 1999, the miniseries was released on DVD, under the title A Good Day to Die. However, it was pared down to 120 minutes, and significant portions of the production were omitted.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abLoynd, Ray (1995-02-23). "Children of the Dust". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
^"A Good Day to Die (1999)". AllMovie. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
children, dust, miniseries, children, dust, american, western, television, miniseries, based, clancy, carlile, 1995, novel, same, name, featuring, ensemble, cast, sidney, poitier, children, dust, originally, broadcast, february, 1995, children, dustalso, known. Children of the Dust is an American Western television miniseries based on Clancy Carlile s 1995 novel of the same name 1 Featuring an ensemble cast led by Sidney Poitier Children of the Dust was originally broadcast by CBS on February 26 and 28 1995 1 Children of the DustAlso known asA Good Day to DieGenreWesternWritten byClancy Carlile novel Joyce Eliason teleplay Directed byDavid GreeneStarringSidney Poitier Michael Moriarty Joanna Going Hart Bochner Regina Taylor Billy Wirth Robert Guillaume Farrah FawcettComposerMark SnowCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producersJoyce Eliason Frank KonigsbergProducerHarold Lee TichenorProduction locationAlberta CanadaCinematographyRon OrieuxEditorTod FeuermanRunning time240 minutesProduction companiesThe Konigsberg Company Vidmark EntertainmentOriginal releaseNetworkCBSReleaseFebruary 26 1995 02 26 February 28 1995 1995 02 28 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 DVD 4 References 5 External linksPlot summary editIn the Oklahoma Territory of the late 1880s Gypsy Smith Poitier is a bounty hunter of African American and Cherokee descent Smith helps African American homesteaders to settle the territory under the specter of Jim Crow Meanwhile a young Native American raised by Whites Wirth must choose between the woman that he loves Going or his Cheyenne heritage Cast editSidney Poitier as Gypsy Smith Michael Moriarty as John Maxwell Joanna Going as Rachel Maxwell Hart Bochner as Shelby Hornbeck Regina Taylor as Drusilla Billy Wirth as Corby White White Wolf Shirley Knight as Aunt Bertha Grace Zabriskie as Rose James Caviezel as Dexter Robert Guillaume as Jolson Mossburger Farrah Fawcett as Nora Maxwell John Pyper Ferguson as Sonny Boy Katharine Isabelle as Young Rachel as Katherine Isobel Byron Chief Moon as Chief Walks The Clouds Jesse Lipscombe as ClarenceDVD editOn September 20 1999 the miniseries was released on DVD under the title A Good Day to Die However it was pared down to 120 minutes and significant portions of the production were omitted 2 References edit a b Loynd Ray 1995 02 23 Children of the Dust Variety Retrieved 2021 08 26 A Good Day to Die 1999 AllMovie Retrieved 2021 08 26 External links editChildren of the Dust at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Children of the Dust miniseries amp oldid 1175122895, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
