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East of Eden : Vol. 3 [videorecording (DVD)] / CBS Operations, Inc. ; Barney Rosenzweig Productions ; Mace Neufeld Productions ; Viacom Productions ; produced by Barney Rosenzweig ; written by Richard Shapiro ; directed by Harvey Hart.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: AMP-8170 | Acorn MediaPublication details: Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, c2009.Edition: Full screen edDescription: 1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cmOther title:
  • John Steinbeck's East of Eden
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Cast: Jane Seymour, Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Bruce Boxleitner, Hart Bochner, Sam Bottoms, Lloyd Bridges, Howard Duff, Anne Baxter, Karen Allen.Summary: Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin boys. Cathy soon deserts the family, showing up later as "Kate," the madam of an upscale brothel. Adam's sons have a relationship that mirrors his own. Adam's business venture fails and depletes the family fortune. One son seeks out his mother, who has been long assumed dead.
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Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1981.

Jane Seymour, Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Bruce Boxleitner, Hart Bochner, Sam Bottoms, Lloyd Bridges, Howard Duff, Anne Baxter, Karen Allen.

Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin boys. Cathy soon deserts the family, showing up later as "Kate," the madam of an upscale brothel. Adam's sons have a relationship that mirrors his own. Adam's business venture fails and depletes the family fortune. One son seeks out his mother, who has been long assumed dead.

Not rated ; audience: General.

DVD, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital.

Home use only.

English (SDH)

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