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A 91-year-old carpenter has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.A 91-year-old carpenter has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.A 91-year-old carpenter has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.
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- 1 win & 4 nominations total
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- TriviaSidney Poitier is 19 years younger than his character Noah Dearborn.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, when the carpenter cracks the molding when nailing it into place, he places the nail and hammers into the upper right side of the molding, but when the crack appears, it runs from upper left side to lower right side diagonally across the molding, the opposite of what it would/should have been.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999)
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I think this is a very under-rated movie. It won't appeal to many people perhaps, but for a safe, wholesome, pure, lovely movie about the unattractiveness of selfishness, there's few better. The plot is simple but effective, the speed slow, there's no action, no violence, no comedy, no special effects, little drama even (but watching the trailer above reminded me that there's more in the movie than I remembered).
I went away from the movie more relaxed than perhaps from any other that I've ever seen.
For those who want artificial excitement to escape for a while, go elsewhere. For those who want to have their high standards and morals encouraged, go out of your way to watch this once in your life.
I went away from the movie more relaxed than perhaps from any other that I've ever seen.
For those who want artificial excitement to escape for a while, go elsewhere. For those who want to have their high standards and morals encouraged, go out of your way to watch this once in your life.
- sallylister
- Jun 22, 2006
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By what name was The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) officially released in Canada in English?
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