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Vinegar Hill Latest News

  • 2005
  • 1 hr 29 mins
  • Drama
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Jake Grier left his domineering father Fritz's farm in small-town Grumbach to try making it as painter in Chicago, but has to move back when his wife Ellen looses her city teaching job and another in the high-school where they met. The move is resented from the start by their children, pre-teen Bert, whom grandpa scares, and rebellious young teen Amy. Fritz also bosses and humiliates Jake constantly, while his brother Mitch, who died in a car accident years ago, is idolized. Grdaually, a dark past lurks back, while Jake's marriage starts falling apart as both spouses are irresistibly attracted to earlier local lovers, in her case sheriff Tom Welton.

CBS Isn't Crazy for Sybil or Mary-Louise Parker

In a somewhat odd move, CBS is burning off two original movies on Saturday nights over the next three weeks. Vinegar Hill, based on an Oprah Book Club selection (shop Amazon) and starring Mary-Louise Parker and Tom Skerritt, will air May 24, while a new adaptation of Sybil, starring Tammy Blanchard (in the title role) and Jessica Lange (as her shrink), gets buried on June 7. Variety explains that both projects are the victims of a regime change at the Eye and a subsequent shift away from Sunday-night movie broadcasts. Vinegar Hill, for what it's worth, will sneak under the wire for Emmy consideration (because you know M-LP always brings it). — MWMRelated:• Tammy Blanchard Has Personality (Lots of 'Em!)

Thu, May 22, 2008
CBS Isn't Crazy for Sybil or Mary-Louise Parker