Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Written byStephen Harrigan
Directed by Marcus Cole
Starring Richard Thomas
Lindsay Crouse
Meredith Monroe
Barbara Jane Reams
Haley McCormick
Walton Goggins
Skye McCole Bartusiak
Tess Harper
Theme music composerErnest Troost
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersRobert M. Rolsky
Stephen Harrigan (part 2)
Running time200 minutes (approx.)
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseJanuary 2, 2000 (2000-01-02) 
March 17, 2002 (2002-03-17)

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder and its sequel Beyond the Prairie II: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues, are television films shown in two parts, which presented episodes from Laura Ingalls Wilder's later books in the Little House on the Prairie series (from The Long Winter to The First Four Years ).

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The first film was shot in 1999 and aired on CBS on January 2, 2000. The second was filmed between March–April 2001 in Texas, [1] and was initially scheduled to air on CBS on Sunday, November 4, 2001, [2] but was postponed when CBS instead broadcast the Emmys. [3] It was rescheduled to air on CBS on March 17, 2002. [4]

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