The Sandy Bottom Orchestra

1h 40min

The young-adult novel by Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson gets a lively update in this Showtime feature about an unusual family in Sandy Bottom, Wisconsin. The Greens share musical aspirations, but daughter Rachel (Madeline Zima), a talented violinist, is the one most likely to achieve them. Norman (Tom Irwin) is a dairy farmer and Ingrid (Glenne Headly) is a choir director who abandoned the piano when she married and settled down, but the Greens are a happy family, for the most part. The trick is finding a way to reconcile their dreams with a reality that may hold more riches than they realize. When Norman gets a chance to conduct the local orchestra for the Dairy Days celebration, it's an opportunity for the family to come together, not just with each other, but with a community they had never fully appreciate

Cast

Glenne Headly

Glenne Headly

Ingrid Green
Tom Irwin

Tom Irwin

Norman Green
Madeline Zima

Madeline Zima

Rachel Green
Jane Powell

Jane Powell

Delia Ferguson
Roger Dunn

Roger Dunn

Mayor Broadbent
Elizabeth Lennie

Elizabeth Lennie

Angie Wyman
Tamara Hope

Tamara Hope

Carol Wyman
Wendy Lyon

Wendy Lyon

Mrs. Erickson

Release date

27th Aug 2000

Status

Released

Spoken languages