Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Andromeda709 I enjoyed this miniseries so much when I was a teen. It was great, seeing Elizabeth Montgomery's real talent, so much more evident than in "Bewitched." I read Conrad Richter's trilogy and it was good to imagine the characters in the stories.Later, when the Internet was available, I found a company in California that had "The Awakening Land" for sale, converted from VHS tape to DVD. They did advise me that the picture would not be very sharp (not HD) but they had it without the commercials.I gladly paid the price they asked, and I watch it occasionally when there isn't anything worth watching on TV. A wonderful story of pioneer life, how they struggled and made good.

emuir-1 To put many previous posters out of their misery, I'm happy to say that this magnificent mini series is now available on DVD. It is not cheap, but for something which will be watched over and over again, it is worth it. I have had it on VHS tape (complete with commercials) since it was first shown and have watched it whenever I want to recall the winter nights when we would curl up in front of the fire and wallow in a few nights of great TV. The series beautifully recreated what must have been a hard life for the early pioneers as they pushed the frontier further and further west. I particularly loved the 18th century dialogue and the rustic frolicking at the wedding of Sayward and "the hostile", after the failure to marry him off to an available spinster. the storyline which saddened me the most was that of the teacher, a refined and educated woman who fell in love with the only educated man in whom she had any contact with. How desperately lonely her life must have been. The lovely songs, although few, added greatly to the atmosphere. They sure don't make them like this any more.

vlkatzman This is a wonderful mini-series that shows the less glamorous, but realistic side of the settling of the American Frontier. The story has an excellent cast including Hal Holbrook, Elizabeth Montgomery, William H. Macy and others. The characters grow and change as the frontier changes and gets settled. It is unfortunate that this mini-series did not get the press that some others have and has not been repeated often enough. This series is just as good as Roots but recounts a different period of American life.I would love to see it on DVD, if you would too please vote at http://www.tvshowsondvd.com. Currently, it only has 132 votes. Studio execs do look at this site to see who would like to buy television shows.

tampien A story line that not only inspires, but informs and educates, this mini-series exemplifies a woman who the world views as with not much to offer, but in reality has "everything" "they" do not. A woman with a vision that others do not see, with the intelligence to work it through, the faith to see it through, and the endurance and long-suffering to weather it through can say nothing but "all things are possible to them that believe!" Excellent acting on the part of both Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook. Let's one see that most of life lies under the surface, not in what is normally seen. Illustrates there are often life principles at work that we are usually unaware of, and that if we can learn to see and work with them, astounding results can happen.