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May 9, 1999 · The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn: Directed by Gregg Champion. With Sidney Poitier, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker, George Newbern. A 91-year-old carpenter has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn, is a 1999 American television film aired on 9 May 1999 on CBS. It stars Sidney Poitier as the eponymous rural Georgia skilled carpenter, who lives alone without electricity and seems frozen in time.
A greedy land developer hires a psychiatrist to declare a farmer mentally incompetent in an attempt to gain his land.
Sitting on 35 acres of Georgia land coveted by a shopping mall developer, 90+years-old Noah Dearborn is untainted by modern life. He's never heard of the Beatles, and his only interest is his woodworking, in which he excels.
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn. 1999 · 1 hr 28 min. PG. Drama. A 91-year-old woodworker finds an unexpected ally in his fight to keep his Georgia land from being taken by a scheming mall developer. Subtitles: English. Starring: Sidney Poitier Mary Louise-Parker Dianne Wiest George Newbern Roxzane T. Mims. Directed by: Gregg Champion.
An ageless carpenter manages to remain untouched by the corruption of the 20th century until he becomes the target of a greedy developer. Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farmer, has discovered that the secret to staying young is meaningful work.
