Last Ferry Home

DateDecember 23 1991

Can DescriptionsMaster

Abstractwith captioning; stereo; Specials; Last Ferry Home; local version; Family Works!; Christopher Reeve provides a voice-over about his 5-generation Turner family on Martha's Vineyard during shots of the snug harbor and a tractor pulling a wagon full of pumpkins; the camera pans to capture horses, and sheep and finally settles on a fruit stand and a painter; an elderly couple banter about apples and pumpkins; in the city, a younger couple talk about their work as they get ready for their jobs; black screen breaks; the young couple and their child temporarily move to Martha's Vineyard to help with the harvest while grandfather recovers from a heart attack; they talk about taking the ferry and how it affected the young man's life as he was growing up; the realities of the elder parent's reduced workload, no insurance, and limited home resources settle on the young couple's senses; selling the farm to cover the hospital debt seems to be the only solution; grandfather comes home and everyone settles into the new reality; the young couple talks about what they each value since they have had time on the farm; the older and younger women talk about life on the farm year-round and the loneliness of both city and country; the older couple discusses selling the farm; the young man meets with his work boss and is on the verge of losing his job; grandson and grandfather visit the family cemetery and talk about family stories; the grandson is distraught at the thought of selling the family farm; the young couple decides to figure out how to keep the farm;

OtherAdvertisements include Heinz; In the studio Christopher Reeve, Josef Sommer, Roxanne Hart, Lois Smith, Billy L. Sullivan, Ben Chang, Tom Walden, Ray Loring, D'Arcy Marsh, Dick Bartlett, Ralph Lombreglia, Susan Bredhoff Cohen, Lisa Schmid, Fred Barzyk;