Sara’s Homecoming is episode one of the second season of the Sullivan Entertainment long-form television series Road to Avonlea (1990–1996) and episode 14 overall. It first aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on 2 December 1990 and on the Disney Channel on 29 April 1991. It was written by Heather Conkie and directed by René Bonnière. It was preceded by “Nothing Endures but Change” and followed by “How Kissing Was Discovered.”
This episode stars series regulars Sarah Polley (Sara Stanley), Jackie Burroughs (Hetty King), Mag Ruffman (Olivia King), Gema Zamprogna (Felicity King), Zachary Bennett (Felix King), Lally Cadeau (Janet King), and Cedric Smith (Alec King). Guest stars include Frances Hyland (Nanny Louisa), Elizabeth Shepherd (Isis), Robert Collins (Blair Stanley), Miklos Perlus (Peter Craig), and J. Winston Carroll (Leo).
A novelization by Heather Conkie, as volume 12 of the Road to Avonlea book series, was published in Canada in 1992 and the United States in 1993.
Home Video: Road to Avonlea: Sarah’s [sic] Homecoming. Sullivan Entertainment Presents. Sullivan Entertainment, 2000.
DVD: Road to Avonlea: The Complete Second Volume. Sullivan Entertainment Presents. Sullivan Entertainment, 2003. Road to Avonlea: The Complete Second Season / Les Contes d’Avonlea: L’intégrale du [sic] deuxième saison. Sullivan Entertainment, 2009.
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Opening Credits
A KEVIN SULLIVAN PRODUCTION
ROAD TO AVONLEA
SARAH POLLEY [Sara Stanley]
JACKIE BURROUGHS [Hetty King]
MAG RUFFMAN [Olivia King]
GEMA ZAMPROGNA [Felicity King], ZACHARY BENNETT [Felix King]
LALLY CADEAU [Janet King], CEDRIC SMITH [Alec King]
With ROBERT COLLINS [Blair Stanley]
Special Guest Star: ELIZABETH SHEPHERD as Isis
Special Guest Star: FRANCES HYLAND as Nanny Louisa
Art Direction: MARIAN WIHAK
Director of Photography: MANFRED GUTHE, c.s.c.
Costume Design: MADELEINE STEWART
Casting: ANNE TAIT, JOHN BUCHAN
Edited by GORDON McCLELLAN
Music Composed by JOHN WELSMAN
Written by HEATHER CONKIE
Executives in Charge of Production: DEBORAH BERNSTEIN for C.B.C., CATHY JOHNSON for the Disney Channel
Associate Producers: MAIRIN WILKINSON, JAMES LAHTI
Executive Producers: KEVIN SULLIVAN, TRUDY GRANT
Directed by RENE BONNIERE
Ending Credits
Sara Stanley: SARAH POLLEY
Hetty King: JACKIE BURROUGHS
Olivia King: MAG RUFFMAN
Alec King: CEDRIC SMITH
Janet King: LALLY CADEAU
Felicity King: GEMA ZAMPROGNA
Felix King: ZACHARY BENNETT
Nanny Banks: FRANCES HYLAND
Isis: ELIZABETH SHEPHERD
Blair Stanley: ROBERT COLLINS
Andrew King: JOEL BLAKE
Cecily King: HARMONY CRAMP
Peter Craig: MIKLOS PERLUS
Reverend Leonard: PETER DONALDSON
Mrs. Potts: MAJA ARDAL
Mr. Lawson: LES CARLSON
Mrs. Lawson: ELVA MAI HOOVER
Abner Jeffries: JAMES O’REGAN
Mrs. Sloane: SANDRA SCOTT
Mr. Heinrich: REX SOUTHGATE
Inspector Barwood: JAMES BRADFORD
Leo: J. WINSTON CARROLL
Maid: JANICE BRYAN
Tight Rope Walker: CHRISTINE MEILLEUR
Stunts: JAMIE JONES, ALISON REID, ALEKSANDRA PERENIC, TOM BISHOP, COTTON MATHER, VICKI SMITH, DWAYNE McLEAN, RON VAN HART
Line Producer/Production Manager: BRIAN LESLIE PARKER
1st Asst. Director: LIBBY HODGSON
2nd Asst. Director: RANDI RICHMOND
3rd Asst. Director: ERIC POTECHIN
Camera Operator: ROBERT SAAD
Location Manager: ARTHUR CLARKE
Assistant Location Manager: STEPHEN BELANGER
Script Supervisor: ELAINE YARISH
Story Editor: LUCIE HALL
Assistant Story Editor: HELEN ASIMAKIS
1st Asst. Art Director: NANCEY PANKIW
2nd Asst. Art Director: JAMES OSWALD
Set Decorator: IAN WHEATLEY
Assistant Set Decorators: GEORGE FARRELL, MIKE HARRIS
Set Buyer: TOM COULTER
Property Master: J. TRACY BUDD
Assistant Property Manager: NICK FISCHER
Make-up Artist: MARILYN TERRY
Assistant Make-up Artist: DOROTHY SMITH
Hair Stylist: KELLY BRENNAN
Assistant Hairdresser: CAROL MARINOFF
Assistant Costume Designer: QUITA ALFRED
Wardrobe Mistress: MICHELE HARNEY
Assistant Wardrobe: TRACYLEE GUERIN, ROB ROBERTS
Cutter: GRAHAM DOCHERTY
Tailor: CARL DOCHERTY
Seamstresses: THERESA McCONAGHY, LOREEN LIGHTFOOT
Production Accountant: RONALD J. GILBERT
Assistant Accountant: SARA HOLMES
Production Coordinator: SUSAN PHILLIPS
Production Secretary: EADIE WONG
Production Assistant: DAN MATTHEWS
Trainee Assistant Director: MONIKA GHENT
1st Assistant Camera: KERRY SMART
2nd Assistant Camera: WENDY WALGATE
Camera Trainee: BRAHM GILMAN
Stills Photographer: MICHAELIN McDERMOTT
Sound Mixer: OWEN LANGEVIN
Boom Operator: JOHN MOTYER
Sound Trainee: DENNIS BELLINGHAM
Key Gaffer: ROBERT McRAE
Rigging Gaffer: DAVE KELLNER
Best Boy: BARRY GOODWIN
Electrics: VINCE GORDON, ROB CONDE
Generator Operator: IAN FOULDS
Key Grip: ROBERT DAPRATO
Dolly Grip: DAVE SHERIDAN
Grips: ROBERT RICE, STEVEN KYLS
Transportation Co-ordinator: WILF BELL
Driver Captain: BILL JACKSON
Head Driver: BILL HAGAN
Drivers: HARRY ROSS, GARY FLANAGAN, BRIAN O’HARA
Honey Wagon Driver: KEVIN WILSON
Animal Wrangler: LIONEL PURCELL
Craft Service: ELAINE PAGE, MEGAN BEECKMANS
Catering: MICHAELSON’S FOOD SERVICES, CANADA INC.
Word Processor: CATHERINE WALLACE
Inventory Supervisor: JULIE STEINER
Extras Casting: DONNA DUPERE
Miss Polley’s Tutor: LAURIE FARRANCE
Tutor: LAURIE KICHINAK
Unit Publicist: THE PUBLICITY COMPANY, GENEVIEVE KIERANS, CAROL MARKS-GEORGE
Stunt Coordinator: ALISON REID
Special Effects Supervisor: ARTHUR LANGEVIN
Special Effects: MICHAEL KAVANAGH, BOB HALL
Construction Co-ordinator: WEITS JEKEL
Head Carpenter: JACOB HAAK
Head Painter: MELISSA MORGAN
Painter: NORM KELNER
2nd Unit Directors of Photography: PETER LUXFORD, REGINALD MORRIS
2nd Unit Director: JAMES LAHTI
Post Production Supervisor: GREGOR HUTCHISON
Supervising Sound Editor: JEREMY MacLAVERTY
Dialogue Editor: TIM ROBERTS
Assistant Sound Editors: KRIS ENGEL, MHAIRI KERR
Assistant Editor: VICTORIA ROSE
Post Production Assistants: SHAUNE SYLVESTER, LEAH CORRIGAN
Foley Artist: DONNA POWELL
Studio Sound Mixer: DANIEL PELLERIN
Assistant Sound Mixer: TODD B. WARREN
Video Editor: BERNIE CLAYTON
Colourist: BILL FERWERDA
Fireworks: HANDS FIREWORKS
Music Conducted by GLENN MORLEY
Music Assistant: DONALD QUAN
Music Recorded by HAYWARD PARROTT
Wardrobe Services by
COSPROP, LONDON ENGLAND
Production Services provided by
SULLIVAN FILMS INC.
The Production Gratefully Acknowledges
JOEY & TOBY TANENBAUM
HAMILTON CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
THE ESTATE OF L.M. MONTGOMERY
THE TOWNSHIP OF UXBRIDGE
PFA FILM & VIDEO LABORATORIES
VIDEO ATLANTIC
CINESPACE STUDIOS
FILM OPTICALS
WILLIAM F. WHITE LIMITED
THE FILM HOUSE GROUP
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The characters and incidents portrayed in
this motion picture are entirely fictitious.
Any resemblance to any person living or
dead is purely coincidental.
Adapted from the novels
THE STORY GIRL
THE GOLDEN ROAD
CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA
FURTHER CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA
by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Produced by
Golden Road Productions Inc.
in association with
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Disney Channel
and with the participation of
Telefilm Canada
© Golden Road Productions Inc.
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