The Sandy Bottom Orchestra 23 years old

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

Credits

Glenne Headly as Ingrid Green

Wendy Lyon as Mrs. Erickson

Madeline Zima as Rachel Green

Tamara Hope as Carol Wyman

Shadia Simmons as Jenny

Richard McMillan as Jim Sykes

The Sandy Bottom Orchestra Cast

Name	Character
Glenne Headly She was 45, 62 years old when she died	as Ingrid Green
Wendy Lyon She was 40, now 64 years old	as Mrs. Erickson
Madeline Zima She was 14, now 38 years old	as Rachel Green
Tamara Hope She was 15, now 39 years old	as Carol Wyman
Shadia Simmons She was 14, now 37 years old	as Jenny
Richard McMillan He was 49, 65 years old when he died	as Jim Sykes
Tom Irwin He was 44, now 67 years old	as Norman Green
Jane Powell She was 71, now 95 years old	as Delia Ferguson
Elizabeth Lennie	as Angie Wyman

The Sandy Bottom Orchestra Crew

Name	Department
Garrison Keillor as Novel. He was 58 (now 81) years old	Writing
Bradley Wigor as Director.	Directing
Bradley Wigor as Executive Producer.	Production

The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (23 years)

Release day: Sunday, August 27, 2000
Runtime: 100 minutes