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Article: Sidney Poitier returns to 'The Simple Life' in film
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- May 9, 1999
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LOS ANGELES - At 75, Sidney Poitier has reached the point where
he
limits his screen appearances to projects that particularly interest
him. They may include a thriller like "The Jackal" or a TV biography
of Thurgood Marshall, "Separate But Equal."
The latest production to capture his fancy is "The Simple Life of
Noah Dearborn," which CBS will present at 9 p.m. EDT on Sunday.
Poitier plays Noah Dearborn, a man who has spent his long life as
a carpenter and farmer in a small Southern community where he is
respected for his craftsmanship as well as his personal philosophy.
Dearborn's simple life is upset when a developer offers to buy his
land and convert it into a shopping mall. The old man ...