MANNA FROM HEAVEN

Selected Quotes:

"CRITICS PICK! Two feel-good hours of old-timey family entertainment… A much-needed reprieve from the angst, irony and mean-spiritedness that is endemic to modern cinema."

- Natalie Hopkinson, Washington Post

 

"A great little movie it is. Dig this cast…Several Oscar winners and nominees and even a Tony citation are in this amazing group. You’ll be hearing more about the Burtons!"

- Liz Smith, New York Post

 

"This movie has it all: a good plot, great characters and performances, hilarious moments, and genuinely touching personal moments…I’m generally pretty cynical, but I still really enjoyed this movie. I wish more good family movies like this came along."

- Ain't It Cool News

 

"A gem of a movie that the big Hollywood studios only wish they would get."

- Michael Moore, Delaware Gazette

 

"MANNA FROM HEAVEN is a marvel of ingenuity, character and comic invention."

- Carl Gottlieb (JAWS, THE JERK)

 

"A wonderful testament to the generosity of the human spirit – something we are all needing right now!"

- Patricia Finneran – IFP, NYC

 

"MANNA FROM HEAVEN is an entertainment blessing… A story of personal relationships and interactions involving some of funniest and most entertaining characters you will ever meet, human goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and, most of all, the miraculous wonder of dreaming and achieving those dreams."

- Gary Groman, BRANSON COURIER

 

"A truly original comedy, which will have the whole family laughing…. Delightful feel good comedy…[that] explores in a delightful yet insightful way the dynamics of the ‘modern family’…This movie has witty and thought provoking dialogue…I recommend [Manna From Heaven] as one…to raise the spirits."

- Synapsis Digital Magazine

 

"It is the perfect film for this moment in history. You’ll walk out of the film soaring."

- U.S. Congress Representative Karen McCarthy (D-MO)

 

"We don’t have enough of these movies. It says something wonderful about family."

- Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)

Synopsis

MANNA FROM HEAVEN is a lighthearted comedic fable about what happens when you get a “gift from God” (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan — and it’s due immediately. A feel-good film with a star-studded ensemble cast, MANNA is a delightful and refreshing comedy.

Starring

Academy Award winner Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry, Music Man, The Partridge Family)
Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein)
Academy Award winner Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Star Trek:Deep Space 9)
Academy Award Nominee Seymour Cassel (The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Faces)
Tony Nominee Harry Groener (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Patch Adams, Crazy For You)
Ursula Burton (The Office, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Sgt. Bilko)
Shelley Duvall (The Shining, Popeye, Three Women)
Jill Eikenberry (L.A. Law, Hide in Plain Sight, The Manhattan Project)
Faye Grant (State of Grace, V, Internal Affairs)
Frank Gorshin (Batman, Luck of the Draw, 12 Monkeys)
Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland, Just Shoot Me, The Emperor’s New Groove)
Austin Pendleton (Oz, Searching for Bobby Fischer, What’s Up Doc?)

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