Manna from Heaven (2002)

Directors:

Gabrielle Burton
Maria Burton

Writer:

Gabrielle B. Burton (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

What happens when a "gift from God" turns out to be a loan?

Plot:

What happens when you get a "gift from god" (a financial windfall), but, many years later, find out it was just a loan -- due immediately....

Plot Keywords:

Money | Gift | God | Heaven | Manna

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Shirley Jones	...	Bunny
Cloris Leachman	...	Helen
Louise Fletcher	...	Mother Superior
Seymour Cassel	...	Stanley
Frank Gorshin	...	Ed
Wendie Malick	...	Inez
Jill Eikenberry	...	Dottie
Ursula Burton	...	Theresa
Harry Groener	...	Tony
Faye Grant	...	Rita
Austin Pendleton	...	Two-Digit Doyle
Shelley Duvall	...	Detective Dubrinski
Drew Pillsbury	...	Mac / Bake
Maria Burton	...	Ramona
Cameron Watson	...	Patrick

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and some sexual references.

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Buffalo, New York, USA

Company:

Five Sisters Productions

Trivia:

Jerry Orbach's final film.

Quotes:

Ed: Did it ever dawn on any of you that there was something queer about that dough?
Inez: Dawned on me.
Dottie: What do you mean?
Ed: The cops didn't cordon off the neighborhood. They didn't pound on our doors and give us 24 hours to turn it in or charge us with theft. That was a lot of dough, and nobody ever came after it.
Helen: Well, if they show up now, they're thirty years late and thirty three hundred dollars short.
Inez: Double that. Every cent I got is tied up in "Ace Dealers School", the best dealers' school in Winnemucca.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Camelot (1967)

Soundtrack:

Just the Way You Look Tonight

It stays with you...

When I first saw the movie, I thought it was sweet - a family movie. For the rest of the night and over the next couple of days, though, clever moments and funny lines kept creeping back into my thoughts and our conversation... There's a lot going on, classic elements of farce, good character acting, and Wendie Malick's story line is just hysterical. Labelling it a "feel-good movie" belies the wit and fun - it's smarter than it seems, just like "It's a Wonderful Life" is.