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El poder de la esperanza ()

Where Hope Grows (original title)
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A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.

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Calvin
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Produce
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Katie
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Colt
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Milton (as Billy Zabka)
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Amy
Clyde Risley Jones ...
Dexter (as Clyde Jones)
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Franklin
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Susan
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Officer Minniear
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Eric
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Doctor Jones
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Jackson
Sonya Thaper ...
Nurse Meera
Michelle J. Fine ...
Nurse Kristen (as Michelle Fine)
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Steve Bookerson
Daniel Harrison Smith ...
Game Vendor
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Laura
Michelle Chalmers ...
Mrs. Beam
J. Michael Breaux ...
Pastor Breaux
Richard Hagerman ...
Rick
Phillip DeLaney ...
Fan
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Mr. Beam
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Police Officer
Jordan Skora ...
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Cody Crowe ...
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Loretta Gaudern ...
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Chris Gaudern ...
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Gail Spurgeon ...
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Brooke Spurgeon ...
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Merwan Stevens ...
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Tara Bensing ...
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Maritza Portillo ...
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Amy Porras ...
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Laura Lowe ...
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Hye Hwang ...
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Steve Nichols ...
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Ronan Quinn ...
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Russell Hendricks ...
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Bob Florio ...
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Dave Moisan ...
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Mandy Ashby ...
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Kerry Drew Wilson ...
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Heather Harrigan ...
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Kim Gorski ...
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Mike Rucker ...
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Graham Botner ...
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Gordon Thomas ...
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Sara Mahon ...
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Brandyn Bailey ...
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Morris Byars Jr. ...
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Michael Johnson ...
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Kelcee Ross ...
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Julia 'Jai' Wilson ...
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Chastity Lowe ...
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Earlita Cross ...
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Priya Alexander ...
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Kathy Revell ...
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Rachel Alexander ...
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Matt Trentham ...
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Eric Donoho ...
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Jon Stroud ...
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Kelly Grapes ...
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Patrick Harper ...
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Evan Cates ...
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Steven Cates ...
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Tanner Cates ...
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Trey Blanford ...
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Ryne Underwood ...
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Jacob Baverla ...
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D.J. Miller ...
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Ozell Wilson ...
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Beth DiChiara ...
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patrick Alred ...
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Brennan James Callan ...
Baseball Fan / Renaissance Fun Park Fan (uncredited)
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Grocery Shopper (uncredited)
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Stadium Fan (uncredited)
Daniel English ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
Laura L. Parris ...
Surgical Nurse (uncredited)
Tamika Smith ...
Funeral attendee, game attendee (uncredited)
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Alcoholic (uncredited)
Christina Terry ...
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Joy Whitten ...
Katie's Friend (uncredited)

Directed by

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Chris Dowling

Written by

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Chris Dowling ... (written by)

Produced by

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Steve Bagheri ... producer
Jose Pablo Cantillo ... producer
Milan Chakraborty ... producer
Gill Holland ... co-executive producer
Jesse S. Jones ... executive producer
Houston King ... outreach producer (uncredited)
Alex Lehmann ... co-producer
Sev Ohanian ... co-executive producer
Simran Singh ... producer

Music by

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Kyle Newmaster

Cinematography by

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Alex Lehmann

Editing by

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Soojin Chung

Editorial Department

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Justin Ambrosino ... assistant editor
Taylor Mahony ... digital intermediate editor
Alan Pao ... digital intermediate producer: Tunnel Post
Sebastian Perez-Burchard ... colorist
John Russell ... trailer editor
Heather Toll ... digital intermediate producer: Tunnel Post
Joel Walker ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Danielle Aufiero
Amber Horn

Production Design by

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Becca Morrin ... (as Becca Brooks Morrin)

Art Direction by

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Grace Hollaender

Set Decoration by

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Erin Plew

Costume Design by

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Carisa Kelly

Makeup Department

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Andrea Ahl ... department head makeup
Cassandra Kelsey ... makeup assistant (as Cassie Kelsey)
Rachael Latham ... department head hair

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Shepherd Ahlers ... second assistant director
Matthew Martin ... second second assistant director
Laura O'Keefe ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Michelle Jaha ... property master
Vin Keo ... art intern
Michael Tyler McDaniel ... art intern
Jeff McGrath ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Rick Boone ... ADR mixer
Rob Chen ... re-recording mixer (as Robert Chen) / supervising sound editor (as Robert Chen)
Tyler Franklin ... boom operator
James Gallivan ... sound editor
Roy Machado ... ADR mixer
Brian Magrum ... ADR mixer
Duncan Mathieson ... foley supervisor
Tim Munger ... sound mixer (as Timothy Munger)
Steve Neal ... technical sound: support
George Nathan Noe ... additional boom operator (as George 'Peaches' Noe)
Chance Pemberton ... ADR mixer
Laird Fryer ... adr mixer (uncredited)
James Gallivan ... sound designer (uncredited)
Danny Reeves ... sound recordist: director commentary (uncredited)
Andrew Rice ... foley editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Andrea Ahl ... special effects makeup (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Satsuki May Asai ... visual effects artist
Kelley Cauthen ... visual effects artist
Eric J. Robbins ... titles by
Erika Edgerley Robbins ... titles by (as Erika Edgerley)
Wanyan Zhu ... visual effects artist

Stunts

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Jason Kehler ... stunt coordinator
Christopher Padilla ... stunt performer (as Christopher C. Padilla)
Sean Ramey ... stunt supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Kevin Bryan ... additional camera operator
Jonathan Dec ... first assistant a camera
Josh Elam ... second electric (as Joshua Elam)
Compass Hernandez ... grip
Chris Ilari ... jib operator
Zach Jenkins ... digital imaging technician
Thomas LeGoff ... stills photographer (as Tom LeGoff)
Alex Lehmann ... a camera operator
John Matysiak ... b camera operator / second unit director of photography
Spencer Meffert ... additional camera operator / steadicam operator
David Netherton ... grip
George Nathan Noe ... best boy grip (as George 'Peaches' Noe)
Isaac Raymond ... electric
Wesley Risner ... grip
Zeb Roberts ... second assistant camera
Nate Spicer ... best boy electric
Lucas Staley ... key grip (as Luke 'Riggs' Staley)
Geoffrey Storts ... first assistant b camera (as Geoff Storts)
Matt Ware ... gaffer (as Matthew Ware)
Daniel Williamson ... second grip

Casting Department

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Kathy Campbell ... casting agent: Kentucky
Kim Gorski ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Constance Garcia ... assistant costume designer
Meghan Holsclaw ... wardrobe intern
Lindsay Moremen ... set costumer
Kelly Patton ... set costumer
Emily Rowan ... wardrobe intern

Location Management

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Cole H. Carpenter ... assistant locations manager (as Cole Carpenter)
Christopher M. Wood ... locations manager (as Chris Wood)
Shepherd Ahlers ... location scout (uncredited)
Daniel Bowman ... location maps (uncredited)

Music Department

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Neal Desby ... score consultant
Alex Ruger ... additional music
Edward Trybek ... score consultant

Script and Continuity Department

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Kelsey Forren ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Blake McGrew ... driving production assistant

Additional Crew

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Isaac Blade ... epk
Troy Wythe Candor ... production coordinator (as Troy Charles Cobb)
Vanessa Card ... craft service production assistant
Dolores Chapman ... payroll accountant
Will Culick ... set production assistant (as William Culick)
Toni Desurne ... stand-in: Mr. DeSanctis'
Heather Harrigan ... additional production assistant
Robbie Ketterwell ... stand-in: Mr. Polaha's
Adam Lewis ... production assistant
Steve McCallum ... stand-in: Mr. Powell's
Michael Mota ... key set production assistant
Bernadette Ong ... intern
Claire Ramsay ... basecamp production assistant
Jon Stroud ... additional production assistant
Athena Vasiliou ... set production assistant
Stephanie Whonsetler ... production coordinator
Bill Wingate ... production accountant (as William E. Wingate III CPA)
David Yarnall ... additional production assistant
Chad Bonham ... marketing (uncredited)
Ryan Dunlap ... marketing (uncredited)
Ashley Greyson ... marketing (uncredited)
Kyle Prohaska ... marketing (uncredited)
Simran Singh ... legal counsel (uncredited)
Michele Spitz ... audio description narrator (uncredited)

Thanks

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Megan Breier ... special thanks
Ryan Brenan ... special thanks
Estelle Buzzard ... special thanks
Meera Chakraborty ... special thanks
Mitali Chakraborty ... special thanks
Monisa Chakraborty ... special thanks
Murali Chakraborty ... special thanks
Greg Fischer ... special thanks (as Mayor Greg Fischer)
John Gerba ... special thanks
Kyle James Hauser ... special thanks
Stephanie Kertis ... special thanks
Dan Koger ... special thanks
Linda Koger ... special thanks
Mike Maloney ... special thanks
John Mancini ... special thanks
Michael Mangeot ... special thanks
Jason Mannis ... special thanks
Dan Michalak ... special thanks
Mike Michalak ... special thanks
Penny Michalak ... special thanks
Dayna Neumann ... special thanks
Diaa Nour ... special thanks
Rusi Patel ... special thanks
Albert Pujols ... special thanks
Matt Sherman ... special thanks
Gail Williamson ... special thanks
Jim Wood ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A baseball player whose personal problems cut his career short is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young man with Down Syndrome who works at the local grocery store. Calvin Campbell is a retired baseball player and a father to Katie Campbell, an independent teenager. One day when he goes shopping for alcohol at the local market he meets an employee of the market. He talks to Produce and is shocked when Produce gives him a hug.

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Taglines An unexpected journey. An unexpected friendship. See more »
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Also Known As
  • El poder de la esperanza (United States, Spanish title)
  • Les Racines de l'espoir (France)
  • El poder de la esperanza (Spain)
  • 希望生长的地方 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Ahol a remény terem (Hungary)
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Runtime
  • 95 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United States $56,825, 29 May 2015

Did You Know?

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Trivia David DeSanctis will become one of the first actors with Down syndrome to play a leading role in an English-language feature film. See more »
Movie Connections References Rain Man (1988). See more »
Soundtracks Life, Love and Pain See more »
Quotes Produce: I'm doing good. Even when I'm doing bad, I'm doing good.
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