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Heaven Is for Real ()


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A small-town father must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world.

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Todd Burpo
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Sonja Burpo
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Jay Wilkins
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Colton Burpo
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Cassie Burpo
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Nancy Rawling
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Michael
Thanya Romero ...
Rosa
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Ray
Rob Moran ...
Dr. O'Holleran
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Dr. Charlotte Slater
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Lee Watson
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Katherine Watson
Pete Hudson ...
Old Man Watson
Ursula Clark ...
Painting Girl
Mike Mohrhardt ...
Jesus
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Turce (as Bryan Clark)
Randy Apostle ...
Slim Forrest
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Newspaper Reporter
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Pay Clerk
Cruise Brown ...
Playground Boy
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Playground Boy
Michael Mills ...
Marine C.O.
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Mr. Baxter
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Mr. Jackson
Darren Felbel ...
Mr. Parker
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Woman from Choir Group
Mike Bell ...
Bubba
Susan Kelso ...
Neighbor Lady
Amber Lynn Partridge ...
Zookeeper
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Todd's Doctor
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Heywood
Ali Tataryn ...
Angel
Mike Palmer ...
Fire Chief
Blake Taylor ...
Loner
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Angel (uncredited)
Jim Kirby ...
Church Deacon (uncredited)
Anthony Lambert-Whitford ...
Wrestler (uncredited)
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Sister in Heaven (uncredited)
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Townswoman (uncredited)
Michael Mills ...
Marine C.O. (uncredited)
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Waitress (uncredited)
Lorrie Papadopoulos ...
Church Parishioner (uncredited)
Karl Thordarson ...
Handel (uncredited)
Cassandra Tusa ...
Butterfly Pavilion Patron (uncredited)
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Butterfly Pavilion Patron (uncredited)
Lisa Vivian ...
Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Directed by

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Randall Wallace

Written by

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Randall Wallace ... (screenplay) and
Chris Parker ... (screenplay) (as Christopher Parker)
 
Todd Burpo ... (book) and
Lynn Vincent ... (book)

Produced by

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Sue Baden-Powell ... executive producer
T.D. Jakes ... producer
Phyllis Laing ... co-producer
Sam Mercer ... executive producer
Joe Roth ... producer
Andrew Wallace ... co-producer
Derrick Williams ... executive producer
Kim H. Winther ... co-producer

Music by

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Nick Glennie-Smith
Luke Mulholland

Cinematography by

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Dean Semler ... director of photography

Editing by

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John Wright

Editorial Department

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Mandy Arnold ... digital intermediate editor
Steve Bowen ... digital colorist
Leeza Diott ... dailies manager: post production
Jason Dougherty ... dailies engineer
Caroline Keith ... post-production assistant
Mark Perzely ... first assistant editor
Stephen Regnier ... location systems engineer: EC3 Dailies
Sebastian Shepard ... post-production assistant
Mykel Thuncher ... colorist
Emily Wallin ... first assistant editor

Casting By

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Sheila Jaffe

Production Design by

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Arvinder Greywal ... (as Arv Grewal)

Art Direction by

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Jody Lynn Clement ... (as Jody Clement)
Larry Spittle

Set Decoration by

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Steve Shewchuk

Costume Design by

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Michael T. Boyd

Makeup Department

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Kristy Greig ... assistant makeup artist
Nina Kvaternik ... makeup artist
Michael Mills ... makeup artist: Mr. Kinnear
Doug Morrow ... makeup department head
Catherina Saites ... key hair
Cindy e Smith-McGuire ... makeup artist
Alisha Talbot ... key makeup
Melizah Anguiano Wheat ... hair department head (as Melizah Schmidt)

Production Management

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Sue Baden-Powell ... unit production manager
Adam Moos ... executive in charge of production
Lesley Oswald ... unit production manager
Desmond Cannon ... post-production supervisor (uncredited) / studio executive post-production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Maria Battle-Campbell ... second assistant director
Danielle Dumesnil ... second second assistant director
Kim H. Winther ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Gary Barringer ... concept artist / graphics artist
Peter Baureiss ... on-set painter
Ryan Berzuk ... property master
Lloyd Brandson ... key scenic artist
Janelle Dufton ... greens assistant
Chad Giesbrecht ... lead dresser
Kim Hamin ... on-set dresser
Matt Holm ... set dresser: daily
Aaron W.R. Johnston ... set dresser (as Aaron Johnston)
Rachel Kendall ... set dresser
Allan McGowan ... set dresser
Joshua Min ... concept artist
Jamie Lou Morneau ... art department coordinator (as Jamie Morneau)
Justin Neufeld ... lead greens
Dean A. O'Dell ... set designer
Aaron Sims ... concept artist
Amanda Smart ... scenic painter
Brian Smith ... construction coordinator
Katharina Stieffenhofer ... key greens
Mark Stratton ... property master
Brenda Zachanowich ... draper

Sound Department

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Kami Asgar ... supervising sound editor
Ranjani Brow ... adr loop group
Tom Burns ... re-recordist (as Tom Y. Burns) / recordist (as Tom Y. Burns)
Anita Cannella ... foley artist
Benjamin L. Cook ... sound effects editor
Mark DeSimone ... adr mixer
Jeff Gross ... foley mixer
Wendy Hoffman ... adr loop group (as Wendy Hoffmann)
Chris Jenkins ... re-recording mixer
Greg Jenkins ... junior sound editor
Leon Johnson ... production sound mixer
Amy Kane ... foley artist
Mark Larry ... sound effects editor
Howard London ... adr mixer
Sean McCormack ... supervising sound editor
Eric Neufeld ... utility sound
Erin Oakley ... supervising adr editor
Nancy Parker ... foley artist
Will Riley ... dialogue editor
Sacha Rosen ... boom operator
Jason Stevens ... sound negative
Tim Tuchrello ... assistant sound editor
Dean A. Zupancic ... re-recording mixer
John St. Denis ... adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Laird McMurray ... special effects coordinator
Ed Preston ... special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by

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Minyoung Choi ... compositor
Daniel Chuba ... visual effects executive producer: Hammerhead Productions (as Dan Chuba)
Caitlin Content ... compositor
Robert Cribbett ... compositor (as Rob Cribbett)
Jon Doyle ... compositor
Derick Dressel ... visual effects artist: 3D
Michelle Eisenreich ... visual effects producer: Hammerhead Productions
Mathias Frodin ... compositor
Brandon Gonzales ... matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Inseok Hwang ... compositor
Sunho Hwang ... compositor
Changhee Jung ... compositor
Katrina Kim ... visual effects coordinator
Sejung Kim ... compositor
Shira Mandel Kluger ... compositor (as Shira Mandel)
Seokjun Kyoung ... visual effects artist: 3D
Kyungjin Lee ... compositor
Min Hee Lee ... compositor (as Minhee Lee)
Seung Yong Lee ... co-visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead Productions (as Seungyong Lee)
Dan Levitan ... visual effects supervisor: time-lapse photographer
Isaac Lipstadt ... visual effects coordinator
Eric Mancha ... visual effects artist: 3D
Arnon Manor ... visual effects production executive
Daniel Mellitz ... compositor
Shin Nam ... visual effects line producer: Hammerhead Productions
Karl Rogovin ... visual effects artist: 3D
Wondae Seo ... compositor
Angella Szynkowski ... visual effects i/o artist
Linda Tremblay ... digital compositor
Derek Zavada ... director of technology: Hammerhead Productions / visual effects systems administrator

Stunts

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Dave Dunaway ... stunt rigger
Brian Ho ... stunt performer
Sam Robinson ... stunt double: Jay Wilkins
Darren Ross ... stunt performer
Sean Skene ... stunt coordinator
Grant Smith ... stunt rigger
Anders Strome ... stunt performer
Rick Skene ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Lorne Bailey ... lamp operator
Gary Barringer ... still photographer: daily
John Clarke ... chief lighting technician
Federico De Marco ... libra head technician
Virgile Dean ... dolly grip
Keith Eidse ... camera operator
Sean Elliott ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Conroy Finnegan ... grip
Allen Fraser ... still photographer
Spiro Grant ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Wes Grycki ... grip
Patrick Hogue ... digital imaging technician
Thayer MacInnis ... lamp operator
Stephen Maier ... camera operator: "b" camera
Alex Martinez ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Bill Mills ... key grip
Jeremiah Milmine ... lamp operator (as Jeremy Milmine)
Mark Motoch ... generator operator
Christophe Nachtigall ... second grip
Andrew Pedley ... video assist operator
Nicolas Phillips ... lamp operator
Tai Pu ... assistant chief lighting technician (as T'ai Pu)
Wes Reid ... grip
Julian Saray ... key rigging grip
Jay 'Sully' Sullivan ... dolly grip (as Jason Sullivan)
Justin Tocher ... grip
Shauna Townley ... first assistant camera
John Trapman ... aerial director of photography
Peter Wilke ... camera operator: "a" camera/steadicam operator
Tyler Woeste ... first assistant camera: "b" camera

Animation Department

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Gary Barringer ... animator

Casting Department

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Shelly Anthis ... extras casting
Tineka Becker ... casting associate
Angela Boehm ... casting assistant
Nick Cotton ... casting assistant
Jim Heber ... casting: Winnipeg
Ashley Lambert ... adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Michelle Boulet ... costume supervisor
Katelynd Johnston ... assistant costume designer
Nancy B. Jones ... costume set supervisor (as Nancy Jones)
Angela Vaags ... costume assistant
Angela Wells ... costume truck supervisor / costumer
John D. Williams ... costumer
Libid Zyla Harder ... costumer

Location Management

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Michael Chirsky ... location scout
Bernard Narvey ... location manager
Michael Nava ... location production assistant
Cliff Sumter ... assistant location manager
Luke Annand ... locations production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department

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Spring Aspers ... music supervisor
Benoît Groulx ... orchestrations
Suzie Katayama ... music copyist
Satoshi Mark Noguchi ... score consultant
Peter Rotter ... music contractor
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz ... music editor
Nico Abondolo ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Eun-Mee Ahn ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Philip Emilio Baker ... music (uncredited)
Chris Bleth ... musician: oboe (uncredited) / soloist: woodwinds (uncredited)
Jacob Braun ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Rob Brophy ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Darius Campo ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Kevin Connolly ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Brian Dembow ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Drew Dembowski ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Andrew Duckles ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Bruce Dukov ... concertmaster (uncredited)
Steve Erdody ... cello soloist (uncredited) / musician: cello (uncredited)
Nina Evtuhov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Claire Seely Fedoruk ... vocal soloist (uncredited)
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Matthew Funes ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Kirby Furlong ... music preparation (uncredited)
Julie Gigante ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Haley Glennie-Smith ... vocal soloist (uncredited)
Nick Glennie-Smith ... conductor (uncredited) / piano soloist (uncredited)
Kevin Globerman ... digital score recordist (uncredited)
Tom Hardisty ... scoring recordist (uncredited)
Tamara Hatwan ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Amy Hershberger ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Paula Hochhalter ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Elissa Johnston ... score vocalist (uncredited)
Dennis Karmazyn ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Shawn Kirchner ... score vocalist (uncredited)
Armen Ksajikian ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Kevin Kumar ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Songa Lee ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Natalie Leggett ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Lesley Leighton ... score vocalist (uncredited)
Phillip Levy ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Michael Lichtenauer ... score vocalist (uncredited)
Lisa Liu ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Timothy Loo ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Colleen M. Lutz ... score mixing assistant (uncredited)
Thierry Malet ... composer: additional music (uncredited) / conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Shawn Mann ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Darrin McCann ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Serena McKinney ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ed Meares ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Dwight Mikkelsen ... music preparation (uncredited)
Victoria Miskolczy ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Helen Nightengale ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Cheryl Norman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Grace Oh ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Jamie Olvera ... scoring crew (uncredited)
Alyssa Park ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Katia Popov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ben Powell ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Jasper Randall ... choir contractor (uncredited) / score vocalist (uncredited)
Caryn Rasmussen ... music preparation (uncredited)
Ryan Robinson ... scoring technical support engineer (uncredited)
Bettie Ross ... music preparation (uncredited)
Niké St. Clair ... score vocalist (uncredited)
Tereza Stanislav ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Sarah Thornblade ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Cecilia Tsan ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Michael Valerio ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Josefina Vergara ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Shalini Vijayan ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Walther ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Suzanne Waters ... singer: choir (uncredited)
Rich Wheeler ... scoring crew (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Elspeth Grafton ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Douglas Arsenault ... driver: cast
Ernie Buck ... transportation coordinator
Ron Jennings ... picture vehicle coordinator
Ryan Kulbaba ... driver: cast
Pat Martin ... head driver
Steve McGuire ... transportation captain
Edgar Ozolins ... unit driver
Dave Perich ... driver: cast
Jeff Zaporzan ... driver: honeywagon

Additional Crew

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Geoff Banjavich ... stand-in
Bob Bedard ... head chef
Aaron Brager ... production assistant
Mel Braun ... vocal coach
Dave Brown ... firearms safety coordinator
Bryan R. Burns ... key set production assistant / production assistant (as Bryan Burns)
Jennifer Bydwell ... product placement
Jayme Carr ... assistant: Mr. Roth
Puneet Chawla ... set production assistant
Paul Courchaine ... production accountant
Mike Currie ... craft service
Gloria Davies ... unit publicist
Janelle Dufton ... craft service
Diana Fabas-Pirie ... studio teacher
DeVon Franklin ... studio executive
Trina Gallop ... animal handler
Ira Goldklang ... legal affairs
Daniel Gonzalez ... post 2nd assistant accountant
Bob Gordon ... marketing communications
Tamara Harland ... production assistant
Lucy Herrera ... production accountant
Ashley Hirt ... assistant: Ms Baden-Powell
David Howard ... press photographer (as Dr. David Howard)
Cathie Hutfluss ... medical consultant
Shannon Jacques ... accounting clerk
Jody Kaonga ... production assistant (as Jody Thiessen)
Liam Karp ... production assistant
Akiane Kramarik ... provider: "Prince of Peace"
Callie Lane ... stand-in
Paul Lauer ... marketing
Monique Ledohowski ... assistant accountant
Benedicte LeMaitre ... stand-in
Tiffany Long ... Marketing
Michael MacPherson ... assistant production coordinator
Pota Manolakos ... first assistant accountant
Tamara Mauthe ... production coordinator
Crystal Mikoluff ... payroll accountant
Kimberly Mikoluff ... travel coordinator
Zoe O'Brien-Moran ... production assistant (as Zoe O'Brien Moran)
Amber Lynn Partridge ... animal handler
Danita Patterson ... development / marketing
Rich Peluso ... studio executive
Jessica Pennington ... adr loop group
Dimitrius Sagriotis ... production assistant
Lauren Scott ... assistant: Mr. Mercer
Tony Scott ... marketing: TDJ Enterprises
Christine Solberg ... assistant: Greg Kinnear
Emily Stricker ... production assistant
Chelsea Sumter ... production assistant
Robert Velo ... production financing
Cullen Wallace ... assistant: Mr. Wallace
Matt Webber ... stand-in
Dani Dare ... voice actor (uncredited)
Dara Iruka ... voice actor (uncredited)
Amanda Smart ... paint artist (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

This is the story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son Colton's extraordinary life-changing experience with the world. Colton claims to have visited Heaven during a near-death experience. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth - things he couldn't possibly know. Todd and his family are challenged to examine the meaning of this remarkable event. The church turns on him and so does everyone who is close to him - including his wife. Written by Sony Pictures Publicity

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Taglines Based on the incredible true story See more »
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Also Known As
  • El cielo sí existe (United States, Spanish title)
  • Et si le ciel existait? (Canada, French title)
  • Heaven is for Real (Ireland, English title)
  • Et si le ciel existait? (France)
  • Den Himmel gibt's echt (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 99 min
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Box Office

Budget $12,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $22,522,221, 20 Apr 2014
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $101,332,962

Did You Know?

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Trivia The Lithuanian painting girl who appears at the beginning and ending of the movie, played by Ursula Clark, is based on the real-life Akiane Kramarik (born in July 9, 1994, in Mount Morris, Illinois), a girl who affirmed to have experienced an NDE and to have met Jesus in heaven. In addition, the painting about Jesus shown in the movie is the real painting made by Kramarik, called Prince of Peace. See more »
Goofs The events in the film took place prior to 2004 when the pastors last child was born, so the grave stone for the dead Marine should not have read "Birth 1990 - Death 2009". See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Making of 'Heaven Is For Real' (2014). See more »
Soundtracks Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing See more »
Quotes [first lines]
Todd Burpo: Is heaven a hope? Or as real as the earth and sky? I once asked my grandfather that question. And he said by the time he knew the answer, it would be too late for him to tell me. The day would come when I asked that question again, staring into the eyes of my son.
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