Manna from Heaven (2002)
1h 59m
Running Time
September 14, 2002Release Date
Manna from Heaven (2002)
1h 59m
Running Time
September 14, 2002Release Date
Plot.
Manna From Heaven is a 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. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20 dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand each other. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption, and by working together they begin to realize their full potential.
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Cast & Crew.

Shirley Jones
Bunny

Cloris Leachman
Helen

Louise Fletcher
Mother Superior

Seymour Cassel
Stanley

Frank Gorshin
Ed

Wendie Malick
Inez

Jill Eikenberry
Dottie

Austin Pendleton
Two-Digit Doyle

Shelley Duvall
Detective Dubrinski

Hallee Hirsh
Young Theresa

Harry Groener
Tony

Faye Grant
Rita

Drew Pillsbury
Mac / Bake

Jerry Orbach
Waltz Contest Announcer

Ursula Burton
Theresa / Producer

Maria Burton
Ramona / Director / Producer

Cameron Watson
Patrick

Vincent O'Neill
Monsignor Dailey

Maureen Porter
Rosalie Annunciata

Gabrielle B. Burton
Young Bunny / Writer

Jennifer Burton
Young Helen

Buddy Bolton
Young Ed

Robert Tate
Editor

Tamera Gindlesperger
Young Dottie

Kate LoConti
Young Inez

Abby Royle
Young Rita

Neal Moeller
Young Tony

Linda Louise Sheets
ProductionDesigner

Amy Wieczorek
Mrs. MacNamara

Kathleen Betsko Yale
Poor Woman

Carolyn Ferrini
First Dance Couple Woman

Roger V. Burton
Second Dance Couple Man

Michael Dugan
First Dance Couple Man

Al Dinneen
Casino Manager

Phil LaMarr
Assistant Casino Manager

Eric Ronis
Homeless Man

Aniruddh Patel
Print Shop Manager

Charity Burton
Runaway Teen / Producer

Steven J. Tasker
Man Hustled by Helen

Paul Todaro
Freddy

Joseph G. Giambra
Clifford

Susan Rossetti
Battered Woman

Kristen Gasser
Annie MacNamara

Anthony Masiello
Self

Gabrielle Burton
Director / Producer

James T. Sale
Original Music Composer

Edward Slattery
Director of Photography

Tim Jones
Original Music Composer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 14, 2002
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Content RatingPG
Box Office$505,675
Genres
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Wiki.
Manna from Heaven is a 2002 American religious comedy film written by Gabrielle B. Burton and co-directed by her daughters Gabrielle C. Burton and Maria Burton. The film won awards at four film festivals. It was actor Jerry Orbach's final film before his death from prostate cancer in 2004 and Shelley Duvall's second to last film before her death in 2024.