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
Gabrielle Burton
Director
Wendie Malick
Inez
Maria Burton
Director
Jill Eikenberry
Dottie
Gabrielle B. Burton
Writer
Austin Pendleton
Two-Digit Doyle
Charity Burton
Producer
Shelley Duvall
Detective Dubrinski
Hallee Hirsh
Young Theresa
Jennifer Burton
Producer
Ursula Burton
Producer
Harry Groener
Tony
Faye Grant
Rita
Drew Pillsbury
Mac / Bake
Jerry Orbach
Waltz Contest Announcer
Cameron Watson
Patrick
Vincent O'Neill
Monsignor Dailey
Maureen Porter
Rosalie Annunciata
Buddy Bolton
Young Ed
Tamera Gindlesperger
Young Dottie
Kate LoConti
Young Inez
Abby Royle
Young Rita
Neal Moeller
Young Tony
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
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
Tim Jones
Original Music Composer
James T. Sale
Original Music Composer
Edward Slattery
Director of Photography
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 last film prior to her return to acting in 2022.