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:

Mother Superior | Fable | Family | Gift | God

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
Vincent O'Neill	...	Monsignor Dailey
Hallee Hirsh	...	Young Theresa
Maureen Porter	...	Rosalie Annunciata
Gabrielle Burton	...	Young Bunny (as Gabrielle C. Burton)
Jennifer Burton	...	Young Helen
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
Gabrielle B. Burton	...	Second Dance Couple Woman
Roger V. Burton	...	Second Dance Couple Man (as Roger Burton)
Michael Dugan	...	First Dance Couple Man
Al Dinneen	...	Casino Mgr., Winnemucca and Buffalo
Phil LaMarr	...	Asst. Casino Manager
Eric Ronis	...	Homeless Man
Aniruddh Patel	...	Print Shop Manager
Charity Burton	...	Runaway Teen
Steven J. Tasker	...	Man Hustled by Helen
Paul Todaro	...	Freddy, Freddy's Fresh Fish
Joey Giambra	...	Clifford
Susan Rossetti	...	Battered Woman
Kristen Gasser	...	Annie MacNamara
Anthony Masiello	...	Himself
Jerry Orbach	...	Waltz Contest Announcer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Reilly	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Gabrielle Burton		(as Gabrielle C. Burton)
Maria Burton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gabrielle B. Burton		writer

Produced by
Charity Burton	....	producer
Gabrielle Burton	....	producer
Gabrielle B. Burton	....	co-producer
Jennifer Burton	....	producer
Maria Burton	....	producer
Roger V. Burton	....	co-producer
Ursula Burton	....	producer
Al Dinneen	....	associate producer
Bill Lagan	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Tim Jones		(as Timothy Jones)
James T. Sale

Cinematography by
Edward Slattery

Film Editing by
Andy Peterson
Robert Tate
Mattie Valentine

Casting by
Gabrielle B. Burton
Ursula Burton

Production Design by
Linda Louise Sheets

Art Direction by
Al Dinneen
Christian Gregory

Set Decoration by
Christian Gregory

Costume Design by
Geraldine Duskin

Makeup Department
Bonnie Coppola	....	additional hair stylist
Dawn Drescher	....	additional makeup artist
Joe Frietas	....	hair designer
Matt Mesler	....	key hair stylist
Kimberlie Reszetucha-Zelman	....	makeup artist
Amanda Ring	....	hair stylist
Cathy Stoldt	....	key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
T. Nicholas Berg	....	key second assistant director
Stacy Fish	....	assistant director
B. Rose	....	additional first assistant director
John Takacs	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Don Cipolla	....	set dresser
Katie Crook	....	props
Rebecca Doll	....	art department coordinator
Janet Kleinhample	....	art department assistant
Patrick Miletti	....	set construction
Cynthia Tanski	....	set dresser
Olivia Wilson	....	props production assistant

Sound Department
Dominick Barbera	....	adr engineer: New York
Sarah Brady	....	adr recordist
John Brasher	....	adr recordist
Jeanette Browning	....	adr recordist: Los Angeles (as Jeannette Browning)
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
Matt Crocker	....	boom operator
Craig Dlugosz	....	adr recordist
David Ellinwood	....	foley artist (as Dave Ellinwood)
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Mary Nitty	....	adr recordist: Los Angeles
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer (as Tom O'Connell)
Doug Roberts	....	supervising sound editor
Damián Rodríguez	....	sound editor
Ken Rutkowski	....	adr recordist
Reinhard Schreiner	....	adr recordist
Becky Sullivan	....	adr recordist
John Switzer	....	adr recordist: Los Angeles
J.S. Tortorici	....	adr mixer
Tony Volante	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Wilston	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Rita Schrag	....	optical printing supervisor
Jim Stewart	....	optical designer

Camera and Electrical Department
Halle R. Amick	....	additional second assistant camera (as Halle Amick)
Michael F. Barrow	....	additional photographer (as Michael Barrow)
Magnus Bjarnason	....	grip
Richard Bonvissuto	....	second assistant camera
Ian Chen	....	key grip
Bob Coleman	....	grip (as Bob Colman)
Thomas Curley	....	video playback operator
Alex Dacev	....	best boy grip
Mark Elkan	....	additional first assistant camera
Brant S. Fagan	....	steadicam operator
Mark Foggetti	....	photography: second unit
Zilla Green	....	grip
Erin Grgic	....	electrician
Amy Hasselback	....	grip production assistant
Curt A. Jentsch	....	best boy electric
John Larusso	....	dolly grip
Mark Leitner	....	assistant camera: second unit
Jeffrey Murray	....	grip production assistant
William Newell	....	gaffer
Jay Ruof	....	videographer
Ami Schiller	....	grip
Robert F. Stern	....	electrician
Robert Swedenhjelm	....	electrician
Ryan Tebo	....	camera production assistant
Michael Tierney	....	first assistant camera
Owen Vanooyen	....	grip (as Owen van Ooyen)
Toshiro Yamaguchi	....	additional second assistant camera

Casting Department
Jimmie Margaret Gillia	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Barnes	....	wardrobe assistant
Camille Cox	....	tailor
Melania Kosanovich	....	wardrobe assistant
Marcia Kuschner	....	tailor
Karen Loftus	....	wardrobe supervisor
Carol Mansell	....	assistant to costume designer
Clara Radoni	....	tailor
Inger Rooneem	....	wardrobe assistant
Hannah Sternshein	....	wardrobe assistant
Anne Tarantino	....	assistant to costume designer

Editorial Department
Tom Antonellis	....	additional editor (as Thomas Antonellis)
Michael Bangs	....	assistant editor
David Cutler	....	additional editor
Dan Gutman	....	assistant editor
Susan K. Hoover	....	additional editor (as Sue Hoover)
Lisa Molomot	....	additional editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Chris Weber	....	negative cutter
Gary Weber	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Blanton Alspaugh	....	music recordist
James T. Sale	....	conductor
James T. Sale	....	orchestrator
Michael Stern	....	scoring mixer

Other crew
Tara Ackley	....	assistant choreographer
Carl Bailey	....	production assistant
Evan Benjamin	....	assistant: Mr. Volante
Graeme Boone	....	assistant to producers
Michelle Dempsey	....	location assistant
Ebony C. Duncan	....	production assistant
George Ericksen	....	location assistant
Joanne Evans	....	production office manager
Carolyn Ferrini	....	craft service
Brent Fleming	....	key set production assistant
Francine Gallego	....	production office assistant
Geoff Globus	....	production assistant
William Guiher	....	choreographer
Brady Hallongren	....	title supervisor
Sande Hamilton	....	production assistant
Rashad Hawkins	....	production assistant
Jeff Heller	....	production assistant
Darin Henry	....	assistant to producers
Geoff Hewitt	....	production assistant
Jeff Hornung	....	production assistant
Lisa Kane	....	production assistant
Ann Kim	....	production assistant
Katie Kotaska	....	production assistant
Alana Kranitz	....	production assistant
Laurie Kwasnick	....	script supervisor
Leonard Lavigueur	....	production assistant
Shannon Mahnk	....	production assistant
Tyler Marinello	....	production assistant
Michael Anthony Miller	....	location coordinator
Karen Mohr	....	production assistant
Eric Mosiek	....	production assistant
Rachel Myers	....	production assistant
Jamie Parsons	....	production assistant
Shane Poczak	....	production assistant
Ginny Purcell	....	craft service
Anthony Purpera	....	production assistant
Susan Rossetti	....	location manager
Ric Royer	....	production assistant
Chris Santucci	....	production coordinator
Kevin Schadel	....	production assistant
Paula Schenk	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Schultz	....	production assistant
Leonardo Sette-Camara	....	craft service
Nancy Tebo	....	craft service
Angeline Thomas	....	production assistant
Tina Tsiskardze	....	production assistant
Chad Vahue	....	production assistant
DonnaMarie Vaughan	....	production office assistant (as Donna Vaughn)
Ric Vololino	....	production assistant
Dick Wall	....	craft service
Teresa Wawzynek	....	production assistant
Brian Zagst	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Five Sisters Productions

Distributors

• Five Sisters Productions
• R.S. Entertainment Inc.

Other Companies

• Brasher Sound  adr provided by
• Outer Limit Recording Studio  adr provided by
• Soundtrack New York  audio post facility
• Stewart Motion Picture Services  titles and opticals
• The Lot  adr provided by

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:

This is the third film from the five sisters of Five Sisters Productions. For this one, they optioned a script written by their mother, and asked their father to retire from his job to join them to work on the movie.

Quotes:

Dottie: Inez, are you sexually active?
Inez: No, I just lie there.

Movie Connections:

References Camelot (1967)

Soundtrack:

Blue Skies

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.