A Rumor of Angels
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Twelve-year-old James (Trevor Morgan) is haunted by the car crash that claimed his mother's life two years earlier. Estranged from his father (Ray Liotta) and nurturing a deep hatred of his stepmother (Catherine McCormack), James is none too pleased about the prospect of spending his summer vacation at their Maine beach house. With no one his own age for company, he spends his time exploring the surrounding beaches. One day, while playing in the dunes, James accidentally breaks a fence belonging to Maddy Bennett (Vanessa Redgrave), a cranky old woman with a reputation for loony behavior. James embarks on a mission to fix the fence, and as he works, he and Maddy form a deep friendship. But when the boy's family learns of the friendship, they wrongfully blame Maddy for their own problems, prompting Maddy to react in a manner that profoundly affects the entire family. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, RoviCast
George Coe; Michelle Grace - Lillian Neubauer; Ron Liningston - Uncle Charlie; Karsen Liotta - James as infant; Colin Rogers - James as young boyCredit
Frank Kavanagh - Boom Operator, Liberman/Hirschfeld Casting - Casting, Meg Liberman - Co-producer, Natasha Landau - Costume Designer, Peter O'Fallon - Director, Hubie Kerns Jr. - Second Unit Director, Louise Rubacky - Editor, Brad Krevoy - Executive Producer, John Hamilton - Executive Producer, Barbi Jollota - Hair Styles, Philip Pineau - Location Manager, Glenn S. Gainor - Line Producer, Tim Simonec - Composer (Music Score), Judy Lovell - Makeup, Michael M. Soos - Camera Operator, Stephen McCabe - Production Designer, Roy H. Wagner - Cinematographer, Lisa Hansen - Producer, Paul Hertzberg - Producer, Peter O'Fallon - Producer, John Paul Pettinato - Producer, Patricia Larman - Set Designer, Georges Hannon - Sound Mixer, MHz Sound Design Inc. - Sound/Sound Designer, David Mylrea - Stunts, Sandy Lund - Stunts, Grant Rogers - Stunts, Randy Boliver - Stunts Coordinator, James Eric - Screenwriter, Jamie Horton - Screenwriter, Peter O'Fallon - Screenwriter, Paula Fairfield - Sound Effects Editor, Carla Murray - Sound Effects Editor, Terada Imaging - Digital Effects, Jayson Clute - First Assistant Camera, Guy LeBlanc - Gaffer, David K. Reilly - Grip, Neil "Mongo" W. Andrews - Grip, Andrew Caney - Grip, Sean Doran - Grip, Maynard Harris - Grip, Carl Nigi - Grip, Kelcey Parker - Grip, Jeff Adams - Key Grip, Guy Godfree - Key Grip, Ashley Revell - Music Editor, Lauren Hertzberg - Post Production Supervisor, Nancy Duff - Production Coordinator, Karla Morash - Production Coordinator, Gary A. Ferguson - Properties Master, Paul Ratajczak - Re-Recording Mixer, Sergio Reyes - Re-Recording Mixer, Jonathan Wales - Re-Recording Mixer, Maggie Thomas - Script Supervisor, Mary Reynolds - Second Assistant Director, Dana Warren - Second Assistant Director, Gary R. Coates - Special Effects Coordinator, Michael M. Soos - Steadicam Operator, Chris Reardon - Still Photographer, Paul Ratajczak - Supervising Sound Editor, Jerry Gilbert - ADR Editor, Ryan Davidson - ADR Recordist, Colleen Ryan - Assistant Hair, Shauna Hatt - Assistant Production Coordinator, Ken LeBlanc - Best Boy Electric, Keith Adams - Best Boy Grip, Katherine W. Evans - Buyer, Marianne Scriven - Buyer, Kim Orchen - Casting Associate, Richard Fraser - Construction Coordinator, Reid Woodbury - Dialogue Editor, Serge Gareau - Dolly Grip, John Scott MacDonald - Dolly Grip, Sandy Grubb - First Assistant Editor, Susan Pusateri - Foley Artist, Emma Osbourn - Greensman, Rosa Hernandez - Post Production Accountant, Maureen P. Mottley - Post Production Accountant, Brenda Kulvietixs - Production Accountant, Mark Nener - Second Assistant Camera, Alan Deveau - Set Dresser, Robert Grani - Set Dresser, Bill Hardwick - Set Dresser, Jason Shurko - Set Dresser, Grace Duffie Boylan - Book Author| A Rozsa Vere (1998 Film), A Royal Scandal (1945 Film) | |
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A Rumor of Angels
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| Directed by | Peter O'Fallon |
| Written by | Peter O'Fallon James Eric Jamie Horton |
| Starring | Vanessa Redgrave Ray Liotta |
| Music by | Tim Simonec |
| Cinematography | Roy H. Wagner |
| Editing by | Louise Rubacky |
| Release date(s) | February 1, 2002 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Rumor of Angels is a 2000 American film directed by Peter O'Fallon, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ray Liotta. The story is based upon the 1918 novel Thy Son Liveth: Messages From a Soldier to His Mother by Grace Duffie Boylan. Although the novel tells the story of what a mother learned from her son about death after he dies in a French battlefield during World War I, the movie is set in the latter part of the 20th century.[1]
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An twelve-year-old boy James (Trevor Morgan) lives with his father Nathan (Ray Liotta) and stepmother Mary (Catherine McCormack). He lost his mother in a car accident two years earlier. The memories of the accident still haunt him and make him freeze with panic. He has not been able to talk about his feelings about the accident and the death of his mother because his father is always away from home and he does not want to talk to his stepmother.
One day playing an imaginary game behind the house of Maddy Bennet (Vanessa Redgrave), he breaks her fence. Maddy demands that he fix it. Soon the two become good friends. Maddy also lost her son Bobby in 1974 in the Vietnam War. She tells her experiences of losing her son to James. She forces James to talk about his mother and face his fears. She tells him that her son Bobby talks to her.
James's parents do not like the stories Maddy tells James and forbid him from seeing her. James becomes distraught at the "loss" of his friend. Meanwhile, Maddy has a heart attack, and James's parents permit him to nurse her back to health. Soon after her recovery, though, she dies. James becomes reconciled with his father, who now talks to him more, and with his stepmother.
Cast
- Maddy Bennett - Vanessa Redgrave
- Nathan Neubauer - Ray Liotta
- Mary Neubauer - Catherine McCormack
- James Neubauer - Trevor Morgan
- Lillian Neubauer - Michelle Grace
- Uncle Charlie - Ron Livingston
- Dr Sam Jenkins - George Coe
Production
Set on the Maine coast, the movie was filmed in mid-1999 in Nova Scotia, Canada, at Lunenburg and Crystal Crescent Beach. It debuted in September 2000 at the Toronto International Film Festival, but was not released in the U.S. until 2002.
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