We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us.
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the responsibility of a six-man Evacuation Committee to relocate the townsfolk to higher ground. Most have duly departed, but a few stubborn stragglers remain – among them a priest caring for a sickly orphan, a boy whose fevered visions are leading him to believe he is a member of a roaming band of lost angels desperately searching for a way home.
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemplative and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- James WoodsWalter O'Brien
- Nick NolteFather Harlan
- Claire ForlaniMrs. Hadfield
- Daryl HannahFlower Hercules
- Douglas SebernMayor
- Ben FosterCod
- Anthony EdwardsHappy
- Duel FarnesIrwin
- Mark PolishWillis O'Brien
- Peter CoyoteEddie
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- Michael PolishDirector
- Michael PolishScreenplay
- Mark PolishScreenplay
- M. David MullenDirector of Photography
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