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January 25, 2002
SARASOTA, FL -- The regional premiere
screening of MANNA FROM HEAVEN on
Thursday January 24th was a complete sell-out, and such an audience
favorite that the Sarasota Film Festival has scheduled a third screening
of the film to accommodate date ticket demand.
There are now TWO screenings of the witty, intelligent, feel-good film
from FIVE SISTERS PRODUCTIONS remaining. Both are tomorrow, Saturday
January 26th, the first at 6:00pm, and the additional third screening at
9:00pm. Both screenings of MANNA FROM HEAVEN will take place at the
Regal Hollywood 20 on Main Street. Please update any upcoming published
film festival schedules.
Producer Warren Skeels, "Surfacing", from Jacksonville, FL, poses with Allison Fishman, a Pine View Junior working at the Sarasota Film Festival Box Office.
| The Banyan Luncheon at Selby Gardens was delightful and so was Shirley Jones. The entree was a salmon garden salad with walnuts, strawberries and artichoke.
International night at the Sarasota Film Festival glittered with costumed ladies in international garb. The food ranged from American to Indian to oriental including local seafood fare. A Mexican band kicked off the music platter.
Three gorgeous ladies, L to R Randi, Sunny, and Bev from Sarasota enjoy the Babylon extravaganza at the Sarasota Film Festival.
Regional Premiere of Five Sisters Productions’ “Manna from Heaven” at Sarasota Film Festival
WHAT: The Regional Premiere of Five Sisters Productions’ “Manna from Heaven” at the Sarasota Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida. The script was written by the award-winning author Gabrielle B. Burton, also mother of the five sisters (Charity, Gabrielle, Jennifer, Maria and Ursula) who collectively directed and produced the feature film. “Manna from Heaven” depicts what happens when you get a gift from God, only to find out many years later that it was just a loan. The film starts long ago with a working-class neighborhood in Buffalo, NY, being mysteriously showered with twenty-dollar bills. Many years later, Theresa, now a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group back together to repay the “loan.” Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption by overcoming the personal obstacles that have been holding them back in life. WHO: Academy Award winner and cast member Shirley Jones, three of the five Burton sisters, and their parents (writer and producer) will be in attendance. “Manna from Heaven” is a comedic fable with a stellar ensemble cast, including Academy Award winner Shirley Jones (“Elmer Gantry,” “The Partridge Family”), Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman (“The Last Picture Show,” “Music of the Heart”), Academy Award winner Louise Fletcher (“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” “A Map of the World”), Ursula Burton (“Death of a Saleswoman, “Sgt. Bilko”), Seymour Cassel (“Rushmore,” “Cannes Man”), Shelley Duvall (“3 Women”, “Portrait of a Lady”), Jill Eikenberry (“L.A. Law,” “The Manhattan Project”), Frank Gorshin (“Luck of the Draw,” “12 Monkeys”), Faye Grant (“Drive Me Crazy,” “Internal Affairs”), three-time Tony nominee Harry Groener (“Dance With Me,” “Patch Adams,” “Amistad”), Wendie Malick (“Just Shoot Me,” “The Emperor’s New Groove”), and Austin Pendleton (“Fast Food, Fast Women,” “Joe the King”). WHEN:
SCREENINGS Thursday, January 24, 3:45 pm -- and -- Saturday, January 26, 6:00 pm at the Regal Cinemas Hollywood 20 1993 Main St (and corner of Route 301/Washington Blvd. N.), downtown Sarasota
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Producers, cast and staff from "Minimal Knowledge" showing at the Sarasota Film Festival are from New Jersey.
