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Resurrection (1980)
Director: Daniel Petrie
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Despite strong performances, particularly from Burstyn and Shepard, a rather embarrassing look at the subject of faith-healing, with Burstyn finding she has the power after she survives a car crash which kills her husband. Problems develop with her Bible-thumping parents (she insists it's love, not God, that helps her heal), and with Shepard, a beneficiary of her gift who treats her with erratic, tormented reverence after romance develops between them. The film is let down by Petrie's bland, prettified direction, and by a script from Lewis John Carlino which is forever going on hippy-style about the Power of Love.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Daniel Petrie
Producer: Renée Missel, Howard Rosenman
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Clifford David, Pamela Payton-Wright, Eve LeGallienne, Lois Smith full cast
Duration: 103 mins
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