A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 9, 1981
Original Title:
Ticket to Heaven
Alternate Titles:
Bilet do nieba
Das süße Wort Verheißung
Um Bilhete Para o Céu
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Famous Players
Ronald Cohen Productions
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 108
David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles David's chilling transformation into a gaunt, mindless shadow of his former self...and his ultimate salvation when friends and family launch a plan to kidnap and deprogram him.
Art Direction:
Jill Scott
Co-Producer:
Alan Simmonds
Costume Design:
Linda Kemp
Director:
Ralph L. Thomas
Director of Photography:
Richard Leiterman
Editor:
Ron Wisman
Executive Producer:
Ronald I. Cohen
First Assistant Director:
Bill Corcoran
Gaffer:
David Usher
Novel:
Josh Freed
Original Music Composer:
Maribeth Solomon
Micky Erbe
Producer:
Vivienne Leebosh
Production Design:
Susan Longmire
Production Manager:
Sally Dundas
Property Master:
John 'Frenchie' Berger
Script Supervisor:
Sarah Grahame
Set Decoration:
David Jaquest
Sound Editor:
Glen Gauthier
Bruce Carwardine
Marc Chiasson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
David Appleby
Sound Recordist:
Glen Gauthier
Bruce Carwardine
Marc Chiasson
Writer:
Ralph L. Thomas
Anne Cameron
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