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It Came From the Sky (1999) [N/A]

Featuring:
Yasmine Bleeth, Christopher Lloyd, John Ritter

Written by:
Jack Bender

Directed by:
Jack Bender


Release Date:
May 15, 1999

Original Title:
It Came From the Sky

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | TV Movie

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 92

Love works in mysterious ways

Overview from TheMovieDB

Jarvis and Pepper crash land their small plane on the roof of the Bridges family. Pepper finds herself having a positive effect on the households' autistic son Andy.

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Overview from Open Movies

This movie is a very compelling love story that is hidden underneath the stress of raising a child who has mental instability. In this particular movie I found it amazing how well they portrayed a young boy who had lost almost all functional parts of his brain due to a near drowning accident. His parents fight throughout most the movie about conflicting views of how to raise their son, until one day a plane comes through their roof. The couple inside the plane (Pepper Upper & Mr. Moody) are almost like angels to the family. They make their valentines day, a day the Bridges family will not forget. The stranded couple force the stressed parents to come to copes with each other and their son and help them to see how to enjoy their lives again. In the end the parents fight about whos fault the accident was and then realize it was both of theirs and they are able to overcome this obstacle. Then the young boy Andy asks through his artwork to be taken to a special school for children with his type of disorders. It is a truly inspirational story.

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Rankings and Honors

It Came From the Sky (1999) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.9/10

Performers

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Production

Director:
Jack Bender

Makeup Department Head:
Sherilyn Stetz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Mike Draghi

Stunts:
Darrin Prescott
Nancy Thurston

Supervising Sound Editor:
Mike Draghi

Writer:
Jack Bender

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