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MONEY
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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Letters to God
"Given the right address, anything is possible."
2010 1h 50m EN
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★6.8TMDB · 141
DramaFamily
Synopsis
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A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.
“Given the right address, anything is possible.”
Cast
Robyn Lively
Maddy Doherty
Jeffrey Johnson
Brady McDaniels
Maree Cheatham
Olivia
Tanner Maguire
Tyler Doherty
Michael Bolten
Ben Doherty
Bailee Madison
Samantha Perryfield
Ralph Waite
Mr. Perryfield
Dennis Neal
Lester Stevens
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- David Nixon
- Writers
- Art D'Alessandro, Patrick Doughtie, Patrick Doughtie
- Languages
- Turkish, English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 16 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Turkish, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by David Nixon, shot by Bob Scott. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Colin O'Malley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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CAST
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Robyn Lively and Jeffrey Johnson and Maree Cheatham carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Given the right address, anything is possible.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1462054 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
David Nixon directs. Bob Scott behind the camera. Colin O'Malley scores. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Turkish, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Released 16 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Turkish, English.
- 4Directed by David Nixon, shot by Bob Scott. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Colin O'Malley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Robyn Lively and Jeffrey Johnson and Maree Cheatham carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Given the right address, anything is possible.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt1462054 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 11 themes, including "hope", "letter", "postman", "god".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Bob Scott
- Original score
- Colin O'Malley
- Stunt coordinator
- Jennifer Badger
- Runtime
- 110 min · 1h 50m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
Also by
David Nixon
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- ME
Mercy Creek Entretainment
Key crew
- Stunt CoordinatorJennifer Badger
- Production RunnerDonald Dowd
- Production Sound MixerRob Whitehurst
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- hope
- letter
- postman
- god
- cancer
- aftercreditsstinger
- angry
- admiring
- adoring
- amused
- appreciative
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2010-04-09PG
Also known as
International titles
- Cartas para DeusBR
- Listy do Pana BogaPL
