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Cast

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Joseph Harris

Thomas Macias

Thomas Macias

Kenneth Waters

Richard McWilliams

Richard McWilliams

Franz

Erika Slezak

Erika Slezak

Helen

McKara Bechler

McKara Bechler

Hope

Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson

Dan

Lynch R. Travis

Lynch R. Travis

Larry (as Lynch Travis)

Ruth Crawford

Ruth Crawford

Mary

Crew

Michael A. Alden

Michael A. Alden

Producer

Carley Burgess

Carley Burgess

Co-Producer

Alyssa Loveall

Alyssa Loveall

Editor

Donald Cameron Clark Jr.

Donald Cameron Clark Jr.

Executive Producer

Timothy Busfield

Timothy Busfield

Director

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Writer

Timothy Busfield

Timothy Busfield

Producer

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Producer

Ben Daniels

Ben Daniels

Music

Melissa Gilbert

Melissa Gilbert

Producer

Guy Sanville

Guy Sanville

Casting Director

Wilson Coates Busfield

Wilson Coates Busfield

Director of Photography

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20194.7 / 1075 min
Drama

Overview

Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting the cynical New Yorker is a young, aspiring writer who challenges his hero to be the icon he’d idolized. However, Harris wants no part of Michigan, small towns and he has no interest in being the young man’s hero. The young man must face his hero and navigate the relationship between heroes, reality and hope.