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A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 9 nominations total
Madeleine Sherwood
- Ruth
- (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)
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Did you know
- TriviaMartin Scorsese was reportedly healed from asthma by the real-life healer who inspired this film.
- Quotes
Esco Brown: Go carefully, with peace in your heart, with love in your eyes, and with laughter on your tongue. And if life don't hand you nothing but lemons, you just make you some lemonade. That's from Book Brown, Chapter One, Verse One.
- Crazy creditsStills of different portions of the movie are shown during the credits. The final still is a part not previously seen and it shows the rock garden behind the gas station which is referenced earlier in the movie.
- Alternate versionsABC edited 8 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere.
- ConnectionsEdited into Murder, She Wrote: Reflections of the Mind (1985)
- SoundtracksOld Chisholm Trail (Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yay)
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung a cappela by Richard Farnsworth
Featured review
My Favorite Ellen Burstyn Performance...
And that's saying a lot since I adore Ellen Burstyn and her work but I was deeply moved by her extraordinary performance in 1981's Resurrection, based on the true story of Edna Mae McCauley, a woman who gets into a horrific car accident which she barely survives (a journey which includes an out of body experience to the white light), but upon her return to the living, she is shocked to discover she has the ability to heal people with terminal illnesses and handicaps. Burstyn manages to imbue Edna with this lovely humanity which never allows her to exploit or take advantage of her special gift. Burstyn is so special in this film, she gives the character so much heart and makes her achingly real, despite her special gift. There is one amazing scene, which is burned in my memory forever, where she heals someone of a disfiguring illness and allows the illness to enter her own body and temporarily inhabit her own body. Burstyn commits so completely to this scene and it's harrowing to watch. Resurrection is a very special movie experience.
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,910,019
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $308,068
- Sep 28, 1980
- Gross worldwide
- $3,910,019
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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