Have a Little Faith (film)
| Have a Little Faith | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Mitch Albom |
| Directed by | Jon Avnet |
| Starring |
Laurence Fishburne Bradley Whitford Martin Landau |
| Theme music composer | Ed Shearmur |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Mitch Albom Jon Avnet Brent Shields |
| Producer(s) |
Andrew Gottlieb Cameron Johann (co-producer) Pam Fitzgerald (associate producer) Shawn McClaren (coordinating producer) |
| Cinematography | Denis Lenoir |
| Editor(s) | Patrick J. Don Vito |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hallmark Hall of Fame |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | November 27, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Beyond the Blackboard |
| Followed by | A Smile as Big as the Moon |
Have a Little Faith is a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie.[1] The film debuted on ABC on November 27, 2011 as the first Hallmark Hall of Fame film broadcast since CBS cancelled the series earlier in 2011. It was the first Hallmark Hall of Fame film broadcast on ABC since 1995.
Plot
The film is based on Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom’s best-selling nonfiction book of the same name.[2]
Cast
- Laurence Fishburne as Henry Covington
- Martin Landau as Rabbi Albert L. Lewis
- Bradley Whitford as Mitch Albom
Filming
The film was made in and around the state of Michigan.
Ratings
On its November 27, 2011 broadcast, the film earned a 1.1 rating among adults aged 18 to 49, the lowest rating among all programs on the four major networks that night.[3] The total number of viewers was estimated at 6.5 million, compared to 13.5 million for the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of November Christmas on the weekend after Thanksgiving in 2010.[4]
References
- ↑ "Hallmark Announces Unprecedented Agreements to Air Hallmark Hall of Fame on ABC Television Network and Hallmark Channel". hallmark.com. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Have a Little Faith the Movie". mitchalbom.com. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ↑ Media Life: "ABC's Thanksgiving turkey: 'Have a Little Faith'", November 28, 2011.
- ↑ Kepler, Adam W. (2011-11-28). "Hallmark Hall of Fame Has Rough Start on ABC". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-12-02.