Unanswered Prayers (2010)
After his football career, Ben Beck returned to his Virginia small town and joined the family building firm. His family happiness with wife Lorrie and adolescent son Jessie is suddenly tested by the return of Ben's first high-school love, Ava Andersson, who visits from Chicago, after a failed marriage, to bury her ma. Ava seduces Ben into reliving their courtship, which she traumatically broke off without a goodbye. Jesse reacts furiously, even backseats his own football scholarship bid, rather pa's projected ambition, in favor of a writing summer course
Director: Steven Schachter
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Eric Close as Ben Beck |
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Samantha Mathis as Lorrie Beck |
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Mädchen Amick as Ava Andersson |
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Jennifer Aspen as Jeanette |
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Tony Oller as Jesse Beck |
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Patty Duke as Irene |
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April Turner as Kristen |
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Dionne Audain as Nurse |
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Lucas N. Hall as Guest at Harvest Ball (uncredited) |
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Ricardo Sosa Jr. as Construction Worker |
| Directing | Steven Schachter | Director |
| Writing | Otis Jones | Teleplay |
| Writing | Anne Gerard | Teleplay |
| Crew | Shane Cardwell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | James Spies | Producer |
| Production | Shana Fischer Huber | Co-Producer |
| Production | Garth Brooks | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrea Baynes | Co-Executive Producer |
| Sound | Steve Porcaro | Music |
| Editing | Margaret Goodspeed | Editor |
| Camera | Eric Van Haren Noman | Director of Photography |
| Production | Stacey Rosen | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rebecca Gregg | Costume Design |
| Crew | Jesalyn White | Stunt Double |
| Camera | Lisa Robbins | Additional Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debi Young | Key Makeup Artist |