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 |
| Writing | Otis Jones | Teleplay |
| Directing | Steven Schachter | Director |
| Writing | Anne Gerard | Teleplay |
| Crew | Shane Cardwell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Margaret Goodspeed | Editor |
| Sound | Steve Porcaro | Music |
| Production | Andrea Baynes | Co-Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rebecca Gregg | Costume Design |
| Camera | Eric Van Haren Noman | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Jesalyn White | Stunt Double |
| Production | James Spies | Producer |
| Production | Garth Brooks | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stacey Rosen | Casting |
| Production | Shana Fischer Huber | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Lisa Robbins | Additional Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debi Young | Key Makeup Artist |