Heaven On Earth (1987 Film)
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''Heaven on Earth'' is a British and Canadian dramatic television film, directed by
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and released in 1987.John Haslett Cuff, "No sloppy melodrama here: Road to Heaven paved with charm". ''
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'', February 28, 1987.
A coproduction of the
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and
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, the film centres on a group of orphaned children from the
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who are sent to Canada as
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in the 1910s. The film's screenplay was written by
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and Peter Pearson.Roy Shields, "Heaven sent: Turning her hand to TV scriptwriting Margaret Atwood tells the story of English orphans brought to Canada in CBC's Heaven On Earth". ''
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'', February 28, 1987.
However, Atwood was critical of the finished product, as Kroeker and Nancy Botkin inserted a
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scene she had not written and did not endorse as it did not fit her historical research into the Home Children. The cast included
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,
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,
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, Sian Leisa Davies, Nathan Adamson, Amos Crawley, Huw Davies,
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, David Hughes, Alison MacLeod,
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, Maureen McRae, Nicholas Rice, Judy Sinclair, Cedric Smith and
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. The film was broadcast on March 1, 1987, both as an episode of the anthology series ''
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'' on the BBC and as a standalone television film on the CBC. In 1988 it was broadcast in the United States as an episode of ''
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'', the first Canadian production ever anthologized by that series. Thomson received a
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nomination for Best Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 2nd Gemini Awards.Bill Anderson, "Out-of production Seeing Things tops nominations". ''
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'', October 22, 1987.


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* 1987 films 1987 television films Canadian drama television films English-language Canadian films BBC Film films Works by Margaret Atwood 1980s Canadian films 1980s British films British drama television films {{Canada-tv-film-stub