''Montana Sky'' is a 2007 American

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directed by Mike Robe and starring Ashley Williams,

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, and

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. Based on the 1996 Nora Roberts novel of the same name, the film is about a wealthy stock dealer who bequeaths his Montana farm to his three daughters, provided they live on the ranch together for at least one year. ''Montana Sky'' is part of the Nora Roberts 2007 movie collection, which also includes ''

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'', '' Blue Smoke'', and '' Carolina Moon''. The movie debuted on February 5, 2007 on Lifetime.

Plot

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Willa, Tess, and Lily Mercy are left their wealthy father's multimillion-dollar estate, including his

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ranch, after his death. The only stipulation is that the women will have to live with each other for a year. Having never previously met, the three sisters, who have very different personalities, agree to the strange situation (mostly because each of their 1/3rd share is worth eight million dollars), despite having reservations about their forced family 'reunion'. The biggest problem the women face, however, is the discovery of a saboteur in their midst. It seems that when their father died, he left some bitter enemies behind, enemies who would love to see his daughters fail. Now, in order to get what is rightfully theirs, the three siblings will have to work harder than ever before to clean up the mess their father left behind. During their trial, all three find love, and realize that maybe their situation wasn't such a bad thing after all.

Cast

* Ashley Williams as Willa Mercy *

as Ben McKinnon *

as Tess Mercy *

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as Bess *

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as Lily Mercy *

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as Adam Wolfchild * Aaron Pearl as Nate Torrence * Tom Carey as Jim * Scott Heindl as Jesse Carne *

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as Ham * Donovan Workun as Pickles * Stephen Hair as Ken Campbell * James D. Hopkin as Preacher * Heather Lea MacCallum as Coroner * James Dugan as Vet

Production

The film was executive produced by Stephanie Germain and

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, who also executive produced seven other Roberts films for Lifetime in 2007 and 2009. Though set in Montana, the film was actually shot in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.per ending credits on DVD

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* * * {{authority control 2007 television films 2007 films Films based on American novels Films based on works by Nora Roberts Films set in Montana Lifetime (TV network) films 2007 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American drama television films American thriller television films Films directed by Mike Robe Films scored by Steve Porcaro 2000s English-language films 2000s American films