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The Price of Heaven is a TV movie directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It was an adaptation of Allan Gurganus's novella Blessed Assurance: A Moral Tale from the book White People.
A young man returns to his small Southern home town as a celebrity after appearing on the cover of "Life" with Marilyn Monroe. He finds he must choose between the girlfriend he left behind and the daughter of a wealthy mill owner. With the help of an unlikely friend, he discovers the value of love a.
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Grant Show
Aug 17, 1997 · The Price of Heaven: Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. With Grant Show, Cicely Tyson, Lori Loughlin, George Wendt. A man is greeted as a war hero in his hometown due to a photo from Korea of Marilyn Monroe and him in LIFE magazine.
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- Drama
- Peter Bogdanovich
- 1997-08-17
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Filmed on location in South Carolina, The Price of Heaven represents one of the forays into the realm of made-for-TV movies by celebrated director Peter Bogdanovich. The story takes place in the early 1950s, as Korean war hero Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns to his Southern hometown.
- Peter Bogdanovich
A film ostensibly about the haves and have nots of post-war America, Blessed Assurance attempts to balance dramatic themes spanning class disparity and the racial divide in the rural south, but renders itself impotent by fumbling the central dynamic which compels these ideals.
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Frank Konigsberg Productions
1997. 2 hr 0 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Grant Show plays a former GI who finds work collecting funeral-insurance payments from poor blacks in the 1950s South. Lori Loughlin, Cicely Tyson....
Dec 3, 1997 · Convinced that he’s entitled to a life of fame and fortune, Korean War vet Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns home to his fiancee (Lori Loughlin) and pursues a lucrative – if unprincipled – insurance career. But when he meets the elderly client Vesta (Cicely Tyson), she begins to shed light on the destructive path Jerry has chosen to travel. Peter Bogdanovich directs this film set against ...
