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Miracle in East Texas

  • 2019
  • PG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
619
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Louis Gossett Jr., John Ratzenberger, Kevin Sorbo, Sam Sorbo, and Tyler Mane in Miracle in East Texas (2019)
Two con men try to convince a group of widows to invest in worthless oil wells during the Great Depression.
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Two con men try to convince a group of widows to invest in worthless oil wells during the Great Depression.Two con men try to convince a group of widows to invest in worthless oil wells during the Great Depression.Two con men try to convince a group of widows to invest in worthless oil wells during the Great Depression.

  • Director
    • Kevin Sorbo
  • Writer
    • Dan Gordon
  • Stars
    • John Ratzenberger
    • Kevin Sorbo
    • Louis Gossett Jr.
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    619
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kevin Sorbo
    • Writer
      • Dan Gordon
    • Stars
      • John Ratzenberger
      • Kevin Sorbo
      • Louis Gossett Jr.
    • 9User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger
    • Dad Everett
    Kevin Sorbo
    Kevin Sorbo
    • Doc Boyd
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    • Irving Tanner Jr.
    Tyler Mane
    Tyler Mane
    • Thurman Dial
    Gwynyth Walsh
    Gwynyth Walsh
    • Classafay Vaudine
    Sam Sorbo
    Sam Sorbo
    • Flora May Simms
    Jonathan Hawley Purvis
    Jonathan Hawley Purvis
    • L.D. Heinz
    • (as Jonathan Purvis)
    Paula Boudreau
    Paula Boudreau
    • Juniper Sue Dial
    Faith Louissaint
    Faith Louissaint
    • Angry Congregant
    Braeden Sorbo
    Braeden Sorbo
    • Matt
    James Quattrochi
    James Quattrochi
    • Bailiff
    Shawna McGill-Legault
    Shawna McGill-Legault
    • Housewife
    • (as Shawna Pliva)
    Gloria John
    Gloria John
    • Townswoman
    • (voice)
    • …
    Hardee T. Lineham
    Hardee T. Lineham
    • Mr. Grimm
    Matt McKinney
    Matt McKinney
    • Mr. Wimple
    Charles Andrew Payne
    Charles Andrew Payne
    • Reverend Reese
    AnnaMarie Lea
    AnnaMarie Lea
    • Therma Lou Jones
    Nancy Boyd
    Nancy Boyd
    • Widow
    • Director
      • Kevin Sorbo
    • Writer
      • Dan Gordon
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews9

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    10rdotcdot-122-550588

    Super fun movie!

    What a great movie! It's a true story, which is unbelievable otherwise.

    Great actors! You have to watch this movie with your family. It's funny, wholesome, and generally entertaining.

    John Ratzenberger is a funny man. I worked with him on a movie once. He's a hilarious entertainer.

    You can watch this movie with the whole family. It will make you laugh out loud, feel bad for the characters, and learn some pretty recent history.

    I'm not sure why the film has been trolled so bad before it's theatrical release. It's a great flick that deserves a watch. It should be viewed by millions! Please share.
    10darcybrowning

    Awesome group of crew and actors

    Really enjoyed working as Kevin's stand in as well as meeting the whole Sorbo family! What a true success/American dream story in Kevin and Sam Sorbo! They are Actors that we can truly look up to.... and to have the kids on set working along side was a true blessing.

    The whole experience was excellent, the interdepartmental cooperation, sense of family spirit, good clean comedy, both in front of and behind the camera.

    Being on set with my wife Tree as volunteer kitten wrangler was also very fun, but our intense long work days must have made the on film product that much better. We were also protected from storms on set with so many prayers shared on this film.

    I understand it wasn't a big budget film, but the team that came together were brilliant and professional all around. Would love to do it all again!
    8djenkins-90253

    Very delightful movie.

    This movie is objectively good, and I've rated thousands of movies so I would know. I doubt that it is scientifically or historically accurate, but these are not my areas and I wouldn't know anyways. Besides, this is fiction - so I don't believe it's supposed to be. What I do know is that it is an engaging movie that is funny and charming at times, and just the right length of time.

    What concerns me about some of the other reviews here is that people are panning Kevin Sorbo and the movie for other reasons that do not seem rational or fair. Either that or people no longer enjoy movies without sex and violence, where the characters and writers value faith and family and community.
    10cfischer9

    Loved it!

    It was just a good written film with some humor no language family-friendly movie. That you can't say about too many movies anymore. It's too bad that the rating above overall is poor. People are just not open to seeing a good movie without language or sex in it. I applaud you for this those that made this movie. Thank you Kevin, actors and crew!

    As you can see I'm not real big on riding a whole bunch of stuff I just say it plain and clear and it won't let me enter this without 600 characters so I will go on some more about the story being good and cute timely I love when people all come together from everywhere anytime and there's a happy ending. Make sure you watch it all the way through to the credits they have takeouts from the movie.
    9ripperbard

    See the film before reviewing

    Solid story, solid cast and acting. It works. Leave the politics at home when reviewing. You can feel the passion and the atmosphere that is East Texas in the film through the cast and story. You can tell this was a work of love. The story is somewhat predictable but not enough to spoil the film nor the ending. With a plot from Dan Gordon (Wyatt Earp, Murder in the First, the Hurricane, Highlander, Tank and others) you've got a good script to start and good directing from Kevin Sorbo. Throw in a good cast that loves to work and bring magic to the audience and you've got a good film. It's a film that works.

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    • Trivia
      The movie is inspired by the East Texas Oilfield discovery of 1930, by C.M. "Dad' Joiner, who was in his 70's at the time, just like John Raztenberger. "Doc" was inspired by A.D. "Doc" Lloyd, an amateur geologist. And like the "Doc" in the movie, Lloyd was not his real name.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Babylon Bee: Episode dated 6 October 2020 (2020)

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    • Release date
      • September 2019 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official site
      • East Texas Oil Fan Page
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • East Texas Oil
    • Filming locations
      • Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Alberta Film Projects
      • E.T.O Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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