Montana Sky (2007) (TV)

Director:

Mike Robe

Writers (WGA):

April Smith (teleplay)
Nora Roberts (novel)

Release Date:

5 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller | Western

Plot:

The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year. |

Plot Keywords:

Western U.S. | Canada | Male Female Relationship | Rocky Mountains | Based On Novel

Cast

Ashley Williams	...	Willa
Charlotte Ross	...	Tess
Diane Ladd	...	Bess
Laura Mennell	...	Lily
Nathaniel Arcand	...	Adam
Aaron Pearl	...	Nate
Tom Carey	...	Jim
John Corbett	...	Ben
Scott Heindl	...	Jesse Carne
James Baker	...	Ham
Donovan Workun	...	Pickles
Stephen Hair	...	Ken Campbell
James D. Hopkin	...	Preacher
Heather Lea MacCallum	...	Coroner
James Dugan	...	Vet

Also Known As:

Nora Roberts' Montana Sky (Australia) (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Argentina:Atp | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Lifetime Television

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tess is applying gauze to Adam's wound, the close up shot has her wearing latex gloves. As the view switches to a long shot she is not wearing gloves, then as the camera moves in, she is pulling gloves on.

Quotes:

Adam: Usually Charlie only likes cows but he likes you
[awkward pause]
Adam: I guess I didn't say that right.
Lily: Until he turns against me... how big’s the ranch?
Adam: 25,000 acres across those fields and over White Stone Peak stay here for a year you'll never see all of it.
Lily: Is it big enough to get lost in?
Adam: Is that what you're looking to do... I saw the bruises.
Lily: I have an ex-husband it was his going away present.

Don't waste your time

So I just finished reading the book yesterday when I noticed that Lifetime would be airing the movie, I thought oh that's perfect. Unfortunately I was VERY disappointed. The writers of the movie took out a lot of what made the book wonderful, the characters didn't fit what the book wrote about them, I mean Corbett as Ben, his age alone prevents him from being the person wrote about in the book, his acting was fine. They had the sisters all wrong, the women who played Lily should have been Willa or Tess and Willa should have been Lily. The casting truly was a mess! Overall the actors didn't do horribly they just didn't fit the parts they were playing. Another HUGE problem was that the movie moved to quickly and either changed some of the best moments in the book or left them completely out! It's sad to say that I liked Beach Girls a heck of a lot better than Montana Sky as far as a movie goes, at least it stuck to some of what the book wrote. Perhaps 2 hours just wasn't long enough to do justice to a truly wonderful book.