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17 Miracles

- Something Extraordinary Is About To Happen

As part of the Willie Handcart Company, Levi Savage (Jasen Wade) feared that leaving late in the season would lead to despair and death. What he came to find out is that for every tragedy, there is a multitude of miracles. Based on unbelievable actual events, and brought to you by filmmaker T.C. Christensen (Praise to the Man, The Work and the Glory), 17 Miracles will open your eyes to the stories of the Mormon Pioneers as you have never seen them before. Something extraordinary is about to happen.

Release Date : 2011-06-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Excel Entertainment GroupRemember FilmsExcel Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Levi Savage

Original Name : Jasen Wade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elizabeth Panting

Original Name : Emily Wadley

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Padley

Original Name : Jason Celaya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah Franks

Original Name : Natalie Blackman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Albert

Original Name : Travis Eberhard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Traveler

Original Name : Bruce Newbold

Gender : Male

Character Name : James G. Willie

Original Name : Nathan Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Hurren

Original Name : Bailee Michelle Johnson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bodil Mortensen

Original Name : Savanna Kylie Lewis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jens Nielson

Original Name : Tomas Ambt Kofod

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elsie Nielson

Original Name : Chandra Allen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Niels Nielson

Original Name : Kimball Stinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Linford

Original Name : David Nibley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maria Linford

Original Name : Melinda Renee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joseph Linford

Original Name : Kaleb Stinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amasa Linford

Original Name : Kalvin Stinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Loader

Original Name : Derek Spriggs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amy Loader / Older Voice of Mary Hurren (voice)

Original Name : Mary Jane Wadley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tamar Loader

Original Name : Caitlin E.J. Meyer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Patience Loader

Original Name : Ivey Lloyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elizabeth Cunningham

Original Name : Alexandra M. Johns

Gender : Female

Character Name : James Cunningham

Original Name : Christopher Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Betsy Cunningham

Original Name : Kenzie Stinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ann Rowley

Original Name : Stephanie Breinholt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ann Cooper

Original Name : Heather Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chester

Original Name : Sean D. Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louisa Mellor

Original Name : Liz Christensen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary Ann Mellor

Original Name : Ann Bosler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charlotte Mellor

Original Name : Chantel Flanders

Gender : Female

Character Name : General Kearny

Original Name : Michael Flynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Nathaniel Jones

Original Name : Fenton Quinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry W. Bigler

Original Name : Andrew Jay Rindlisbach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christopher Panting

Original Name : Anson Bagley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane Panting

Original Name : Adrienne Carr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Levi Mathers Savage

Original Name : Camden Clark Moody

Gender : Male

Character Name : Levi Mathers Savage

Original Name : Aiden Beagley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frederick Panting

Original Name : Antonio Lexerot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mobber

Original Name : Michael Buster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomas E. Ricks

Original Name : Scott Warner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hannah Savage Eldridge

Original Name : Lauren Brady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Franklin D. Richards

Original Name : Jeff Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Millen Atwood

Original Name : Matthew D. Maddox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brigham Young

Original Name : J. D'Parr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wilford Woodruff

Original Name : Mark Gollaher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Lady

Original Name : Barta Heiner

Gender : Female

Character Name : Buffalo Chip Boy

Original Name : Keaton Stinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Complainer

Original Name : David Loach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Complainer

Original Name : Gary Reimer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wee Granny

Original Name : Marjorie Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anna Larsen

Original Name : Katherine Nelson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Candle Lady

Original Name : Kristi Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah Haigh

Original Name : Tara Tanner Oldroyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joseph A. Young

Original Name : Lonnie Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adult Jane Panting

Original Name : Peggy Matheson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Speaker

Original Name : Bernie Diamond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Quitter

Original Name : Darren Hill

Gender : Male

Reviews

Charles Tatum

@CharlesTatum

2024-12-30

I am not familiar with the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and their hardship-and-miracle laden trek from the American Midwest to Utah in the 1850's, but I did find some merit with this scattershot film. Levi Savage (Jasen Wade, looking like a lost Hemsworth brother) is one of 500 people who must walk to "Zion" (Salt Lake, Utah) using nothing but handcarts for their possessions. This group of Mormon pioneers features many families from Europe, and Savage himself is anxious to get back to see the son he had to leave behind years before to go on a church mission. Savage warns of the harsh trip, he witnessed the aftermath of the Donner party's failure, but he is rebuffed and quietly follows orders. The title comes from different divine miracles the poor travelers were involved in. They run the gamut from found food to people rising from the dead. An opening credit full of honesty tells us that the screenwriter combined two different treks into one story, and I assume some of the characters are fictional and/or combinations as well. This odd credit gives way to an oddly constructed film. There is too much repetition, as Savage is shouted down in the most polite manner, followed by a miracle. The families didn't differentiate from one another, and Savage's behavior around a woman he has a crush on is cringe-worthy, and not in a romantic comedy kind of way. An emotional focus is only found in the final twenty minutes of the film, and this does include one of the most detailed "whatever happened to?" codas ever produced. The real strength here is writer/director T.C. Christensen's camera. He directs the scenes well, covering for a limited budget (no way are there 500 extras milling around in the background) nicely. The makeup done on the slowly starving pioneer folk is top notch. Christensen's cinematography is breathtaking. The film is crystal clear and beautifully lit, with appropriately harsh winter scenes that gave me literal chills (I'm a North Dakotan, I's knows abouts the cold winters). Pessimists might argue that one major missing miracle is the assurance that all the travelers would arrive alive, and this bothered me, too. "17 Miracles" is mild and nice to look at, and Wade rises above the rest of the cast, aside from Travis Eberhard as an overly adorable little person. No harm comes from watching this film.