| Saving Sarah Cain | |
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| Directed by | Michael Landon, Jr. |
| Starring | Lisa Pepper Tess Harper Elliott Gould Danielle Chuchran Abigail Mason Jennifer O'Dell Whitney Lee Soren Fulton Tanner Maguire Bailee Madison |
| Music by | Mark McKenzie |
| Distributed by | Believe Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 19, 2007 (TV premiere) |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English German |
Saving Sarah Cain is a 2007 film based on Beverly Lewis' 2000 novel The Redemption of Sarah Cain.[1] The film premiered August 19, 2007 on Lifetime Television. The film is distributed by Believe Pictures and stars Lisa Pepper, Elliott Gould, Tess Harper, Soren Fulton, Danielle Chuchran, Abigail Mason, Tanner Maguire, Bailee Madison and Jennifer O'Dell. The film was directed by Michael Landon, Jr.[2]
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The film begins with Sarah Cain (Lisa Pepper), a successful columnist at the fictional Portland Times in Portland, Oregon. Her daily column has been rejected by her boss Bill (Elliott Gould) who claims that she once wrote about her life and is now writing cheesy columns. She is furious and heads to a restaurant where she meets with her boyfriend Bryan (Tom Tate). Sarah's phone rings: It is Lyddie, Sarah's niece. Sarah's older sister, Ivy, has just died of heart failure. Sarah hurries to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for the funeral.
Her sister was a member of an Amish community, and Sarah had never forgiven Ivy for leaving her alone in an orphanage. As the sole surviving relative, the court appoints Sarah as the legal guardian for the five children. 16-year-old Lyddie (Abigail Mason) and other members of the Amish community protest because they do not want an outsider to raise the children. Lyddie and another Amish member, Miriam (Tess Harper), convince Sarah to stay the night. While there, knowing that her deadline is coming up for her column, Sarah writes about her day's events and sends them to Bill as a last resort.
The next day at the hearing, Sarah receives a surprising e-mail about her piece: The readers loved it and want more. Sarah takes the children back to portland; she stay at home and does the daily chores. Despite being labeled as a freak at school Caleb (Soren Fulton) makes it on the wrestling team; after a bad first day Anna Mae (Danielle Chuchran) gains attention after borrowing Sarah's clothing to fit in. Josiah (Tanner Maguire) hates it there. Only Hannah (Bailee Madison) is accepted on her first day in kindergarten class.
Bill likes the attention that the articles about the Amish children have produced, but Sarah rejects further offers of having the column being about them. Meanwhile, Madison (Jennifer O'Dell), Sarah's rival at the same paper, gets wind of where the children attend school and a news team shows up during one of Caleb's wrestling matches. Later that night Sarah admits to the kids that the situation has spun out of control. As Sarah is leaving the community, the children rush to catch up with her. Sarah stops and Lyddie hands her a letter that Ivy had written which contains her last wishes. It is only then that the truth is revealed: Ivy wanted Sarah to have the kids as an apology for breaking her heart, saying that they would be "blessings to [her] as they were to me". Sarah immediately changes her mind and finally decides to stay at the community with her nieces and nephews. The ending shows Sarah writing a book titled My Redemption. Bryan comes over to visit before a business meeting and brings her a piece of her favorite cheesecake as the scene fades.
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| Film score by Various | |
| Genre | Christian |
The soundtrack for Saving Sarah Cain features songs by Christian groups such as Point of Grace and BarlowGirl.
Fox Faith released the film to DVD on January 15, 2008.