| Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day | |
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| Also known as | For One More Day |
| Based on | For One More Day byMitch Albom |
| Teleplay by | Mitch Albom |
| Directed by | Lloyd Kramer |
| Starring | Michael Imperioli Ellen Burstyn |
| Composer | Lennie Niehaus |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Producer | Oprah Winfrey |
| Cinematography | Tami Reiker |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Production company | Harpo Films |
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| Release | December 9, 2007 (2007-12-09) |
| Related | |
| The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004) (TV) | |
For One More Day is a 2007television film adaptation of theMitch Albom's 2006novel of the same name, which was aNew York Times Best Seller. Produced byOprah Winfrey'sHarpo Productions, the film starsMichael Imperioli andEllen Burstyn as leads. DirectorLloyd Kramer also directed the TV film version of Albom's 2003 novelThe Five People You Meet in Heaven. Michael Imperioli who also appeared in the previous film, had his son, Vadim, play his younger version in this film.[1][2]
Nick Lachey performs the song "Ordinary Day" on the soundtrack of the film. The film was first aired byABC on December 9, 2007.
The film is the story of a broken-down former baseball player, Charley Benetto (Imperioli), who is now divorced and estranged from his own daughter, on the verge of a suicide who gets to spend one more day with his estranged departed mother (Burstyn), whom he had blamed for leaving his father. Throughout the course of the movie, she takes him to various points in his life and he learns what actually was going on to get a truer picture of his life.
The film was shot extensively atBridgeport, Connecticut, New York, and at two locations in theFairfield University campus including the Loyola Hall.The Sopranos makeup artist Stephen Kelley helped Imperioli, who was in his early 40s at the time, portray the character from age 20 into his 50s.[2][3]