Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio
Title screenshot of promotional release (No theatrical poster as of yet)
GenreFamily
Amish
Inspirational Romance
Based onLove Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (novel)
by Serena B. Miller
Written bySerena B. Miller
Screenplay byBryar Freed
Directed byTerry Cunningham
StarringSarah Lancaster
Tom Everett Scott
Kelly McGillis
Production
ProducersCindy Bond
Chevonne O'Shaughnessy
George Shamieh
CinematographyAdam N. White
EditorBrett Hedlund
Running time~90 minutes
Original release
NetworkUp (TV network)
Release
  • June 1, 2014 (2014-06-01) (US)

Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (titled Stranger In An Amish Town in the UK) is a film adaption of the novel of the same title by Serena B. Miller. Directed by Terry Cunningham, produced by George Shamieh, distributed by Mission Pictures International,[1] production by Belltower Productions, and funded by Three Point Capital.[2] The production was filmed on location[3] in Holmes County, Ohio with a majority of the filming taking place in Sugarcreek, Ohio during the fall of 2013 which coincided with the time frame set by the Novel. The film first aired on Up (TV network)[4] in June, 2014, with a subsequent release scheduled later internationally and on DVD.

Plot summary

Rachel Troyer (Sarah Lancaster) is a smart, focused, single policewoman in the quaint town of Sugarcreek, nicknamed "The Little Switzerland of Ohio"[5] and located about an hour south of Akron, in the heart of Amish country. She frequently looks in on her three kindly Amish aunts Bertha (Kelly McGillis), Anna (Marianna Alacchi) and Lydia (Annie Kitral), who raised Rachel from girlhood after she was orphaned and are the proprietors of a picturesque, although faded, farmhouse inn. When a mysterious, scruffy stranger, Joe (Tom Everett Scott), shows up on the inn’s doorstep with his five-year-old son, Bobby (Thomas Kapanowski), the aunts insist on taking the pair in as a matter of faith and good will. Rachel’s police instincts immediately tell her that this seemingly broke outsider is much too refined to be the drifter he presents himself to be. So, while the aunts welcome Joe as a handyman and enjoy having a child around the Sugar Haus Inn again, a wary, suspicious – yet attracted – Rachel becomes determined to uncover his identity. Her digging not only reveals his surprising identity, but the fact that he’s run away from his home, his life, and a shocking unsolved murder. Unfortunately, Rachel’s digging doesn’t go unnoticed, which brings Joe’s past – and its violence – right into this quiet Amish community.[4]

Differences

Although the majority of the script stays true to the novel, there are a few differences including some character name changes and the addition or subtraction of some characters.

  • Stephanie Anne Fowler (the pregnant teenager from the novel) was not included in the film, and the character was replaced by Elise for the film.
  • Dr. Robert Matthias (Joe's estranged father from the novel) was not included in the film.
  • Troyer (The family name Troyer was replaced by a less common, for the Sugarcreek area, name Troyler)

Cast

Actor/Actress Character Notes
Sarah LancasterRachel Troyler
Tom Everett ScottJoe Matthewsaka Micah Matthias
Thomas KapanowskiBobby Matthewsaka Bobby Matthias
Kelly McGillis[6]Bertha Troyler
Annie KitralLydia Troyler
Marianna AlacchiAnna Troyler
Gregory ViolandPolice Chief Ed Spencer
John EbyFire Chief Sam Phillips
Nicole BaadanKim
Geoffrey HoffmanDylan Matthiasaka Darren Matthias in the Novel
Katherine DeBoerChloe Stylesaka Henrietta Stiles in the Novel
Chris Van VlietReporter #1
Jeanne MadisonReporter #2

References

  1. ↑ "Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, OH (In Production) | Mission Pictures International". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  2. ↑ "Projects - 3 Point Capital". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  3. ↑ "Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (Film) – Serena B. Miller".
  4. 1 2 http://higherhollywood.com/843/
  5. ↑ "Home". villageofsugarcreek.com.
  6. ↑ "Kelly McGillis is Breaking Amish Again in TV Movie (Exclusive)". 20 September 2013.
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