The Ultimate Gift | |
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Directed by | Michael O. Sajbel |
Screenplay by | Cheryl McKay |
Based on | The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall |
Produced by | Rick Eldridge Jim Van Eerden |
Starring | Drew Fuller Bill Cobbs Lee Meriwether Ali Hillis Abigail Breslin Brian Dennehy James Garner |
Cinematography | Brian Baugh |
Music by | Mark McKenzie |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox PorchLight Entertainment |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $9 million[citation needed] |
Box office | $3.4 million[1] |
The Ultimate Gift is a 2006 American drama film directed by Michael O. Sajbel from a screenplay written by Cheryl McKay, which is based on the best selling novel by Jim Stovall, who cameos in the film. It stars Drew Fuller, Bill Cobbs, Lee Meriwether, Ali Hillis, Abigail Breslin, Brian Dennehy, and James Garner in his final live action film appearance before his death in 2014. It was released on March 9, 2007 in the United States and Canada.[1][2]
The film's DVD sales were quite high in relation to its theatrical receipts and it continues to be a success in DVD sales and on television.[citation needed] Two sequels, The Ultimate Life and The Ultimate Legacy, were released in 2013 and 2017 respectively.[3][4]