{"history":[],"article":{"id":"6cbc5d66-e57c-4c09-a54e-7ad735d454a7","title":"Heavens Fall","slug":"heavens-fall","content":":::summary\n![Promotional poster](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Heaven%27s///Fall.jpg)\n**Name:** Heavens Fall \n**Writer:** Terry Green \n**Starring:** [Timothy Hutton](https://bliptext.com/articles/timothy-hutton)
[Leelee Sobieski](https://bliptext.com/articles/leelee-sobieski)
[David Strathairn](https://bliptext.com/articles/david-strathairn)
[Azura Skye](https://bliptext.com/articles/azura-skye)
[Bill Sage](https://bliptext.com/articles/bill-sage)
[Anthony Mackie](https://bliptext.com/articles/anthony-mackie)
[James Tolkan](https://bliptext.com/articles/james-tolkan)
[Bill Smitrovich](https://bliptext.com/articles/bill-smitrovich)
[Maury Chaykin](https://bliptext.com/articles/maury-chaykin)
[Francie Swift](https://bliptext.com/articles/francie-swift) \n**Director:** Terry Green \n**Producer:** Anna Marie Crovetti
Wade Danielson
Gloria Everett \n**Runtime:** 105 minutes \n**Language:** English \n**Country:** United States \n:::\n\n# \n**Heavens Fall** is a 2006 American film based on the [Scottsboro Boys](https://bliptext.com/articles/scottsboro-boys) incident of 1931.\n\n# Plot\nIn the film, two young white women (portrayed by [Leelee Sobieski](https://bliptext.com/articles/leelee-sobieski) and [Azura Skye](https://bliptext.com/articles/azura-skye)) accuse nine black youths of rape in the [segregated](https://bliptext.com/articles/racial-segregation) South.\n[Timothy Hutton](https://bliptext.com/articles/timothy-hutton) stars as criminal defense attorney [Samuel Leibowitz](https://bliptext.com/articles/samuel-leibowitz).\nThe film begins after the first trial of the nine in the bustling city of Scottsboro, Alabama.\nSamuel Leibowitz, a successful Jewish lawyer from New York is called down past the [Mason–Dixon line](https://bliptext.com/articles/mason-dixon-line) to defend the nine black youths.\n\n# Cast\n\n# Production\nA train from the [Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum](https://bliptext.com/articles/tennessee-valley-railroad-museum) was used in the filming.\n\n# Release\nHeavens Fall was released on DVD in the US in 2007.","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T22:25:35.443Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T22:25:35.443Z","search_vector":"'fall':2 'heaven':1","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Heavens Fall \n**Writer:** Terry Green \n**Starring:** [Timothy Hutton](https://bliptext.com/articles/timothy-hutton) [Leelee Sobieski](https://bliptext.com/articles/leelee-sobieski) [David Strathairn](https://bliptext.com/articles/david-strathairn) [Azura Skye](https://bliptext.com/articles/azura-skye) [Bill Sage](https://bliptext.com/articles/bill-sage) [Anthony Mackie](https://bliptext.com/articles/anthony-mackie) [James Tolkan](https://bliptext.com/articles/james-tolkan) [Bill Smitrovich](https://bliptext.com/articles/bill-smitrovich) [Maury Chaykin](https://bliptext.com/articles/maury-chaykin) [Francie Swift](https://bliptext.com/articles/francie-swift) \n**Director:** Terry Green \n**Producer:** Anna Marie Crovetti Wade Danielson Gloria Everett \n**Runtime:** 105 minutes \n**Language:** English \n**Country:** United States \n \n\n# \n**Heavens Fall** is a 2006 American film based on the [Scottsboro Boys](https://bliptext.com/articles/scottsboro-boys) incident of 1931.\n\n# Plot\nIn the film, two young white women (portrayed by [Leelee Sobieski](https://bliptext.com/articles/leelee-sobieski) and [Azura Skye](https://bliptext.com/articles/azura-skye)) accuse nine black youths of rape in the [segregated](https://bliptext.com/articles/racial-segregation) South.\n[Timothy Hutton](https://bliptext.com/articles/timothy-hutton) stars as criminal defense attorney [Samuel Leibowitz](https://bliptext.com/articles/samuel-leibowitz).\nThe film begins after the first trial of the nine in the bustling city of Scottsboro, Alabama.\nSamuel Leibowitz, a successful Jewish lawyer from New York is called down past the [Mason–Dixon line](https://bliptext.com/articles/mason-dixon-line) to defend the nine black youths.\n\n# Cast\n\n# Production\nA train from the [Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum](https://bliptext.com/articles/tennessee-valley-railroad-museum) was used in the filming.\n\n# Release\nHeavens Fall was released on DVD in the US in 2007.","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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