Helping Hand of Hope Director Hope Burke said once she saw the trailer for the movie Ordinary Angels she had to bring the film to Elizabethtown.
“There is a movie that was actually based out of Kentucky in the 90s,” Burke said. “For people that lived here, I guess there was this huge blizzard that happened, and what people may not know is there was a little girl that needed a transplant and had to be flown 700 miles in that major blizzard.”
Burke said the message and subject of the film comes close to home for her family.
“My bonus son is having a scheduled transplant on Tuesday, and I was like ‘I’ve got to see this movie early. I’ve got to bring it here,’” Burke said. “So I contacted the studio and I just explained ‘Can I please see this movie? For some reason I’m really, really touched by this, and I need to see it.’ So they sent it to me and I got to see it and I’m telling you I cried from the beginning until the end.”
Through a special arrangement with Helping Hand of Hope and the movie studios, Ordinary Angels will be screened at the Crowne Pointe Theatre this Sunday, and tickets are available to anybody interested.
“Tickets are going to be free,” Burke said. “All anyone has to do is email us at Helping Hand of Hope or give us a call and we will get you signed up, and we actually just got moved to the bigger theater to have more seats available for the show.”
The film features performances by Academy Award winner Hillary Swank and other actors, and Burke alluded to surprises at previous Helping Hand of Hope events when discussing the movie.
“There’s a lot of other people in it,” Burke said. “You’re going to see just a moving story, and one thing I’ll tell people is you may want to come because you never know who may show up.”
For a free ticket to Ordinary Angels, playing this Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Crowne Pointe Theatre, email hburke@hhhope.org.
