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The Gospel According To Vic (Heavenly Pursuits) (1986)

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Vic Mathews (Tom Conti) is a Glasgow teacher who works in a Catholic school for backward students. Though the school is named for Edith Semple, a long-dead Scotswoman who supposedly performed several miracles in her lifetime, Vic is doggedly nonreligious, insisting that it's miracle enough that his students can learn anything. The rest of the faculty hopes to have Edith Semple canonized as a saint, but Vic wants no part of this. After he is diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, Vic is amazed

PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Charles Gormley

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

Tom Conti
Vic Mathews
Helen Mirren
Ruth Chancellor
David Hayman
Jeff Jeffries
Brian Pettifer
Father Cobb
Jennifer Black
Sister
Dave Anderson
Headmaster
Tom Busby
Brusse
Sam Graham
Doctor Knox
Kara Wilson
McAllister
Robert Paterson
MacKrimmond
John Mitchell
Gibbons
Juliet Cadzow
Woman Teacher
Jake D'Arcy
Wee Man in Bar
Billy McElhaney
Reporter 2
Ron Donachie
Big Man in Bar
Grace Kirby
French Teacher
Lawrie McNicol
Reporter 1
Jay Smith
Photographer
Jenny McCrindle
Carole Adams
Carey Wilson
Education Officer

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Powerful drama that reminds us that hope is a precious and buoyant emotion that can give our lives substance and meaning.

July 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

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