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Released
1990 · FILM

Waiting for the Light

A comedy about strange events and odd behavior.

Runtime
94 min
Comedy

Synopsis

When single mom Kay Harris inherits a failing small-town diner, her eccentric Aunt Zena attempts to liven things up with a 'ghostly' practical joke. But when Zena suddenly suffers a stroke and her spirited prank is mistaken by the townspeople for a spiritual vision, Kay soon discovers that it'll take a real miracle to bring her community and her family back together!

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Eva GardosShot by Gabriel BeristainScored by Michael StoreyDesigned by Phil Peters

Box Office

1990 · Box office

Grossed $809K worldwide

Worldwide gross

$809K

Worldwide gross$809K

Opening weekend: $335K 41% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $435K54% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 149 theaters

Also known as

  • Zeichen und Wunder?de
  • Milagro a la cartaes
  • Aspettando la luceit

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