Ticket to Heaven

Ticket to Heaven (1981)

In 1979, David joined a cult.

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles David's chilling transformation into a gaunt, mindless shadow of his former self...and his ultimate salvation when friends and family launch a plan to kidnap and deprogram him.

Date of release
1981-10-09
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ralph L. Thomas

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: San Francisco
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films; Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture

Ticket to Heaven is a 1981 Canadian drama film directed by Ralph L. Thomas and starring Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, and R.H. Thomson. The plot concerns the recruiting of a man into a group portrayed to be a religious cult, and his life in the group until forcibly extracted by his family and friends. The film is based on the nonfiction book Moonwebs by Josh Freed.

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