This movie released on March 9 2007 is based on a best selling novel by Jim Stovall. James Garner, plays the mysterious Red Stevens. In the leading male role is Drew Fuller, the well-known TV actor in the series Charmed. Ali Hillis of Must Love Dogs is the leading lady. The cast is joined by Academy Award-nominated actress Abigail Breslin ( Little Miss Sunshine). The kid no doubt puts on a stellar performance. The film is produced by Jim Van Eerden and Rick Eldridge, directed by Michael O. Sajbel and written by Cheryl McKay. Here is the plot.
When his rich grandfather, Red Stevens ( James Garner) died, Jason (Drew Fuller) thought he was going to inherit a piece of the oil man's multi-billion dollar estate. Things didn't quite happen that way. In order to get his share of the willed inheritance, Jason must complete 12 separate assignments within a year. Each assignment is centered around a "gift". The gifts of money, friends and learning are among the dozen that Jason must learn before he is eligible for the mysterious "Ultimate Gift" his grandfather's will has for him.
At one point everything is taken from him and he lives as a homeless man. At another time he visits a developing country where even old library books are a treasure. Along the way, the movie spins a side story that was not in the novel, adding a romantic interest, Alexia (Ali Hillis), and her daughter Emily, an outspoken mysterious girl (Abigail Breslin) who, unbeknowst to Jason, is dying from cancer. All throughout the movie, Jason helps Emily to have a great life while it lasts. As Jason works through these twelve gifts in twelve months, he comes to see Red Stevens as more than a dead billionaire. At the end of the film when he chooses to use his entire inheritance to build a hospital for cancer patients and their families, it turns out he has more than exceeded expectations, and his departed grandfather has one final gift: making him a billionaire. After which, Emily dies of cancer, and Alexia and Jason pray for her....and fall in love (of course!)


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