Montana Sky is a 2007 American television film directed by Mike Robe and starring Ashley Williams, John Corbett, and Charlotte Ross. Based on the 1996 Nora Roberts novel of the same name, the film is about a wealthy stock dealer who bequeaths his Montana farm to his three daughters, provided they live on the ranch together for at least one year. Montana Sky is part of the Nora Roberts 2007 movie collection, which also includes Angels Fall, Blue Smoke, and Carolina Moon. The movie debuted on February 5, 2007 on Lifetime.
Plot
Half-sisters Willa, Tess, and Lily Mercy are left their wealthy father's multimillion-dollar estate, including his Montana ranch, after his death. The only stipulation is that the women will have to live with each other for a year.
Having never previously met, the three sisters, who have very different personalities, agree to the strange situation (mostly because each of their 1/3rd share is worth eight million dollars), despite having reservations about their forced family 'reunion'. The biggest problem the women face, however, is the discovery of a saboteur in their midst.
It seems that when their father died, he left some bitter enemies behind, enemies who would love to see his daughters fail. Now, in order to get what is rightfully theirs, the three siblings will have to work harder than ever before to clean up the mess their father left behind.
During their trial, all three find love, and realize that maybe their situation wasn't such a bad thing after all.
Cast
Ashley Williams as Willa Mercy
John Corbett as Ben McKinnon
Charlotte Ross as Tess Mercy
Diane Ladd as Bess
Laura Mennell as Lily Mercy
Nathaniel Arcand as Adam Wolfchild
Aaron Pearl as Nate Torrence
Tom Carey as Jim
Scott Heindl as Jesse Carne
James Baker as Ham
Donovan Workun as Pickles
Stephen Hair as Ken Campbell
James D. Hopkin as Preacher
Heather Lea MacCallum as Coroner
James Dugan as Vet
Production
The film was executive produced by Stephanie Germain and Peter Guber, who also executive produced seven other Roberts films for Lifetime in 2007 and 2009. Though set in Montana, the film was actually shot in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.