The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the responsibility of a six-man Evacuation Committee to relocate the townsfolk to higher ground. Most have duly departed, but a few stubborn stragglers remain – among them a priest caring for a sickly orphan, a boy whose fevered visions are leading him to believe he is a member of a roaming band of lost angels desperately searching for a way home.
James Woods
as Walter O'Brien
Nick Nolte
as Father Harlan
Claire Forlani
as Mrs. Hadfield
Daryl Hannah
as Flower Hercules
Douglas Sebern
as Mayor
Ben Foster
as Cod
Anthony Edwards
as Happy
Duel Farnes
as Irwin
Mark Polish
as Willis O'Brien
Peter Coyote
as Eddie
Jon Gries
as Arnold
Kyle MacLachlan
as Mr. Hope
